SCS Professional Activities

Professor Suzanne Thompson reported on Iona College's Chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) participated in the NYC Walk-4-Hearing Loss on October 2, 2011 in Riverside Park, Manhattan. Club participants raised more than $1,000 to help support the Hearing Loss Association of America. The Hearing Loss Association of America provides information, support, and advocacy to people with hearing loss and to their families. More than 50 members of the Iona College Community walked 3.1 miles for a great cause! It was a beautiful day and a very spirited event!

Walk4Hearing

Westchester Chapter of the Hearing Loss Association of America.

 

Professor Jennifer Gerometta presented "Speech Development of Monolingual and Bilingual toddlers: Event-Related Potential Responses and Language measures" at the International Association for the Study of Child Language in Montreal, Canada, in July, 2011. In October 2011, Professor Gerometta provided Irish accent coaching to student actors for their theater production, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, by Martin McDonagh, directed by Professor Thomas Donnarumma.

Dr. Alison Behrman presented a workshop with colleagues at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's national convention on November 17, 2011: Folkins, J. and Behrman, A., "Making Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology More Compelling."