Research Projects & Grants

Internal

• Preschool Teacher’s Knowledge and Attitudes on the Application of Emergent Literacy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (04/2024) Status: Approved
• Effects of Communication Partner Training on Understanding Functions of Echolalia Produced by Autistic Children, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (05/2023) Status: Approved
• A Conceptual Collaborative Framework for Early Identification of Elementary School-Age Students at Risk for Language and Literacy Disorders, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (02/2022 - 04/2023) Status: Completed
• The Impact of Student Supervision on Supervisor Productivity in Medical Settings, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (06/2020) Status: Approved
• Self-perceived social communication skills of high school graduates with Autism, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (09/2019 - 03/2022) Status: Completed
• The effect of behavioral interventions and developmental-relationship-based treatment of early identifiers of Autism spectrum disorders, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (06/2019 - 05/2023) Status: Completed
• Effect of L1 and L2 categorical semantic priming on L2 picture naming in Spanish-English bilingual children, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (02/2019) Status: Completed
• Effectiveness of class wide peer tutoring in idiom comprehension in middle school students with specific learning disability, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (02/2018 - 02/2019) Status: Completed
• Melodic based communication therapy for promoting spoken language development in individuals with nonverbal Autism ages: 3:0 - 10:11, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (08/2017 - 08/2018) Status: Completed
• Intervention for communication deficits related to Autism spectrum disorder in China: a preliminary training program for Chinese health professionals, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (03/2017 - 03/2018) Status: Completed
• The effects of language comprehension strategies (LCS) on students receiving tier 3 response to intervention (RTI), Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (02/2017 - 02/2018) Status: Completed
• Comparison of mobile media device exposure and joint media engagement in typical and language disordered preschoolers, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (02/2017 - 02/2018) Status: Completed
• The relationship of literature access and parent education to narrative and literacy development in preschool children, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (10/2015 - 10/2016) Status: Completed
• The relationship of spoken to written language in English language learners, Role: Investigator, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (10/2015 - 10/2016) Status: Completed
• Clinical assessment of pragmatics: a validation study, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, (09/2014 - 09/2015) Status: Completed
• Effects of phonological awareness training on reading abilities of kindergarten, first, second and third grade students, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (07/2012 - 07/2013) Status: Completed
• The efficacy of melodic based communication therapy for eliciting speech in nonverbal children with autism, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (05/2011 - 05/2012) Status: Completed
• Articulation and tongue piercing, a study of post piercing effects, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (04/2011 - 04/2012) Status: Completed
• The influence of older siblings on preschoolers' vocabulary development, Role: PI, LLU School of Allied Health Professionals, (02/2011 - 02/2012) Status: Completed
• Relationship between nonspeech oral motor abilities and articulation skills in normally developing 4-year old preschool children, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Allied Health Studies, (12/2010 - 12/2011) Status: Completed
• Correlation of performances on the non-word repetition test with the Goldman-Fristoe test of articulation -2 for bilingual Spanish-speaking children, Role: PI, LLU School of Allied Health Professionals, (08/2010 - 08/2011) Status: Completed
• Perceptions and judgments of speech-language pathologists regarding semantic language profiles of English as a second language learners and specific language impaired populations: A questionnaire, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (04/2010) Status: Completed
• Stroke patients and their families' perceptions of the efficacy and role of speech-language pathology, Role: PI, LLU School of Allied Health Professionals, (04/2010) Status: Completed
• Survey of speech-language pathologists on education, techniques and efficacy ratings for oral motor therapy, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (02/2010) Status: Completed
• Gender differences in English phoneme aquisition of normally developing bilingual 3rd graders, Role: PI, LLU School of Allied Health Professionals, (01/2010 - 01/2011) Status: Completed
• Clinical report of the relationship between dysphagia and communication disorders, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (04/2009) Status: Completed
• Impact of audio cues to increase recall ability in individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (02/2009 - 02/2010) Status: Completed
• A survey of medical students’ perceptions of the scope of practice of speech language pathologists, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (02/2009) Status: Completed
• A survey of augmentative and alternative communication devices and applicable services for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (09/2008) Status: Completed
• The relationship between multicultural education and speech-language pathologists' belief about servicing and multilingual /multicultural individuals: a California survey, Role: PI, LLU School of Allied Health Professionals, (04/2008) Status: Completed
• Listeners' observations and attitudes towards speakers who vary from standard American English: a comparison of speech pathology and non-speech pathology university students, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (12/2007 - 12/2008) Status: Completed
• Common articulation errors in standard American English by Arabic speakers: a look at efficacy in accent modification therapy using tactile stimulation vs. visual cuing, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (11/2007 - 11/2008) Status: Completed
• The effect of training expository text for comprehension in normally developing sixth graders, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (08/2006 - 08/2007) Status: Completed
• The effects of incorporating different learning modalities in phonological awareness training program among normally developing kindergarteners, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (07/2006 - 07/2007) Status: Completed
• Training phonological awareness skills using multiple learning modalities, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (03/2006) Status: Completed
• Training phonological awareness skills using multiple learning modalities, Role: PI, LLU Dept. of Speech Pathology, (01/2006) Status: Completed