Volume 16 4400 Boylan Spring 2017 Newsletter of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Reflecting on the Past–Embracing the Future Diana Rogovin Davidow, ’66, MS ’73
t is an honor to share my thoughts and with stuttering, or made it possible for an adult reflect on my experiences, past and present to participate in the community. Rather, success Iat Brooklyn College. I have always taken great is rooted in understanding the significance of pride in being a native Brooklynite and an alumna human communication, and in the small steps of both the undergraduate and graduate speech-‐ guiding each client to gain increased self-‐worth language pathology programs at Brooklyn and dignity. College. My journey has taken me from Brooklyn My Boylan Hall mentors, in particular Profs. to Los Angeles, where I have lived Oliver Bloodstein and John Duffy, for the past 39 years. However, taught me to reject thoughts when I return to Brooklyn, and of “I can’t, I won’t, and I’m not more specifically to the college, good enough.” They inspired me I truly understand what has to keep an open mind and to shaped me both professionally remember my strengths. In turn, and personally. I have spent my career, first as I know many individuals who a speech-‐language pathologist, receive this newsletter, and there and more recently as a counselor, are many more whom I have never empowering those I work with to met; however, I am certain that we move forward with greater self-‐ have much in common as alumni. esteem and self-‐respect. By my calculations, I sat in the classrooms off These were the lessons of Boylan Hall, and the 4400 Boylan corridor more than 18,500 when I visit yearly, and meet with new generations days ago. Some 50 years later, when I visit those of students, I am reassured that these values rooms, there is something strangely familiar. We continue to be present. After talking to my dear worked tirelessly to complete a rigorous program friend Gail Gurland, longtime professor and of study while engaged in something we loved program director in the Department of Speech with fellow students and a faculty who shared a Communication Arts and Sciences, I discovered commitment to excellence. As a student, I learned the clinical facilities to be in need of modernization, to be present, accountable and self-‐reliant, and and I very much wanted to support improvements. am in awe of the large number of alumni who I am so pleased to have had a role in updating have achieved success as teachers, clinicians, some of the space within the Diana Rogovin and researchers. Davidow Speech-Language-Hearing Center with I sometimes wonder whether we fully grasp state-‐of-‐the-‐art technology. the impact we have had on those people whose Although the scope of practice in lives we have touched, not simply because we communication sciences and disorders has modifed a child’s speech sound production, broadened, the fundamental principles remain helped a teenager manage anxiety associated the same. When outstanding faculty members dedicate themselves to educating Fall, 2017 semester. I want to express During this past winter eager young students under the my gratitude to all those on the intersession, all full-time faculty direction of inspired leadership, graduate curriculum committee who members, administrative staff, and the outcome is virtually guaranteed. worked tirelessly to see this project a number of clinical instructors That has always been the legacy of to fruition. completed a full day training titled, the programs in speech-language The faculty is now hard at A Campus of Difference. This program pathology and audiology, and will work refecting on the role of is run by the Anti-Defamation no doubt continue to distinguish undergraduate education in League (ADL) and addresses issues the programs at Brooklyn College speech-language pathology and of bias, privilege, microaggressions, well into the future. audiology. The committee is etc., on college campuses across currently considering whether the the country. It was an important undergraduate program should and valuable workshop where A Year of be discipline-specifc (i.e., a pre- faculty members engaged in many Collaboration… professional program) or more interactive exercises. broad-based (i.e., provide possible And fnally, we welcome Elaine Geller, Ph.D. entry into varied allied disciplines). Professor Susan Longtin, our new t is always exciting to say hello This debate is occurring within many Chair, who is a long-time member again to all our colleagues, past CSD programs across the country. of the department. We are quite and present students, alumni, The clinical component of the pleased to have her in a leadership I graduate program has expanded to role and look forward to many and all who have been involved in the undergraduate and graduate provide beginning students with exciting and innovative joint projects. programs in our department. It is increased experiences, both As you can see from this brief time to briefy share some of the observational and direct. We have overview, collaboration, joint highlights of the past year. shifted to a group supervision model effort, shared responsibility and In this issue, we are honoring in which frst- and second-year students partnership are themes that refect current, and former, faculty members are now engaged in a collaborative how change has occurred over the on their accomplishments in recently partnership with each other, and with past year. As our students engage published books. We have added their clinical instructors. I facilitated in many collaborative projects in a new section to the newsletter so a series of group supervision their coursework, a parallel process that colleagues can share their work. meetings with faculty members to occurs with the faculty. The result I am thrilled to report that introduce the theory and practice of of these joint efforts benefts the after approximately two years of refective supervision. programs, our students, clients preparation, the graduate curriculum and their families, and of course, has been revised to refect current our own personal and professional trends in the discipline including development. culturally responsive clinical practice and evidence-based assessment The Graduate Student Speech- and intervention. This endeavor Language-Hearing Organization was successful due to the hard is pleased to announce the work, time, energy and commitment presentation of the annual by all members of our full-time Distinguished Alumnus Award to and adjunct faculty. On December Michele Emmer ’72, ’88 M.S. Ph.D. 6th, 2016, the Faculty Council The award will be presented at unanimously voted to accept all the program’s graduation revisions to the new curriculum, ceremony on May 26th, 2017. which will be implemented in the
