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CONTENTSFrom the Director’s Desk ......................1

2015 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year ..........2

Awards ................................... 3

Barbara Kahn Summer Speaker ................ 3

Com Dis Faces .................4–5

Research Round-Up .......... 6

2015–2016 Donors ...............7

Donor Card ............................7

Paul Lerwick, Friend of the College ........ 8

Each Student— A Person Award .................. 8

Division of Communication DisordersDept. 33111000 E. University Ave.Laramie, WY 82071

(307) 766-6427Email: comdis@uwyo.edu

www.uwyo.edu/comdis/

Editor: Catherine L. RossGraphic design: Mariko Design LLC/ Elizabeth Ono Rahel

FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESKMark Guiberson, PhD CCC-SLP

Hello from the University of Wyoming Division of Communication Disorders. With the academic year coming to end, I’d like to provide an update on division news. I should first mention several changes in leadership. I became the division director in August of last year. Dr. Teresa Ukrainetz served in this role for seven years, and we spent the summer working on our transition plans. In May we will welcome the 26th president of the University to Wyoming, Dr. Laurie Nichols. The current president, Dr. Richard McGinity will return to the faculty and resume his professor duties in the College of Business. Dr. David Jones, professor of Communication Disorders, is the current Vice President of Academic Affairs, but we expect him to come home to the division this summer.

The second update I have is on budget cuts. Changes in the Wyoming economy are being felt here at UW. With state budget cuts in place for next year, and more cuts expected in the coming years, the College of Health Sciences and the Division of Communication Disorders are making every effort to keep our goals in site and to make careful financial decisions. Unfortunately, we did feel the budget cuts and in the 2016–17 academic year we will miss some of our long-time colleagues. Even with these state-level financial problems, the division is healthy and thriving. We had an almost record number of applicants to our resident graduate program and our reboot of our distance graduate program, which will be a synchronous or real

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SUMMER 2016

COMMUNICATIONSDISORDERS NEWSLETTER

Katelynne Adams demonstrates how a hearing aid works to a high school student during Showcase Saturday.

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Simalee Smith-Stubblefield is a Wyoming native, who received her bachelor of science in speech pathology and audiology at the University of Wyoming in 1976. She later went on to get her Master’s degree in speech-language pathology at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Early in her career she worked in wide range of settings: including in the home with families, developmental centers, public schools, and technical resource and activities centers.

In 1991 she returned to the University of the Pacific as faculty, where she had a huge impact in growing the program and new professionals. In the words of Dr. Robert Haynak, department chair, “Professor Smith-Stubblefield was a leader in transforming the Department of Speech Language Pathology.” She served as department chair for five years and graduate program coordinator for ten years. Simalee retired from the University of the Pacific in May of 2015, shortly after she was named Associate Professor Emeritus, and she was awarded the Order of Pacific (an award for distinguished faculty).

time model. We continue to have capacity enrollment in our speech clinic, and our audiology clinic has been very productive again this year. Our MS graduates have 100% employment rates, the national employment rate of speech-language pathologists is expected to grow faster than average through the year 2022. We are valued health and education professionals, and our division and college are committed to meeting the need for speech-language pathologists in the state of Wyoming and region.

Now I’d like to brag on our faculty and staff. Our faculty continues to shine nationally. Dr. Mary Hardin Jones was named ASHA Fellow in 2016. Dr. Hardin-Jones and Dr. Teresa Ukrainetz, also an ASHA Fellow, each published a book within the past year. Our faculty had 17 publications in peer-reviewed journals in 2015–16. Dr. Douglas Petersen continued the second year of his federally funded Dual Language Narrative

Curriculum study. Dr. Mark Guiberson finished out his NIOSH funded hearing loss prevention project in September. Dr. Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker was named the 2016 James C. Hurst “Each Student –A Person” Award winner.

