Recent Presentations (Selected)

2016

Kavakci, M. (2016, June). A New Task to Study Procedural Learning in Preschoolers. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, Wisconsin.

Boone, M. (2016, April). The Hidden Disorder: Examining observable difficulties of specific language impairment. Oral presentation at the National Black Speech-Language-Hearing Association Doctoral Student Research Forum, Virginia Beach, VA.

Kavakci, M. (2016, April). A New Task to Study Auditory Statistical Learning in Preschoolers. Poster presented at Callier Center's Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence Research Forum, Dallas, Texas.

Yuan, H (2015, April). What do we know about Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder? Poster session presented at the Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence Research Forum, Dallas, TX.

Kavakci, M. (2016, January). A Preschool-friendly Auditory Task Examining Procedural Learning. Oral presentation at FLASH.

2015

Dollaghan, C. (2015, November) Criteria for evaluating assessment tools: Time for a reboot. Seminar, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO. (One of 25 “trailblazer” sessions highlighted in convention program)

Ethington, L., King, J., & Dollaghan, C. (2015, November) The development of complex sentences in 3-year-old children. Poster presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

King, J., Ethington, L., & Dollaghan, C. (2015, November) A cohort study of complex sentence production at ages three and four. Poster presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention, Denver, CO.

Crotteau, S.A. (2015). Homeschooling and Specific Language Impairment: An introductory guide (Unpublished capstone project). Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX.

Boone, M. (2015, April). Listener judgment of language ability in children with specific language impairment. Poster presented at the Callier Center for Communication Disorders Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence (P.A.C.E.) Research Forum, Dallas, TX.

Kavakci, M. (2015, April) An Auditory-based Serial Reaction Time Task. Poster presented at Callier Center's Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence Research Forum, Dallas, Texas.

King, J., Ethington, L., Dollaghan, C. (2015, April) The Development of Complex Sentences in 3-Year-Old Children. Poster presented at Callier Center's Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence Research Forum. Dallas, TX.

Kucker, S.C., McMurray, B., & Samuelson, L.K. (2015, June). Optimizing ambiguity: Word learning from uncertainty in vocabulary knowledge. Paper session presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Kucker, S.C., McMurray, B. & Samuelson, L.K. (2015, June). Measuring real-time change in word learning. Poster session presented at the International Conference on Interdisciplinary Advances in Statistical Learning, San Sebastian, Spain.

Kucker, S.C., McMurray, B., & Samuelson, L.K. (2015, March). Word learning from uncertainty in vocabulary knowledge. In Kucker, S.C. (Chair). From initial exposure to retention: The impact of non-linguistic and linguistic factors on word learning. Paper symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Rudolph, J. M. (2015). Late talkers: Predictive accuracy of semantic vs. syntactic delays. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Childhood Language Disorders, Madison, WI, June 2015.

Rudolph, J. M. (2015). Risk factors for specific language impairment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Seminar presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Denver, CO, November 2015.

2014

Kavakci, M. (2014, December). Examining Procedural Learning in Adults Using A Serial Picture Task. Oral presentation will be at FLASH, Dallas, Texas.

Dollaghan, C. (2014, November) Correlation coefficients cannot provide evidence on diagnostic classification accuracy. Presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Annual Convention Orlando, FL.

Dollaghan, C. (2014, November) Child language assessments: a reconceptualization. Plenary presentation, International Conference on Language Acquisition, Language Disorders, and Language Assessment. Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Kavakci, M. & Dollaghan, C. (2014, November). A preschooler friendly measure of procedural learning. Poster will be presented at the American Speech-Hearing Association, Orlando, Florida.

Kucker, S.C., McMurray, B., & Samuelson, L.K. (2014, November). When attending is not learning: The role of novelty in word learning in both 18-month-old children and computational models. Poster session presented at “The Science of Learning” pre-conference for the 2014 International Mind Brain and Education Society Conference, Fort Worth, Texas

Kucker, S.C. (2014, November). The role of novelty biases and vocabulary knowledge in word learning. Oral presentation at The University of Texas at Dallas; Developmental, Cognitive, and Social/Personality brownbag series

Rudolph, J. M., & Leonard, L. B. (2014, October). Identifying toddlers at risk for language disorders: A screening tool. Poster presented as the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, San Diego, CA.