2 4400 Boylan It Sounded Greetings from the Chair Scientific Susan Longtin, Ph.D. Joseph Danto ’65, MS ’67 I entered the Department of Speech came to Brooklyn College mid- Communication Arts and Sciences at degree and needed to change my Brooklyn College in the Fall of 2001. major to avoid having to re-take Throughout the years that followed, I I taught various undergraduate several courses. The suggestion to and graduate courses primarily in look at speech pathology/audiology my areas of expertise — language introduced me to areas about which development and language disorders in children. I have served in different capacities, including faculty advisor to The Graduate Student Speech- Language-Hearing Organization and program coordinator of the Advanced Certifcate Program in Autism Spectrum Disorders. I had never envisioned serving in an administrative role, let alone becoming department chair. However, according to my dear father, in life one should “expect the unexpected.” So at the end of my ffteenth year as a member of the full-time faculty, I was elected department chair. What a challenge and unanticipated change this has brought to my life! My frst step in preparing for this endeavor was to change my teaching schedule to accommodate the myriad budgetary, personnel and academic meetings that chairs are required to attend, which included, thank goodness, an orientation for new, I had absolutely no knowledge and overwhelmed, chairs. New responsibilities have unfortunately which I chose because it sounded forced me to relinquish supervision of Hanen programs at our scientifc. I doubled up on my Diana Rogovin Davidow Speech-Language-Hearing Center, and undergraduate courses to graduate the language acquisition course (although those time consuming on time and had my frst practical language sample analyses won’t be missed)! I am excited that my exposure to audiology with Professor schedule will now permit me to cover a clinical practicum seminar John Duffy when he brought me to which I bring forty plus years of clinical experience; this will be to Kings County Hospital. Since the perfect way to stay involved with our graduate students. I had minimal experience at that Over the past year, I have learned much more about this multi- time, it took more than an hour to faceted department. In addition to graduate and undergraduate programs in communication sciences and disorders, the department complete a pure tone audiogram on houses a major in communication studies and an interdisciplinary my frst patient. My classes had not communication program. I am fortunate to have the support of yet introduced 5 dB steps so this our talented faculty with whom I am working closely in this new poor man was tested in 1 dB steps, capacity. I am grateful to our knowledgeable Academic Specialist, during the summer, without A/C, Ms. Annsonia Garrick, who knows as much as anyone about our and with breaks every ten minutes department, and who has helped me make a smooth transition to ventilate the test room! Despite into this new role. I look forward to the future of our programs! this early experience, it became clear that audiology was my preferred
4400 Boylan 3 path leading to graduate studies, Monitoring) was a totally new DOE (having retired in 2005), having where I was fortunate to be among path involving monitoring not only worked as a private practitioner, and the frst full-time paid Vocational hearing, but cranial nerve, spinal having supervised SLPs in pre-school Rehabilitation Administration trainees. cord, peripheral nerve and vascular settings. However, it has been over Professor Boyd Sheets, as function. I was fortunate to become 45 consecutive years that 4400B has program director, worked with one of the earliest audiologists to been my most consistent, friendly, dedicated faculty such as Prof. James enter and grow with this specialty, and professionally rewarding locale. Lang for whom I was privileged to be and currently serve on the ASHA It is said that if you enjoy what you a teaching assistant, Prof. Duffy, who Board of IOM. do, you never will work a day in your encouraged my interest in audiology Throughout this tapestry, I’ve life. 4400B has been true to that and allowed me to be the audiology been supported by a wonderful “go-to” in the program, warm, family: “help-meet” Marilyn and four genuine Prof. Oliver Bloodstein, fantastic children: Melissa, Akiva, whose expertise in stuttering Netanel and Bracha. G-d has been equaled his concern and interest in kind to bless us with grand- and his students, and other memorable great-grand-children who occupy individuals such as Malcolm Coxe, our attention. We’ve moved to Ella Weaver and Claire Sackstein. I Jerusalem, Israel and I continue had the unforgettable opportunity practicing IOM while teaching a to work alongside Prof. Fred Martin, group of exceptional students at who had returned for an advanced Stern whom I hope will cherish their degree while I was on campus. learning experiences as I do mine. Graduation from Brooklyn (editor’s note: “help meet” is terminology College later led to enrollment in describing Eve’s relationship to Adam as the PhD Program at CUNY, with being “more than a mate.”) adage for me. Profs. Moe Bergman and Harry Levitt, I have had the privilege to and a teaching appointment at City be part of many astute faculty College. I was subsequently recruited The March and administrative teams. I am to Stern College where I currently of Years especially grateful to Professor chair the Speech Pathology/Audiology Oliver Bloodstein, who together Charles Goldman ’71, MS ’74 program. In these venues I have with Professor Boyd Sheets, been blessed with students who he march of years has made nurtured and inspired my clinical challenged me and taught me, some it increasingly difficult to skills, judgment, and sensitivities. of whom are probably well-known Tseparate my professional and Professor Bloodstein, in his humble to you: Adrienne Rubinstein, Stanley personal family life. This has been a pedagogical manner, led me to Gelfand, Toni Gordon, Herman great blessing as acquaintances, best- the work of helping adults who Hertzberg, Miriam Adler and others. of-friends, mentors, unforgettable stutter to enjoy, rather than to fear, The inquisitiveness and students, and life partners all passed interpersonal communication. motivation imbued by my teachers through 4400B since I frst entered My interests, approaches and allowed me to accept a range of in 1970. At that time I reasoned that philosophies about the work we do fascinating clinical experiences, my dream vocation would be some has been shaped over the decades including hospital-based audiology, mix of “medicine” and “acting.” It is with my current focus on fuency industrial audiology, private by that formula that I found speech- disorders, diagnostic evaluations, practice and, eventually, the feld language pathology. literacy, and most rewarding, the of intraoperative monitoring. NIOM I have enjoyed a full career in sharing of clinical knowledge with (Neurophysiologic Intraoperative various settings, including in the graduate students. I have come to