There are new faces in communication disorders. Dr. Erin Bush, Casper native and alumna of the program, joined the faculty in the Fall of 2015. Her area of specialty is traumatic brain injury and acquired neurogenic disorders. Alumna Karen Richard joined the division clinical education team; she supervises in the UW Speech & Hearing Clinic and at practicum sites.

We hope to see some of you at this year’s Kahn Summer Speaker Series. Dr. Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann will present on Childhood Apraxia of Speech and other severe speech sound disorders. For more information on the event, including registration, visit our website.

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Simalee Smith-Stubblefield receives the distinguished alumni award from Dr. Mark Guiberson.

Simalee has had an incredible career, and we at UW Division of Communication Disorders are proud to say that she began her studies with us.

2015 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA OF THE YEAR

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Mary Hardin-Jones received the Fellow Award from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) at the 2015 national convention in Denver, Colorado.

Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker received the 2016 James C. Hurst “Each Student–A Person” Award.

Catherine L. Ross received the College of Health Sciences Innovation in Teaching Award.

Katelynn Adams, Payton Crawford, Mikal Forseth, and Ashbee Thompson were initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, a national honor society that recognizes superior scholarship of undergraduate and graduate students. Payton Crawford received the Phi Kappa Phi Junior Scholarship for $300.

Katelynne Adams received 1st place in competitive oral presentations for College of Health Sciences Research Day. Her presentation was titled: Rural Healthcare for Persons with Parkinson’s Disease: Exploring Barriers.

Kimee Harmon received 2nd place in competitive poster presentations for College of Health Sciences Research Day. Her poster was titled: Optimizing Feeding and Nutritional Support for Young Children with Developmental Delays.

Karlee Heitman and Brooke O’Donnell received Honors in Academic Excellence: Graduate Students.

Katelynn Adams, Hannah Chapman, Jessica Cole, Kayla Duffee, Madison Graham, Ashley Hopkin, Chloe Storaci, Kailey Symes, Ashbee Thompson, and Anya Tracy received Honors in Academic Excellence: Undergraduate Students.

AWARDS Karlee Heitman and Brooke Mickelsen received the

Clinical Honors Award. Mikal Forseth received the NSSLHA Leadership

Honors Award. Madison Graham was a finalist for the

Rosemarie Martha Spitaleri Award for outstanding senior women.

Mikal Forseth, Katelynne Adams, Hannah Chapman, and Alison Long Received the Steve Elliot Scholarship, a total of $5,000 was awarded to these students.

Madison Deutsch received the Kelly and Kent Green Scholarship for $1,000.

Danielle Dooper received the Paul Stock Scholarship for $2,000.

Mikala McCool received a Myers Scholarship for $2,000. An additional $6,000 dollars from the College of Health Sciences Myers Scholarships was awarded to the fall 2016 incoming graduate class.

Clarissa Petres was the ongoing recipient of the ASPIRE! Program, this program includes an award of $500 for undergraduate research.

Danielle Dooper and Alison Long received Barbara Kahn Foundation-funded fall graduate assistantships, for a combined total of approximately $15,000 of support.

The College of Health Sciences funded four summer graduate assistantships, total support of over $8,000. In addition, the college funded six graduate assistantships for incoming graduate students, for approximately $45,000 of support.

University of Wyoming Division of Communication Disorders13th Annual Barbara Kahn Summer Speaker

Assessing and Treating Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Severe Speech Sound DisordersChristina Gildersleeve-Neumann, PhD, CCC-SLP

Friday, June 24, 2016 • 8:00 a.m.–3:45 p.m. • Lunch & Refreshments providedUW-Hilton Conference Center, Laramie, Wyoming

This course is available for 0.6 ASHA CEUs and 0.5 PTSB credit

Disclosure: Dr. Gildersleeve-Neumann will receive an honorarium for her presentation from the UW Department of Communication Disorders. She will receive no non-financial benefits from her presentation.

Conference Fee: $100 for Alumni & WSHA Members, $120 for all others, pre-registration required by June 24. *No charge to University of Wyoming students, faculty, and current practicum supervisors.