Dollaghan, C., Biersgreen, E., Winthrop, M., & Campbell, T. (2014, June)

Parent-reported intelligibility ratings and speech delay at ages 3, 4, and 6 years. Poster presentation, 15th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Dollaghan, C. (2014, June) Early detection of language deficits: when do benefits exceed harms? Plenary presentation, 15th International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Dollaghan, C. (2014, June) Evidence-based practice in speech-language pathology: How far have we come and how far do we still need to go? Keynote presentation, Jubilee Symposium, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

Lo, J. and Dollaghan, C. (2014, April) How does age at injury affect recovery of early and late consonants in pediatric TBI? Poster Presentation at PACE. pptx

Boone, M. (2014, April). Theoretical models of attention: Implications for research in child language impairment. Poster presented at the Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence (P.A.C.E.) Research Forum.

Sherman, M. (2014, April) A Network Based Computational Framework for Phonological Word Form Learning.Original Title: Word Sound Form Learning: Current Work and Future Directions with Computational Models. Poster presentation at the Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence (P.A.C.E.). Dallas, TX.

2013

Biersgreen, E., Dollaghan, C., Winthrop, M., and Campbell, T. (2013, November) Parent-Reported Intelligibility Ratings & Speech Delay at Ages 3, 4, & 6 Years. Poster presentation, ASHA Annual Convention, Chicago

Dollaghan, C. (2013, November) Patient decision aids: Integrating patients’ perspectives into evidence-based practice. Seminar, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago.

Rescorla L., Dollaghan, C., Dale, P., Finestack, L., & Leonard, L. (2013, November) Late Talkers: What do we know now? Seminar, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Chicago.

Rudolph, J. M. (2013, November). Deriving non-linguistic measures from the preferential looking paradigm. Technical Session presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Chicago, IL.

Mueller, J. (2013,November) A pupillometric study of working memory and attention. Poster Presentation, American Speech and Hearing Association Convention in Chicago, Il. Oral Presentation FLASH Spring 2013.

Sherman, M. (2013, November) A Computational Model of Phonological Word-Form Learning Incorporating Lexicon Size, Phonotactic Probability, Neighborhood Density. Oral presentation at ASHA in Chicago, Il.

Winthrop, M., Biersgreen, E., Campbell, T., and Dollaghan, C. (2013, November) Developmental and diagnostic expectations for three measures of early speech production. Poster presentation at ASHA, Chicago, Il.

Dollaghan, C. (2013, July) Evidence-based practice in communication disorders. Summer Institute, St. Louis University.

Dollaghan, C. (2013, June) How well does Late Talker status predict later language skills? Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI

Sherman, M. (2013, June) A Computational Framework for Modeling Lexicon Size, Phonotactic Probability and Neighborhood Density in Phonological Word Form Learning. Poster presentation at Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Poster presentation at PACE.

Rudolph, J. M., & Leonard, L. B. (2013, June). Predicting language outcomes: A risk factor model. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Childhood Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Rudolph, J. M. (2013, May). Predicting language impairment status: A risk factor model. Seminar presented at the National Clinical and Translational Sciences Predoctoral Programs Meeting, Rochester, MN.

Rudolph, J. M., Hollich, G. J., & Leonard, L. B. (2013, April). Infant speed of processing: Measures of global cognitive ability or separable cognitive skills? Poster presented at the 2013 Biennial Meeting of the Symposium for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.

Miller, B. (2013, April) Examining children’s representations of elaborative inferences during reading. poster presentation at PACE

Dollaghan, C. (2013, March) Research in action: What’s everyone talking about? Seminar, Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Dallas

Dollaghan, C. (2013, March) Studies of diagnosis and screening. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Clinical Practice Research Institute, Rockville, MD.

Kavakci, M. (2013, March) Exploring a Model of Working Memory. Poster presented at Callier Center's Promotion of Academic and Clinical Excellence Research Forum, Dallas, Texas.