4 4400 Boylan the conclusion that one needs broad- Robert West and Oliver Bloodstein. based knowledge of human behavior, I grew up in Coney Island and thoughts, emotions, affect, and of became a frst-generation college course, language to best assist our student after my parents told me to clients and their families to better get on a bus and head to the closest communicate. college I could fnd. One day, while I have also seen a positive sitting on the steps outside of Boylan change, especially within the last Hall, I agonized with a friend over decade, in the diversity, dedication, the major I was required to declare. and knowledge base of our student Having no idea what to do with my bodies. With each new cadre of life, I walked into the building and faculty and students in our 4400B read through the posted directory community, new perspectives and which listed a “speech therapy clinic.” I immigrated to the United States. relationships arise that continue to Although I wasn’t entirely sure what At the time, my aim was to earn an enrich my professional life. People that was, it appeared interesting and, undergraduate degree, which would whose names I can never forget, and curiously, I made my way to 4400B. not have been possible in Hong even those whose names escape me, Peering through a one-way mirror, I Kong. While I was considering taking have shaped my career at Brooklyn observed Prof. West under a table, either psychology or education as College, one of the longest-operating modeling for a child. Dumbstruck, my major, I met a student who told graduate CSD programs and centers I stared for nearly an hour, now me about the speech-language on the East Coast. certain of my preferred major! pathology and audiology (SLP/A) Fifty-fve years later, with a program. The idea of working in a wonderful marriage, two fabulous helping profession was appealing, Head to the daughters and fve grandchildren, so I pursued this major without Closest College well — I am still in this profession! I knowing much about the profession. remain active as an SLP at Achievement Only after I was in the program Ellen Abrams, ’61, M.A. First Charter School in Hartford, CT. did I realize how difficult it was am feeling very nostalgic! This I was asked to start a special education for a new immigrant with non- afternoon I decided to clean out program more than eight years native English profciency and my professional closet at home ago, a task intended to be short in limited knowledge of the American I duration, but I am still there. culture to study SLP/A. I struggled and there were books by my mentors from Brooklyn College: Professors Brooklyn College started me on in some courses, so I recorded this path, and I am forever grateful lectures and spent many hours after for the opportunities I gleaned from class transcribing the recordings. being on campus. Interestingly, the most difficult word for me to transcribe was not a complicated word, such as those An Accidental present in anatomy and physiology, Decision but a word produced by a three-year- old child in a language sample. As Puisan Wong, ’97 B.A., Ph.D. part of a project in Prof. Gurland’s tudying speech-language course, I listened to the recording pathology was an accidental over and over again but was not able decision that changed my to identify the word. Finally, a tutor S in the Writing Center informed me life. I attended Brooklyn College in September, 1994, one month after that the girl was saying “frankfurter,”
4400 Boylan 5 a word that I had not learned After ffteen drafts of my previously. Despite some difficulties, The Secret Files middle grade novel, I felt ready to I enjoyed the courses, projects, of Phineas Foster submit my work for publication. positive feedback from professors, I won’t bore you with the details, Gail B. Gurland, ’70 M.S. ’72, Ph.D. and the A and A+ grades that I but to say the least, it took great received in most of my courses. uring the summer of 2001, I persistence and resilience to cope I did not initially plan to pursue sat down to try my hand at with the rejections. However, during a degree beyond a bachelor’s. One writing fction for children. the Fall of 2015, I received word of day, following an undergraduate D a possible contract with a London Having worked with youngsters with student group meeting, I learned language and literacy challenges based publisher. The Secret Files about Project Ascend, which led for over thirty years, I believed I had of Phineas Foster was released on to an opportunity to volunteer in something to say to them. I wrote October 31, 2016 by Austin Macauley Prof. Richard Schwartz’s lab. Prof. a couple of pages, decided the Schwartz encouraged me to apply whole enterprise was silly, and fled to the CUNY doctoral program. them away. Although I was uncertain of the time Then anticipating a yearlong demands of this rigorous program, sabbatical from my position as Prof. Irving Hochberg, the executive program director at Brooklyn College officer, convinced me to give it a try. in 2008, I searched high and low for Studying at the Graduate Center those pages. Maybe I actually did marked the beginning of a most have a story worth telling. I did due rewarding academic life. diligence, and searched out After earning a Ph.D., I returned ways to support this endeavor. to Brooklyn College as an assistant Having been trained as an professor, and later furthered my academic, I was a very disciplined career as a research scientist in the writer, but not a very creative one. medical school of the Ohio State I learned to let go, imagine, visualize, University. I returned to Hong Kong invent, and think about the countless three years ago, where I am currently youngsters I have worked with over Publ. Ltd. While there is much to be an assistant professor in Speech and the years. Work became play, not done to move from publication to Hearing Sciences at the University in the sense that it was easy, but in sales, opening the box and holding of Hong Kong. the sense that the process was more a copy of the book in my hand was Looking back, I was led down important than the goal. At frst, I one of the most exciting moments in an amazing, but unplanned and dabbled in picture book manuscripts, my life. To all my colleagues at the unexpected, path. I feel lucky and but in my heart, there was a chapter college, and of course my students, thankful to those at Brooklyn book waiting to be revealed. past and present, thank you for your College, where it all began. I met a charming and dedicated encouragement and support! group of budding children’s writers through the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (sort of ASHA for children’s writers). We networked, shared ideas, and began to consider the daunting task of fnding agents and publishers who might consider the works of new, untested writers.
