Capstone Projects
- Crystal Akalu: Exploring the Relationship Between Language Skills and Academic Performance in Post-Secondary Education
- Lucy Bauer: Barriers to Hearing Aid Implementation in Adults with Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Literature Review
- Hannah Carney: The Relationship Between Depression and Communication Challenges in People with Parkinson’s Disease
- Rebecca Dublin: Exploring Design Features and Communicative Supports in Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Individuals with Aphasia: A Scoping Review
- Molly Hamilton: Use of Videoconferencing Technology with Individuals with Aphasia: A Guide for Families and Friends
- Meghan O'Brien: Differing Results on PROMs When Using a Proxy Report for People With Aphasia
- Shelton Harder: Choosing Features of Communication Devices for Children: Caregivers’ and Speech Language Pathologists’ Perspectives
- Lindsay Hawtof: Pitch Perfect: Examining the Role of Pitch Changes During Word Learning in Speech and Song
- Quinlan Heacook: The Potential Role of Metacognition in Childhood Stuttering
- Maureen Kessler: Effects of Auditory Stimulation on Oral and Reading Comprehension of Pre-Adolescent Students Diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Hunter Lord: Comparison of Communication Interventions for Nonverbal and Minimally Verbal Early Childhood with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Daysy Martinez: Exploring Outcomes of Response Elaboration Training (RET) and Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) Targeting Utterance Expansion in Individuals with Aphasia
- Hannah Mennella: The Effects of Pet Therapy on the Social Communication of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Celestine Grace Orbe: Dementia and Dysphagia - Best Practice Guidelines for Care Partners and Support Staff
- Abby Pearson: Return-to-learn laws and protocols following mTBI in school-age children: What they are and what mid-Atlantic SLPs need to know about them
- Emily Rulewicz: What Do Parents of Children With Developmental Language Disorder Need From A Support Group?
- Stephanie Stollar: Examining the Difference in Use and Benefit of Audiovisual Speech Cues in Noisy Conditions Between Monolinguals and Bilinguals
- Alyssa Walker: Communication Strategies for Caregivers of People with Alzheimer’s Disease
- Michelle Yezzo: Identifying Neural Correlates of Motivation During Speech Production
- Emily Kleimo: "Ups & Downs & DLD": A Children's Book About Developmental Language Disorder
- Alexa Anderson: Constructing a Novel EEG Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Cognitive Flexibility and Perseverative Speech Behaviors in Individuals with Communication Disorders
- Ariana Bowers: The Relationship Between Language Impairments and Problem Behaviors for Students: Considerations for Educators
- Emma Cochrane: Speech-in-Noise Processing and Autism
- Megan Conroy: Barriers and Hesitations of Social Media Use by Individuals with Acquired or Congenital Disabilities who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication due to Complex Communication Needs
- Claire D’Antonio: Do Abnormalities in the Corpus Callosum Affect Speech Fluency: A Critically Appraised Topic
- Taylor Darden: Reflux, or Something Else?: The Speech Language-Pathologist’s Role in Treating, Assessing, and Advocating for Patients with Reflux Diagnoses
- Pauline Drummond: Implications for Speech Language Pathologists When Treating Attention- Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder in Children and Adolescents: A Review of the Literature and Research
- Ashley Dyer: Heterogeneity of Autism Spectrum Disorders in Genetic Syndromes: Fragile X Syndrome, Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, and Cornelia de Lange Syndrome
- Sophia Emery: Activity and Participation Experiences in Post-Stroke Aphasia vs Progressive Neurogenic Communication Conditions: A Thematic Analysis of Interview Data
- Brinley Farrall: Emotional Well-Being and Facilitators of Resilience in Adults with Acquired Communication Conditions: A Thematic Analysis
- Elizabeth Fredrick
- Oluwakemi Jacobs: What Parents of Kids with Developmental Language Disorder Need
- Meghan Kee: Post-temporal Lobectomy Quality of Life Outcomes: How Temporal Lobectomies Effect Overall QOL Inclusive of Language and Memory
- Laura Matista: Survey of Vocal Health and Risk Factors for Voice Disorders in Figure Skating Coaches: Preliminary Data
- Lauren Mellor: Examining the Relation Between Exercise and Word Learning in Preschool-Aged Children
- Krystal Mendez: Language Sampling in Bilingual (Spanish/English) Speakers: Protocols and Measures
- Mitali Patel: Exploring Associations between Chronic Stress and Rehabilitation Learning in People with Aphasia
- Roxanne Ramirez
- Aurora Reible-Gunter: Distant Video-Based and Print-Based Delivery of an Interactive Book Reading Intervention: Effects on Parent Implementation and Parent Language Input
- Kira Schofield: Avoiding Misdiagnoses: Improving Efficacy of Assessment of English Learners
- Stephanie Stollar: Examining the Use and Benefit of Audiovisual Speech Cues in Noisy Conditions Between Monolinguals and Bilinguals
- Kendall Wellauer: The Effects of an Afternoon Nap on Perceptual Learning of Speech Sounds in Young Adults
- Angela Agapito – Exploring the relation between technology use and young children’s executive functioning and language skills.