Registration available at www.uwyo.edu/comdis/

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Top left: Erin Bush, PhD, (right) is the newest faculty member for Com Dis. She presented a poster at the International Brain Injury Association’s Eleventh World Congress on Brain Injury March 2016 in The Haag, Netherlands. She is with Miechelle McKelvey, PhD from the University of Nebraska Kearney.

Top right: Chloe Storaci, Dr. Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, Clarissa Petres, and Allison Long present a poster at ASHA

Middle: First year graduate students celebrated a very rare no classes- snow day!

Bottom left: Anya Tracy and Tia Kalkowsi at the ASHA convention photo booth.

Bottom right: Katelynne Adams, Clarissa Petres, and Bree Olson staff the Com Dis information table at Showcase Saturday.

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Top left: Graduate and undergraduate students were excited to attend ASHA 2015 in Denver.

Top right: ASPIRE! Student, Anya Tracy and her mentor, Lynda D. Coyle, present their poster on the Laramie Stroke Support Group at the 2015 ASHA convention.

Middle left: Undergraduate students at the Spring Awards Reception

Middle right: Grad students, supervisors, and staff celebrate the end of clinic for the fall semester by wearing holiday sweaters.

Bottom left: Clarissa Petres, Amy Bradley, and Kailey Symes at ASHA convention.

Bottom right: Students at ASHA 2015 point to picture of Mary Hardin-Jones, Ph.D. who received an ASHA Fellow Award.

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Teresa Ukrainetz, PhDCatherine Ross, MS

Mary Hardin-Jones, PhD

Mark Guiberson PhDEmily Wakefield AuD

Mark Guiberson PhDBarbara Rodriguez PhD

Erin Bush, PhDMiechelle McKelvey, PhDWhitney Schneider-Cline, PhDBritni Norfolk, BS

Erin Bush, PhDDouglas Tillman, PhDDavid Hof, EdD

Katelynne Adams, BSMary Jo Cooley Hidecker, PhDErin Bush, PhDReshmi Singh, PhD

Amy Bradley, BSChloe Storaci, BSHannah Young, BSMary Jo Cooley Hidecker, PhDDarcy Regan, MS

Kailey Symes, BSMary Jo Cooley Hidecker, PhD

Douglas Petersen, PhDTrina Spencer, PhDLaida Restrepo, PhD

Douglas Petersen, PhDMeredith Woodard, MSJessica Waldron, MSRoger Steeve, PhD

Douglas Petersen, PhDMaureen Staskowski, PhD

Trina Spencer, PhDDouglas Petersen, PhDRoger Steeve, PhD

Note-taking Treatment for Children with Language-Related Learning Disability

Significance of nasal substitutions in early phonological development

Digital graphic novella targeting hearing protection in Spanish-speaking farm workers.

Nonword repetition with toddler age Spanish-speakers

Screening Older Adults for Brain Injury in Rural Communities

Counselors working with Brain Injury Survivors

Needs and Barriers in Rural Parkinson’s Communities: An Interprofessional Approach

AAC Funding in Wyoming

Hearing Screening Protocols for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Development of a Dual Language Narrative Curriculum

Contextualized Inferential Vocabulary Instruction

Proximal and distal oral and written language outcomes

Narrative-language intervention and distal reading outcomes

Randomized group design examining the effect of a speak-and-sketch treatment of note-taking on speaking, writing, and comprehension of expository texts in 4th–5th graders with oral language, reading, or writing impairments.

Nasal substitutions seen following palatal surgery is not always an early sign of VPI. These substitutions occur in early words of toddlers with and without VPI

This study is evaluating the effectiveness of an Ipad delivered graphic novella that targets positive hearing protection behaviors and beliefs in Spanish-speaking farmworkers.

Evaluating the associations between nonword repetition and other early behavioral measures of language, and the diagnostic accuracy of nonword tasks

Mixed method study examined the effectiveness of a brain injury education session and screening training for professionals working with the aging population including TBI screening outcomes on 558 people in rural Nebraska.