6 4400 Boylan This has been a project of love language — and I identifed logical Counseling in for our chosen profession: for the connections between them. These Communication people who trust us, and for the links became even more apparent students we have been privileged after I participated in a workshop on Disorders to teach at Brooklyn College, an children’s yoga. Beryl Adler, ’67, MS ’69 institution that launched and Prior to joining the faculty at Brooklyn College, I worked at the n recent years, Cyndi Stein-Rubin Stepping Stone Day School, a center- and I have had the opportunity based early intervention program Ito collaborate. We coauthored and preschool for children with and a chapter on counseling together without disabilities. I witnessed frst in 2012 which led us to write the hand that my colleagues in the allied recently-published Counseling in professions embraced yoga as a Communication Disorders: Facilitating complementary, alternative practice the Therapeutic Relationship. This to use with children. Occupational partnership has been exciting, therapists were drawn primarily challenging, and eye-opening. While to yoga’s calming, centering, and completing this text, we found regulatory benefts, while physical ourselves practicing that which we therapists noted its ability to build were writing about, expanding our strength, fexibility and balance. understanding of listening and the “What about speech-language use of words. pathologists?” I thought. While already an SLP who was nurtured both of our careers. There So, during my sabbatical year teaching and supervising at Brooklyn are many life lessons contained in 2012-2013, I delved deeply into College, Cyndi obtained certifcation within the passages. We hope you exploring these connections. as a life coach, and later adapted will enjoy reading it as much as we Subsequently, I met another pediatric coaching principles for use by loved writing it. speech-language pathologist at the graduate students. I have worked yoga studio. I invited her to join full time in a group private practice me in pursing this research, hoping since 1978; in the 1980s, my expertise Yoga for it would culminate in a piece of in counseling families led to the development of a graduate course Speech-Language on the therapeutic relationship in Development communication disorders. I have Susan Longtin, Ph.D. taught it annually since that time. The text provides a means for have been practicing yoga for speech-language pathology students, several decades, almost as long clinicians, clinical supervisors, and as I have been practicing speech- instructors to get to know themselves I language pathology. About twenty better and to integrate basic counseling years ago, I enrolled in a 200-hour tools into their practice. It contains yoga teacher training certifcation numerous activities to help them to course because I wanted to deepen achieve this, and is full of real life my practice. During this time, I began stories and professional experiences to explore the connections between to further enhance the material. two of my passions—yoga and child
4400 Boylan 7 written work, perhaps an article restrict the development of science simulation teaching facilities. for a scholarly journal. The article clinical skills. I completed a simulation instructor grew into a book, titled Yoga for Simulated learning and the course in the summer and continued Speech-Language Development, use of standardized patients (SPs) to think about how BC students published by Jessica Kingsley allows students to rehearse clinical might beneft from having access to Publishers. The focus of the book is situations in a safe environment this resource. the application of yogic principles that minimizes learner anxiety. Over the summer and early and practices to speech-language SPs are comparable to real patients, into the fall, I worked with the development in children. Some therefore the clinical scenarios faculty and staff at NYSIM. Cases of the areas addressed include are reproducible and learning and scenarios were developed, SPs prelinguistic communication, breath objectives can be monitored. The were recruited and trained, and support, symbolic play and emergent benefts of simulated learning are an objective structured clinical literacy. The book also includes evident in both the literature and examination (OSCE) was designed. extensive resources that can be clinical practice. Students engaged A pilot program for the Fall 2016 used for enhancing speech-language in simulation report increased semester was initiated. The second- development through yoga. confdence when speaking with year graduate students participated patients and physicians, appreciate in simulated learning with both full- Simulated obtaining immediate feedback and body computerized mannequins and Learning: Building the Bridge for Clinical Excellence Sharon Beaumont-Bowman, SLP.D.