- Kate Anderson – The Effects of Post-Stroke Fatigue on Cognition and Aphasia Therapy Success
- Jacinda Arent – fMRI Analysis of Language in Pediatric Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
- Jiaharn Choo – An Investigation of Narrative Macrostructure, Microstructure, and Elicitation Method in Mandarin-English Bilinguals
- Kirstyn Collins – Performance-Based Aphasia Severity is Different from Patient Ratings of Aphasia Severity and Communication Participation
- Katrina Conner – The Relationship Between Caregiver Cell Phone Habits and Infant Language Development
- Elizabeth Cook – The Efficacy of Theatre-Based Intervention in Improving the Social Communication and Pragmatic Skills of those with ASD: A Systematic Review of the Literature
- Cassidy Coppola – Evidence Based Practice in Speech-Language Pathology: A Survey of SLPs and Graduate Students
- Ally Duffy – Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) Adherence To Research- A Survey Of Graduate Students And SLPs
- Jennifer Fritz – The Impact of Group Singing on Quality of Life and Social Participation in Individuals with Acquired Communication Disorders
- Jessica Funk – Language Outcomes Associated with Post-Natal Environmental Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences: A Scoping Review
- Chaney Giordano – Scores on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Do Not Associate with Self-Reported Communication Challenges in Adults with Acquired Cognitive-Communication Conditions
- Caroline Grimes – How does Post-Stoke Fatigue and Associated Post-Stoke Depression Influence Aphasia Therapy Motivation?
- Anneka Helsabeck – The Impact of Low-Socioeconomic Status on Language Development in Children: A Thematic Analysis of Population-Health Interventions
- Teresa Highberger – Patient and Proxy Agreement on Measures of Psychosocial Well-Being in Relation to Language Skills in Post-Stroke Aphasia
- Andrew Jones – A Hard Plague to Swallow: Telepractice and Dysphagia during the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Megan Kelly – Approaching Differential Diagnosis of Speech Impairments in Down Syndrome
- Alexa Liberi – A Review of Current Literature on Vocal Fatigue; Psychosocial and Physiological Factors
- Malana Linder – The Impact of Non-Mainstream Dialect on Clinical Services: An AAVE Perspective
- Allie Loren – Effects of Preterm Birth on Linguistic and Cognitive Performance Across the Lifespan
- Kelsey Mulford – Developing Vocabulary Interventions for Low SES Bilingual Children
- Emma Richardson – Late Language Emergence: Persistence and Recovery
- Kayla Schwartz – Utilizing Evidence-Based Practices to Fill the Recreational Void for Transition-Aged Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Sarah Shotwell – Making a Case for Studying Gender-Neutral Pronouns in Speech-Language Pathology
- Tan Vu – The Effects of Vietnamese Phonology on English Phonology and Morphology
- Colleen Yerger – The Impact of Group Participation on Friendships and Overall Quality of Life for People with Aphasia
- Darian Beahan – An Analysis of the Effects of Early Intervention Practices on the Spoken Language Skills of Minimally Verbal Children with ASD (view presentation)
- Kathleen Becker – Winging It: Exploring the Effects of Facilitating Applied Improvisation on Levels of Stress and Clinical Self-Efficacy in SLP Clinicians and Students (view presentation)
- Emily Benoit – The Impact of An Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Program on Participants’ Perception of Their Own Resilience (view presentation)
- Carly Blose – Efficacy of Semantic Feature Analysis for Individuals with Chronic Expressive Aphasia: A Critically Appraised Topic (view presentation)
- Conner Blose – An Evaluation and Comparison of Three Manualized Treatment Programs for Social Communication Skills After Traumatic Brain Injury (view presentation)
- Kacey Bodden – Preliminary Evaluation of theTimeSlips Intervention to Improve the Narrative Discourse Abilities of Older Adults with Dementia (view presentation)
- Kali Bussey – Efficacy of Narrative Intervention for School-Age Students with High-Functioning Autism
- Kara Casale – Grammatical Skills in Monolingual Spanish Speakers (view presentation)
- Nicholas Chiasson – Social-Communicative Attitudes of Men Who Do and Do Not Stutter
- Veronica DeJesus – Code-Switching in Bilingual Spanish-English Speaking Children (view presentation)