Sherman, M. (March 2013) Original Title: Representing Language as a Complex Network. Revised Title: Towards a Computational Model of Phonological Word Form Learning. Oral Presentation at FLASH.

Winthrop, M., Biersgreen, E., Campbell, T., and Dollaghan, C. (March 2013) Concurrent and longitudinal associations among consonant intelligibility measures at three ages. Poster presentation at PACE.

Miller, B. (2013, March) What can we infer about children’s inference skills during reading?. Oral presentation at FLASH

2012

Dollaghan, C., Nelson, N. W, & Scott, C. (2012, November) What’s in a name? Subtyping and labeling in language disorders. Seminar, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA

Dollaghan, C., Edwards, J., Fey, M., Justice, L., Leonard, L., Tompson, C. K., McNeil, M., Tompkins, C. A., Abbott, K. Bryant, K., Evans, J., & Yoder, P. J. (2012, November) Clinical practice research for the dissertation: Genius or madness? Presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA

Hassink, J. M., & Wendt, O. (2012, June). Efficacy of the cycles approach for remediation of phonological disorders. Seminar presented at the International Child Phonology Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

Hassink, J. M., Leonard, L. B., & Hollich, G. (2012, May). Visual and semantic reaction time as predictors of risk of language impairment. Poster presented at the National Clinical and Translational Sciences Predoctoral Programs Meeting, Rochester, MN.

Kavakci, M. et al., (2012, April) Developing Response to Early Parent Training in Autism: Parent Perception of START (Strategy Training & Response to Therapy). A Retrospective Study. Poster presented at the 2013 American Speech-Hearing Association, Chicago, Illinois.

2011

Sherman, M. (2011, December) The Information Content of Expressive Language at Ages 4 and 6. Oral presentation at FLASH

Dollaghan, C., Rojas, R., & Mueller, J. (2011, November) Take another look: pupillometry and cognitive processing demands. Technical research presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego

Boone, M., Long, S., Moyle, M.J. (2011, November). Linguistic bias in preschool language assessment: Evaluating the nonword repetition task. Poster presented at the Marquette University Forward Thinking Session, Milwaukee, WI.

Boone, M., Long, S., Moyle, M. J., Berman, S. (2011, November). Nonword repetition:  Performance characteristics associated with English dialect and age. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.

Mueller, J., & Dollaghan, C. (2011, November) Assessing executive function after acquired brain injury: an exploratory meta-analysis. Technical research presentation, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, San Diego.

Dollaghan, C., Rojas, R. & Mueller, J. (2011, November) Take another look: Pupillometry and cognitive processing demands. American Speech and Hearing Association Convention in San Diego, CA.

Mueller, J. (2011, November) A meta-analysis of executive function assessments for adults with acquired brain injury. Oral Presentation, American Speech and Hearing Association Convention in San Diego, CA. Oral Presentation, FLASH Spring 2011.

Dollaghan, C. (2011, June) Taxometric analyses of SLI in 6-year-old children. Poster presentation, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Miller, B. & Dollaghan, C. (2011, June) Risk factors for low receptive vocabulary in 6-year-old children. Poster presentation, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Boone, M., Long, S., Moyle, M., Berman, S. (2011, June).  Nonword repetition:  Performance characteristics associated with English dialect and age. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Miller, B. (2011, April) Risk factors for vocabulary deficits in 6-year-old children. Poster presentation at Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD), June 2011,Oral presentation at FLASH

Miller B. (2011, April) Risk factors for low receptive vocabulary in six-year-old children. Oral Presentation at FLASH; Poster presentation at PACE, April 2010

Sherman, M. (2011, April) Computational Modeling of Expressive Language at Ages 3, 4 and 6 Years. Poster presentation at PACE.

Dollaghan, C. (2011, March) Evidence-based practice in communication disorders, Parts I & II. Seminars presented at the Indiana Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Indianapolis.

Dollaghan, C.(2011, March) Studies of diagnosis and screening. Seminar presented at the ASHA Clinical Practice Research Institute.

Ethington, L., Castle, A., Mastromarino, G., Rodeheffer, C. R., S. E. Hill, & Lord, C. (2011). The effects of resource availability on the categorization of racially ambiguous faces. Poster presented at Texas Christian University’s annual Student Research Symposium. Forth Worth, TX.