re they ready? That seems to be the question we ask Awhen we consider graduate students as they prepare for a clinical fellowship position. The question of how to bridge the gap between the academic environment value the sense of safety. Clinical trained SPs. The initial simulation and clinical settings is not a new one. simulations build clinical confdence. experience required students to As the scope of practice continues In the Spring of 2016, I joined assess a patient’s candidacy for to evolve and the knowledge base my colleagues on a tour of the evaluation and required students widens, the need to ensure that NYSIM Center. Housed within to articulate their clinical fndings. our graduates are able to manage Bellevue Hospital, NYSIM is a joint The use of debriefng after the the fast pace of a medical setting initiative between NYU Langone simulation allowed us to discuss becomes even stronger. Use of Medical Center and The City goals, expectations, and clinical labs and case discussions supports University of New York. It is one of practice guidelines. NYSIM provided didactic learning; however, limited the nation’s newest, largest and an opportunity for students to enter access to relevant patients can most sophisticated urban health the emergency room and assess the
8 4400 Boylan environment without the stressors Hearing Center. Having been typically present during an initial introduced to services provided encounter. within the Center, Mel shared with Students participated in OSCEs me his desire to allocate scholarship and completed clinical swallow funds to students of the graduate assessments on SPs in an outpatient program. The frst Mel Silverman setting. Students completed this Scholarship awardee of our programs activity as part of a team of four, was selected in 2007; $25,000 has however, each student worked with been distributed to a number of the SP individually. The SPs provided students since that time, and Mel each student with immediate contributed to a fund which will feedback regarding communicative generate an annual scholarship of effectiveness, empathy, and ability to $3,000 for students in perpetuity! explain the process and fndings. Many things strike me from our Student feedback has been education who graduated when long association with Mr. Silverman. overwhelmingly positive and I am the campus was still very new — After spending even a brief time looking forward to advancing the Mr. Silverman had long been a with Mel, his love for students is program to include an assessment philanthropist to Brooklyn College. apparent: he clearly values their element. I am happy to announce Still too young for military hard work and commitment to that I most recently received grant service upon graduation in 1942, studies. Most memorable to me funding from Dean Greenwald’s Mr. Silverman took a civilian job with are the several times I’ve had the office, to further develop a clinical the Signal Corps at a laboratory in opportunity to introduce the simulation program which will NJ where radar was secretly being honorees to their donor. incorporate culturally-sensitive developed. Drafted into the U.S. On behalf of our program and clinical practice and inter-professional Army in 1943, Mel was trained to the many students he has supported: education into the curriculum. I become a German cryptanalyst and thank you, Mel Silverman! am grateful for the support of my served until the European phase colleagues and the enthusiasm of of WWII ended. After earning an our students as we take the next MBA in accounting, Mel accepted Michele Emmer: step towards providing advanced a “temporary” job at a fedgling A Distinguished clinical training opportunities. organization, the United Nations. He worked at the UN for 33 years, Career across ascending to deputy director of the Years Mel Silverman, the department responsible for ’42: Supporting the UN’s peacekeeping forces. Shlomo Silman, PhD, Following mandatory retirement Presidential Professor our Students for from the UN at age 60, Mel became am honored to have been asked the Past Decade! interested in pursuing a new career to write the professional story of as an actor. With perseverance my colleague and friend, Michele Michael Bergen, ’94 M.S., Au.D. and determination he managed to I Emmer. Although she began as my frst met Mel Silverman when become a member of both Actors student, she evolved into so much he visited the Speech-Language- Equity and SAG/AFTRA. more: scientist, researcher, professor, Hearing Center exactly twenty While Mel has had no formal mentor to students and faculty, I background in communication years ago this coming summer. member of IRB, chair, and friend to An alumnus of Brooklyn College sciences and disorders, he is no everyone in the department. While — a math major with a minor in stranger to the DRD Speech-Language- our roles have changed across the
4400 Boylan 9 years the one constant has been our were paid, although they would seniors, approached Michele in friendship. have participated for the experience 2008 to develop a program titled During the time I was a visiting alone. Inspired by their involvement, University Without Walls for the professor at Brooklyn College in 1984, several of the research assistants Hearing Impaired. She recruited Michele, with a Bachelor of Arts later pursued doctorates in the feld academics and researchers from degree in Music from the Brooklyn of hearing science. Brooklyn College, The Graduate College Conservatory of Music, was When an otolaryngologist, Dr. Center, Mercy College, and taking post-baccalaureate courses Daniel S. Arick, and I received an NIH Montclair State University, all of in order to apply to the Speech- grant exceeding one million dollars whom have expertise in hearing Language Pathology and Audiology to investigate feasibility and clinical disorders, and remediation. Funding Master of Science program. She trials for the EarPopper, there was was provided by The Fan Fox and took my course in Introduction to pressure to conduct the research at Leslie R. Samuels Foundation as Audiology. I was fascinated by her NY Eye and Ear Infrmary because well as the NYC Department for insightful queries about true vertigo the instrument is a medical device. the Aging for a program to teach and by the questions she posed in Michele made successful efforts, ffteen homebound, older adults class, as it was clear that she leaned over very strong objections from the with hearing impairment to use towards medical aspects of audiology. hospital, to shift the grant to the computers to access customized After completing her Master’s Brooklyn College Center for Auditory online courses. The computer