- Sarah Dombroski – Examining the Linguistic Diversity of the Populations Speech-Language Pathologists Across the Country Serve (view)
- Mariah Graham – Patient-Provider Communication: Training for Allied Health Professionals on Strategies for Communicating with Patients with Communication Disorders (view presentation)
- Allison Grubbs – A Critique of Realize Language: A High-Tech AAC Data Logging Service (view presentation)
- Samantha Hangen – Little Hens in Harmony: Vocabulary Learning Outcomes of a Short-Term Intervention for Preschoolers of Low Socioeconomic Status
- Sierrah Harris – I Got 99 Problems but a Book Shouldn’t Be One: Increasing Speech-Language Pathologists’ Awareness and Implementation of Culturally Representative Picture Books in Practice (view presentation)
- Abby Hidalgo – What Skills Do First Responders Need to Communicate Effectively With People With Communication Disorders? A Proposal for Communication Partner Training (view presentation)
- Julia King – Winging It: Exploring the Effects of Applied Improvisation on Stress Levels in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (view presentation)
- Sabrina Loomis – Preliminary Evaluation of the TimeSlips Story-Telling Program on Descriptive Discourse Abilities in Older Adults with Dementia (view presentation)
- Kelly McGarry – The University of Delaware Winging It! Improvisation Workshop: Impact on Conversational Turn-Taking (view presentation)
- Maria-Emilia Newlands – Production and Accuracy of Grammatical Structures in Spanish-English Bilingual Children (view)
- Bridget Pettit – Neuroanatomical Breakdown of Acquired Expressive Speech Disorders (view presentation)
- Deanne Piekarsa – Does Hypnosis Added to Traditional Voice Therapy Improve Clinical Outcomes For Patients Diagnosed With Primary Muscle Tension Dysphonia (MTD-1)? (view presentation)
- Madison Pruitt – Examining the Role of Physical Activity on Word Learning in School-Aged Children (view presentation)
- Lisa Rathbun – Fluency Disorders and the Impact of Insurance Benefits (view presentation)
- Lindsay Reiner – Exploring Associations Between the Patient-Provider Relationship and Adherence to Treatment in Acquired Communication Disorders (view presentation)
- Lane Williams – Overnight Consolidation of Speech Sounds in Relation to Decoding Skills
- Jessie Bereda – Vocabulary Intervention for Bilingual Children with Specific Language Impairment: A Review of Existing Literature
- Emily Clouser – Caregiver Stress and Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease: Recommendations for Speech-Language Pathologists
- Rebecca Connor – Late Talkers: Importance for Identification and Intervention
- Caten Cordes – Long-term Developmental Effects of Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome and Intervention
- Samantha Costa – We All Deserve to Find Our Voice and Be Heard: The Implications of Vocal Identity for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs (CCNs)
- Marissa Gerhart – Paradoxical Vocal Fold Motion: An Overview
- Cynthia Hagerty – Investigating Communicative Participation in Adults with Aphasia Following 2-week Intensive Summer Program
- Michaela Halcombe – Language Impairment and Juvenile Offenders: Implications for Delaware
- Teresa Jackson – Sickle Cell Disease: Clinical Implications for Speech Language Pathologists
- Dana Katzenberger -The Relationship Between Dysphagia and Quality of Life in Adults with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- Haleigh Knowlton – A Comparison of Spanish Vocabulary in Narrative Retells Collected from Bilingual and Monolingual Spanish-Speaking Students
- Jessica Michnick – Little Hens in Harmony: Efficacy of a Short Music and Hands-on Vocabulary Intervention for Low Socioeconomic Status Preschoolers
- Marissa Montano – Understanding emotional and behavioral challenges in childhood: The role of language skills
- Brett Myles – The Canyon Behind Them
- Kelsey Newkirk – Literacy Instruction for Students that Use AAC: Current Practice, Comfortability, and Professional Development Needs
- Andrew Parcell – Comparing Intervention Approaches to Lessen the Severity of Stuttering in Preschool Children: A Systematic Review
- Courtney Polistina – The University of Delaware Aphasia Summer Intensive: Impact on Client Quality of Life
- Hannah Radic – Do the Different Subtypes of ADHD Affect Pragmatic Language Differently?