Qualitative themes regarding brain injury survivors returning to work after injury.

Examines gaps posed by barriers to effective healthcare outcomes for the Wyoming Parkinson’s community. Takes a community-based participatory research approach to improve the quality of life to people with Parkinson’s disease.

Survey to better understand the accessibility to funding for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices in Wyoming.

Effective protocols are essential for early identification and intervention for children with hearing loss.

1.5 million dollar IES funded project to develop a dual language (English/Spanish) narrative-based language curriculum for diverse preschool students and validating an English/Spanish language progress monitoring assessment.

Quasi-experimental group design investigating large group Story Champs Blitz language intervention and narrative retelling, personal story generation, writing, and reading comprehension for 2nd graders.

Randomized controlled trial with 1000 school-age students investigating a multi-tiered narrative language system.

Quasi-experimental group study with 100 3rd graders investigating the effects of a multi-tiered system of language support on the MAP reading assessment.

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THANK YOU, 2015–2016 DONORS!The Division of Communication Disorders is grateful to generous donors for their contributions who have supported the division since it was founded. Due to their support, the division has been able to offer academic scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students, fund student travel to professional conferences for presentation of research, and fund materials and equipment for student and faculty research. The following list recognizes those individuals and organizations for annual giving 2015–2016.

Gladys E. Larson

Paul D. and Judy Lerwick

David J. & Susan L. Lovato

David J. Nishioka & Caron I. Mellblom-Nishioka

Joseph F. & Anne M. Meyer

National Christian Foundation

Stein & DeAnne Owre

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Mary T. Schaub

Byron L. & Melissa Y. Schreck

Robert S. & Diane M. Seville

William R. Stubblefield & Simalee Smith-Stubblefield

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EACH STUDENT— A PERSON AWARD

Assistant Professor Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker was named the 2016 James C. Hurst “Each Student–A Person” Award winner by the UW Cowboy Parents at the 2016 Student Affairs Spring Recognition Luncheon. The UW Cowboy Parents accepts faculty or staff nominations from UW students. This award was established

in 1994 to recognize a member of UW’s faculty or staff who has gone above and beyond to personalize the student experience at UW and who has taken it upon themselves to create a warm and caring environment for our students. Dr. Hidecker was nominated by students Payton Crawford, Madison Deutsch, Allison Long, Clarissa Petres, Adele Riley, and Kailey Symes. A student wrote, “She is humble, empathetic, and genuinely passionate about her work and mentorship role with students. She makes classes fun, educational, and engaging. If anyone deserves this award, it is Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker!”

FRIEND OF THE COLLEGEPaul Lerwick was named Friend of the College of Health Sciences in October 2015 in recognition of his contributions to the Steve Elliott Communication Disorders Scholarship. Paul graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1975 with a degree in petroleum engineering. He and his wife, Judy, live in Asheville, North Carolina.

Paul’s connection to the Division of Communication Disorders began when he developed a friendship with Steve Elliot. Paul met Steve shortly after arriving at UW. A friendly gesture developed into a college friendship, invitations to the Elliott family home, and ultimately a lifetime friendship including visits and family vacations together. Paul learned that Steve had developed a small scholarship for speech-language pathology students, as way of saying thank you for the speech language services Steve had received at the UW Speech and Hearing Clinic. In 2004, Paul and his my wife Judy offered to donate $25,000 to the UW Foundation to grow the Steve Elliott Scholarship in Communication Disorders. They learned of state matching funds and increased their donation to $50,000 which was matched by the state. In 2015, they donated $50,000 again, and again the state matched this donation.

In Paul’s words “Judy and I count it a privilege to continue to support the Steve Elliott Scholarship in memory of a life well lived that continues to be an inspiration to others.”

The friendship and generosity of the Lerwicks inspire students and faculty. The Steve Elliott Scholarship provides financial support and emotional encouragement to students who are working towards a career in communication disorders. This second major gift to the endowed Steve Elliott Scholarship in Communication Disorders will impact the lives of many future students.