degree in Audiology, Michele Research. Dr. Christoph Kimmich, additionally provided a means for requested a CFY site that would who was President of Brooklyn individuals to interact with others, allow her to help individuals with College at that time, allocated, and reducing social isolation, boredom, disabilities. Michele completed her renovated space for a suite of rooms and depression. fellowship year at United Cerebral to administer the research. Michele received a number of Palsy in Brooklyn, where she Michele has published numerous awards and honors including a identifed a technique for detection articles in medical, scientifc, and college-wide recognition for Teaching of hearing loss in this population, audiological journals. She was Excellence and CUNY Research and published an outstanding article. invited to co-edit a special issue Honoree, which was granted multiple Seeing such great academic on middle-ear effusion. She and I times. She co-authored publications potential, I encouraged Michele to coauthored a text Instrumentation which received special citations, such pursue a PhD in Speech and Hearing for Audiology and Hearing Science. as Best of Diagnostic Audiology, Sciences at the CUNY Graduate The Executive Director of Great-for-the-Clinician, and Best of Center, where I chaired her doctoral DOROT, Inc. a Manhattan-based Hearing Aids, and she additionally committee. Michele was a student in philanthropic organization whose received the Mature Media National the frst course in electrophysiology mission is to serve homebound Award, presented for the production that I taught in that program. I subsequently received several substantial federal grants to investigate adult-onset deprivation and acclimatization over the course of six years. I trusted Michele to be one of the principal investigators, and she became the coordinator and senior researcher for these grants. Michele invited graduate students across CUNY to work as research assistants. The students
10 4400 Boylan Stay Tuned: The Challenge of students, colleagues and clients. Hearing Loss. Those who have followed prior Although Michele has officially issues of this newsletter have read retired, she has simply exited one these stories, and many of you door while entering another. We have personal histories which are are now working together to help equally compelling: the relationships remediate middle-ear fuid and forged, the knowledge consumed, associated hearing loss in toddlers the networking and opportunities with a non-surgical device. Research gained, and the memories retrieved. shows that very young children I have served for several years can sustain brain damage from on the board of directors of the anesthesia. We obtained two patents college’s alumni association, and for Baby Healthy Ear, and hope to upon meeting alumni of Brooklyn embark on NIH research shortly. I’m College, regardless of the decade are led by department chair, Prof. so excited to be collaborating again of graduation, common themes Susan Longtin and graduate program with Michele. appear in their stories — stories director, Prof. Elaine Geller, while so that our alumni are often eager many of the activities are overseen to retell. There are themes of by the associate clinic director, Susan The CENTER partnership, memories of a campus Bohne. Students obtain experience which provided space and time and of Activity by participating not only in the daily knowledge which, at that time in speech-language-hearing services Michael Bergen ’94 M.S., Au.D. their lives, made lasting impact like of the Center, but also in one or n alumna recently wrote to few other experiences did. People more specialty clinical activities us about her frst experience speak of low- or no- tuition, of being our faculty and staff members are in 4400B, an interaction with frst generation in college, and of regularly involved with, such as A overcoming humble beginnings to Prof. Robert West which set her the Lee Silverman Voice Treatment on an SLP career path. Prof. West achieve more than they could have (LSVT) program for individuals with was one of the most prominent expected. Alumni often recall their Parkinson’s Disease, the Hanen individuals from the earliest days of initial visits to campus, describing CenterTM programs for children and our professions, and served as the the lily pond and/or the clock tower. their families, the Early Childhood frst president of the organization They recall studying in the library, Center Programs, and, under the that is now ASHA. Upon reading her meeting with faculty, celebrating in guidance of clinical coordinator letter, I wondered about the impact the Student Center, and spending Prof. Dorothy DiToro, as well as of the people and services of the time in the cafeteria. They remember Professors Drillick and Strom, are Diana Rogovin Davidow Speech- graduation dates and, in many cases, able to provide communication Language-Hearing Center (DRDSLHC) meeting their life partners here. strategies and technology to those through the decades. How many It is truly wonderful to be even a with hearing impairment. students have passed through the very small part of what has been so Once again, more than $75,000 programs? Faculty? Clients? How important to so many for so long. was awarded to students in the many lives positively affected? Your alma mater continues form of scholarship and partial I have been fortunate to call to have a thriving SLH Center — tuition waivers in the past year. 4400 Boylan home for more than indeed, it is the CENTER of activity, We are proud of our students’ a quarter-century now, and in serving as a hub for faculty, clients accomplishments! Alumni support that relatively short time have and hundreds of undergraduate, continues to be an important factor witnessed frst-hand some of the master’s and doctoral students. in allowing our programs to recruit, life-changing experiences of our A productive group of colleagues reward and retain the best students. 