- Claire Reardon – Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on Pediatric TBI
- Kayla Rivoli – Prevalence of and the Settings Associated with Burnout and Compassion Satisfaction Among Speech-Language Pathologists
- Andrey Rublev – Assessing Speech Disorders in Russian-Speaking Children
- Elyse Sutherland – Should Professionals be Looking at the Voices of People with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: An Initial Inquiry of Professionals Treating Voice Disorders
- Adriana Aldrich – Importance of Interdisciplinary Practice in Selective Mutism
- Chelsea Alling – Evidence Supports the Use of Video Modeling and Peer Mediated Intervention for Children with Autism
- Samantha Bell – Factors that impact the comprehension of SVO sentences in English-speaking toddlers: A pilot study
- Kristen Black – The Serial Reaction Time Task: A Measure of Sequence Learning or Expectation Violation?
- Barbara Brudnicki – Speech-Language Pathology Case Study: Evaluation and treatment of Adult Female with Bell’s Palsy
- Kevin Cross – The Effects of Group Singing on the vocal Parameters of Adults with Mild-Moderate Stage Parkinson’s Disease
- Kimberly Cummings – A 1-Day Workshop for School-Age Students who Stutter: Feasibility and perceptions of Peer Relationships
- Tara Ellington – How Preschool Children’s Animacy Knowledge Affects their Comprehension of Simple Sentences
- Amanda Graziano – Comparing Intervention Approaches for School Aged Children with ASD
- Karson Kennedy – Identifying Reliable and Efficient Measures of Speech Processing Abilities: A First-Step Towards Future Use with Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Infants
- Alyssa Klawiter – Effects of Professional Development on Teachers Knowledge and Practice of Emergent Literacy Skills
- Stephanie Lane – The Impacts of Media Exposure on Child Development
- Jeff Loux – A Systematic Review of Naturalistic Development Interventions for Autism
- Shelby McMenamin – Effectiveness of Social Skills Interventions for Children who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Samantha Mikels – Quality-of-Life Benefits of Group Singing for People with Parkinson’s Disease
- Meghan Mulhern – Mild TBI and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: When Should Individuals Receive Cognitive Rehabilitation?
- Amanda Nichols – Intervention Techniques for Late Talkers to Increase MLS
- Haley Olsen – Obtaining and Maintaining Employment for Adults with Complex Communication Needs Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Katherine Ramey – Music as an Aid for Early Language Learning
- Zoe Rosler – Does Communication Partner Training Affect Psychosocial Outcomes for Caregivers of Persons with Aphasia? A Critically Appraised Topic
- Alexis Ryan – Is Lexical Retrieval Therapy an Effective Therapy Approach for Adults with Primary Progressive Aphasia?
- Meghan Santulli – The Efficacy of a One-Day Workshop for Improving Psychosocial Traits of Children Who Stutter
- Samantha Shelton – Comparing the Fidelity of Spanish Two-Way Immersion Programs in De to their Model
- Brett Synder – Social Skill Interventions for Children with High Functioning Autism: A Comparison of Treatment Philosophies and their Outcomes
- Adela Ulitsky – Evaluating Language Environment Analysis (LENA™) System Performance for Russian: A Validation Study
- Danielle Welk – The Effects of Sensory Integration for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
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