• C. ALLYSON SCHAFF

    instructor / clinical educator / speech-language pathologist

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    ABOUT ME

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    Instructor in communication disorders in didactic and clinical settings / Pediatric speech-language pathologist with an interest in speech sound disorders, developmental language disorders, and literacy disorders.

     

    Research Interest: Working to improve the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning within clinical education by applying the latest learning science research to the clinical relationship.

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    EXPERIENCE and INTERESTS

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    INSTRUCTOR

     

    UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON

    I am an Instructional Assistant Professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department where I teach the following undergraduate courses: Language Development, Phonetics, Speech Development and Disorders, and Language Disorders. I also teach the following graduate courses: Elective on Written Language Disorders and Clinic Class. I am currently teaching Selected Topics in COMD (Teaching in Higher Ed) in the PhD program.

     

    FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

    I taught post-baccalaureate courses in Normal Development and Clinical Phonetics in the online Bridge Program at Florida State University.

     

    SPEECH@EMERSON

    I facilitated graduate courses in Speech Sound Disorders and Clinical Methods and Comprehensive Examination Preparation.

     

    I enjoy teaching learning science research to my students to support their learning in these courses.

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    CLINICAL EDUCATOR

     

    UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON 

    I supervise graduate clinicians in their first-year placements at the University Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic and have also supervised second-year clinicians in their school placements.

     

    CURTIN UNIVERSITY

    I supervised students in their school placements at Curtin University in Western Australia.

     

    I love working with student clinicians and helping them to see the connection between theoretical principles in their coursework to clinical practice. Please see my Teaching Philosophy to see how I implement learning science research into clinical settings.

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    CLINICIAN

     

    I worked as a pediatric SLP in Kuwait, Australia, and the United States for over 15 years.

     

    I enjoy working with children who fit the Developmental Language Disorder profile and am most interested in the intersection between speech and written language.

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    EDUCATION

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    Doctorate of Speech-Language Pathology

    Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois

    M.A. in Communication Disorders

    The University of Houston, Houston, Texas

    B.A. in Communication Disorders

    Baylor University, Waco, Texas

     

     

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