4400 Boylan 11 Walking through the doors of 4400B in 2017 means you will be greeted by amazing staff members, led by Ms. Angela Caragliano, Casandra Corbie and Annsonia Garrick, who follow in the footsteps of people who held similar roles in the past, such as Ms. Elizabeth Rosas- Diaz, Paula Horn and Rose Koch. We are supported, too, by our staff members, Ms. Bethany Donohue, Danielle Ruiz and Martha Hans who make everyone’s jobs easier Michael Bergen continues to chair two posters with Akiko Fuse at the by working so well with clients, the Brooklyn College Alumni 2016 ASHA convention on the topic students and faculty members. It is Association (BCAA) Student Awards of diversity initiatives. not easy to juggle a phone call from Committee. He is assistant editor of Susan Bohne continues as a a client while simultaneously making the Communicator for the NYS participating member of the copies for a faculty member and Speech-Language-Hearing Association Interdisciplinary Collaborative helping to direct a student to the (NYSSLHA), and is the college’s Support Services for Students with correct observation suite, but our presidential appointee to the board Autism Spectrum Disorders at BC, incredible staff members handle of directors of the BCAA. Michael funded through Project REACH so much, and do it all so well. was appointed to the NYSSLHA (Resources and Education on Autism Please stay in touch with your Ethics committee, and presented as CUNY’s Hallmark). She is a alma mater — just like our colleague member of the intra-campus faculty who shared her story of Prof. West, The Diana Rogovin Davidow group investigating introduction please send us a note to reminisce, or scholarship recipients were of an undergraduate program in to tell us about recent achievements. Nusaiba Ally, Allegra Barlow, Medical Humanities, and attended And, if you haven’t been here in Kara Hayden, and Jessica the CAPCSD conference. some time, please consider a visit. Shevchenko. The Gail B. Gurland Baila Epstein along with Yael I will arrange a personal tour if Scholarship honoree was Kelly Neumann and Valerie Shafer, you’d like one! Garcia. The Mel Silverman published an article titled, Scholarship recipients were Karla Faculty Achievements “Electrophysiological indices Rubio and Michelle Sanits, the Sharon Beaumont-Bowman is of brain activity to content and Oliver Bloodstein Memorial Award continuing to develop opportunities function words in discourse,” in the was awarded to Maria Wolf, and for students to expand their basic International Journal of Language the Jennifer Silverstein Memorial competencies in the area of swallowing and Communication Disorders. Scholarship honoree was disorders. Sharon developed and She also contributed a chapter Katherine Santana. The Rochelle implemented a pilot clinical simulation on psychometrics for speech and Cherry Award was provided to program for students enrolled in language assessment to the second Erika Lanham. In addition, a SPEC 7313. Students participated in edition of A Guide to Clinical number of students were awarded simulations and engaged in clinical Assessment and Professional Report assorted departmental and work with standardized patients Writing in Speech-Language college scholarships, while several at NYSIM, one of the largest health Pathology by Stein-Rubin and Fabus. others earned NYC Department of science simulation teaching facilities, Akiko Fuse participated in a panel Education scholarships. located at Bellevue Hospital Center. presentation on issues regarding
12 4400 Boylan bilingual assessment and intervention, Susan moderated a session at Bilingualism. She presented on and also presented two posters with the spring conference at Adelphi various topics at the 2016 ASHA graduate students Yuliya Navichkova, University, and organized an convention and in Budapest. Dr. Krysteena Alloggio and Erika Lanham interdisciplinary round table on Marton was awarded $35,407 from at the 2016 NYSSLHA convention. disabilities studies at Brooklyn CUNY Interdisciplinary Research At the 2016 ASHA convention, Akiko College’s Faculty Day. Dr. Longtin Grant Program. (CIRG), for “The presented two posters with Michael presented a case study for the SLP effects of bilingualism, language Bergen on diversity issues in the feld program’s clinical grand rounds in impairment, and socio-economic of CSD, and a poster with students April 2016, and she later served as a status on children’s cognitive- on familiarity effects on perception faculty expert for the IPP/IPE grant linguistic performance.” Klara of accented speech. An article with awarded to Drs. Geller and Bergen. Marton, P.I.; Patricia Brooks & Ofelia Erika Lanham was recently published Klara Marton’s recent research Garcia, Co-P.I.; 2016-2017 in Journal of Fluency Disorders. fndings have been published in Dorothy Neave-DiToro and Adrienne Audrey Hazamy published an numerous scientifc journals in 2016, Rubinstein co-authored an article article entitled “Improved cognition including on the topics of working with Arlene Neuman, “Speech while cycling in Parkinson’s disease memory in Neuropsychological recognition in non-native vs. native patients and healthy adults” (2017) in Rehabilitation and in Language and English-speaking college students Brain and Cognition, 113, 23–31 with Linguistics Compass, and the topic of in a virtual classroom” that was Altmann, Stegemöller, Bowers, Lee, executive control in bilingualism in accepted for publication by the Wilson, Okung, and Hass. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition Journal of the American Academy Elaine Geller and Michael Bergen and in Linguistic Approaches to of Audiology. They additionally were awarded a grant in the co-authored a chapter with Rochelle ANNUAL SYMPOSIUM amount of $19,999 from the CUNY Cherry, “Audiological Screening for Beryl Adler and Cyndi Stein-Rubin the Speech-Language Evaluation” Office of Academic Affairs to study presented a full-day symposium, for the second edition of A Guide to Interprofessional Preparation and “Facilitating the Therapeutic Education(IPP/IPE), and received Relationship,” coordinated by Clinical Assessment and Professional funding from the Bureau of Early Professor Natalie Schaeffer. Report Writing in Speech-Language Intervention, NYC Department of Ms. Adler and Stein, alumnae Pathology. Dr. Neave-DiToro obtained Health and Mental Hygiene in the and faculty members of Brooklyn a PSC-CUNY grant to examine the College, provided an interactive amount of $35,000 to develop a hearing aid effect and currently is learning experience full of actively involved in the social media specialization in early intervention relevant videos and professional campaign associated with President in the graduate SLP program. examples. Many alumni returned Michelle J. Anderson’s “We Stand Susan Longtin’s book, Yoga for to campus on this valuable day! Against Hate” initiative. Speech-Language Development with Jessica Fitzpatrick, was published by Jessica Kingsley. Her chapter on assessment of speech, language, and communication in autism spectrum disorders will appear in the second edition of A Guide to Clinical Assessment and Professional Report Writing in Speech-Language Pathology by Stein-Rubin and Fabus. She developed a website on autism spectrum disorders at http:// libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/asd.