Rodeheffer, C. R., Mastromarino, G., Ethington, L., Castle, A., & S. E. Hill (2011). If you’re big, then you’re bad: The effects of muscularity on judging the dispositions of men. Poster presented at Texas Christian University’s annual Student Research Symposium. Forth Worth, TX.

2010

Justice, L., Gillam, R. & Dollaghan, C. (2010, November) Evidence-based practice & empirically supported practices in child language disorders. Seminar, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia.

Battle, D., Behlau, M., Cheng, L., Dollaghan, C., Krause S., McPherson, B., Murry, T., Theodoros, D., Wong, A., & Yoshinaga-Itano, C. (2010, November) Research & researchers without borders: global issues & trends. Seminar, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia.

Dollaghan, C. & Horner, E. (2010, June) Language impairment in bilingual children: a meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. Poster presentation, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Ogiela, D., Maguire, M. & Dollaghan C. (2010, June) Methodological considerations in the study of morphosyntactic processing in children with specific language impairment using event related potentials: stimulus development and adult pilot study results. Poster presentation, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Balasubramanian, A., Dollaghan, C. & Campbell, T. (2010, June) Predicting poor language scores at age 6 from combinations of scores at ages 3 and 4. Poster presentation, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Hassink, J. M., & Leonard, L. B. (2010, June). Learning through recasts: Within-treatment factors that facilitate target acquisition in preschoolers with SLI. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Childhood Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Worle, C., Dollaghan, C. & Horner, E. (2010, June) Grammatical morpheme production in 6-year-old children. Poster presentation, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Xuan, L. & Dollaghan, C. (2010, June) A test of the noun bias hypothesis in bilingual English- and Mandarin-speaking children. Poster presentation, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Dollaghan, C. (2010, May) A meta-analysis of diagnostic accuracy. Presented at the University of Texas at Austin.

Dollaghan, C. (2010, May) Beautiful evidence. Presented at the University of Montana, Missoula.

Sherman, M. (2010, April) Machine Learning Approach for Expressive Language Prediction, Age Three to Six. Poster presentation at PACE.

Sherman, M. (2010, March) Natural Language Processing: Communication Sciences and Disorders. Oral presentation at FLASH

Campbell, T., Dollaghan, C., Vick, J. & Rusiewicz, H. (2010, March) The relationship between speech production skills and age at injury in young children after severe traumatic brain injury. Paper presentation, 8th World Congress on Brain Injury, Washington, DC.

Lo, J. (2010) Stop allophony and voicing in Australian aboriginal languages. Oral presentation, Cornell Undergraduate Linguistics Colloquium.

Mueller, J. (2010, Spring) Use of memory aids across a continuum of speech-language pathology services: Examining evidence and practical application. Oral Presentation FLASH. Poster Presentation, American Speech and Hearing Association Convention in New Orleans, LA 2009

Rodeheffer, C. D., Butterfield, M., Ethington, L., Mastromarino, G., & Hill, S.E. (2010). Tough economic times call for drastic measures: Examining the relationship between resource scarcity and women’s product preferences. Poster presented at Texas Christian University’s annual Student Research Symposium. Forth Worth, TX.

2009

Dollaghan, C. (2009, November) Parent report measures: when? why? with how much confidence? Seminar, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans.

Rusiewicz, H., Shaiman, S. Iverson J., Dollaghan, C., & Szuminsky, N. (2009, November) Temporal synchrony of prosodic stress and pointing gestures. Poster, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans.

Dollaghan, C. (2009, September) Sense and audibility. Presented to the Joanne Roberts Tribute Symposium, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Dollaghan, C. (2009, July) Studies of diagnosis. Presented at the Clinical Practice Research Institute, American Speech-Language Hearing Association.

Dollaghan, C. (2009, July) Measurement issues III: Risks, odds, NNT, NNH. Presented at the Clinical Practice Research Institute, American Speech-Language Hearing Association.

Dollaghan, C. & Campbell, T. (2009, June) How well do poor language scores at ages 3 and 4 predict poor language scores at age 6? Poster, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.