4400 Boylan 13 Jennifer Sass-Brown established assistance programs. She helped to participants with dysphonia,” and “Communicating with Our organize celebratory graduate student later presented a related poster Community,” a volunteer service for events associated with graduation session of this study on BC Faculty undergraduate students, in which and winter holiday festivities. Day. Additionally, Dr. Schaeffer she collaborated with students Natalie Schaeffer published an coordinated the symposium who participated at sites including article in the Journal of Voice, “Pre “Solution Focused Brief Therapy: soup kitchens, clothing distribution and post stimulation study on the Facilitating the Therapeutic centers, head start programs, animal phonatory aerodynamic system on Relationship” presented by Beryl shelters, and after-school education Adler and Cyndi Stein-Rubin.
The Program in Speech- Language Pathology and Audiology thanks the following donors for their generous contributions Oren and Andrea Abramowitz Edmund and Judy Erde Carrie Idler Beryl Adler Sharlene Galper Leonora Katzman Michael and Amy Bergen Diane Gaudin Roslyn Kay Lasky Family of Oliver Bloodstein Felicia Gironda Marion Lipton Rochelle Cherry Deanna Glassman Gloria MacDonald Ruth L. Cohen Susan I. Greenberg Linda Mitchell Diana Rogovin Davidow Laura Steinik Grey Gail Olenick The Davidow Charitable Fund Gail Gurland Phoebe Schlanger Melody Dorfman Audrey Haimowitz Mel Silverman Mel Dorin Helaine Helmreich The Family of Jennifer Silverstein Florence Edelman Esther Herbert Renee Toueg 14 4400 Boylan FULL-TIME FACULTY AND STAFF ADJUNCT FACULTY AND PART-TIME STAFF Sharon Beaumont-Bowman, Assistant Professor Beryl Adler, Adjunct Lecturer Michael Bergen, Director, DRD Speech-Language- Risa Baghdadi, Adjunct Lecturer Hearing Center Barbara Bennett, Adjunct Assistant Professor Susan Bohne, Associate Director, DRD Speech- Tanya Caines, Adjunct Lecturer Language-Hearing Center Jane Carp, Adjunct Lecturer Angela Caragliano, Office Manager Rachel Cortese, Adjunct Lecturer Casandra Corbie, Office Assistant Ingrid Davidovich, Adjunct Assistant Professor Barbara DeCicco, Substitute Lecturer Bethany Donohue, College Assistant Baila Epstein, Assistant Professor Vicky Dreifus, Adjunct Lecturer Akiko Fuse, Assistant Professor Chava Drillick, Adjunct Lecturer Annsonia Garrick, Academic Specialist Joanne Gerenser, Adjunct Assistant Professor Elaine Geller, Director M.S. Program in SLP, Professor Charles Goldman, Adjunct Assistant Professor Susan Longtin, Department Chair, Gail Gurland, Professor Emerita and Associate Professor Adjunct Professor Klara Marton, Executive Officer GC Ph.D. Martha Hans, College Assistant Program in S-L-H Sciences, Professor Carrie Idler, Adjunct Lecturer Dorothy Neave-DiToro, Assistant Professor Terese Long, Adjunct Lecturer Gail Olenick, Substitute Lecturer Danielle Ruiz, College Assistant Adrienne Rubinstein, Professor Rivka Strom, Adjunct Lecturer Jennifer Sass-Brown, Lecturer Karin Walker, Adjunct Lecturer Natalie Schaeffer, Associate Professor Sylvia Yudice Walters, Adjunct Associate Professor Naomi Shualy, Substitute Lecturer Shlomo Silman, Presidential Professor
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