Children's Literacy and Speech Sound Lab

12/29/2025

For the last Meet the Lab Monday of 2025 - meet my new little love, Colby Jack!!! Many thanks to for fostering this sweet guy for us to adopt!!! He has made this season so bright. 🥰😻🧀

12/09/2025

I will be live on Instagram at 12:30 pm ET today!! Join if you are able.

This will not be live on FB. It will be recorded by SLP nerdcast and available on their page.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DSCv137DaW_/?igsh=NTZ1ZzV4aHF0MHE5

10/27/2025

Meet the lab Monday!! Meet Finley Linehan (she/ her).

Finley is an undergraduate student at Florida State University, and a Communication Science and Disorders major. Passionate about speech and language research, Finley is excited to be a research assistant on the APPLES (Academic Progress in Phonological Learning in Elementary School) project. In addition to gaining hands-on experience in the lab, Finley is an active member of the National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) and Best Buddies, demonstrating a commitment to both academic growth and community engagement.

Her favorite children's books are Goodnight Moon and Pinkalicious!

We are so thankful for all that you do, Finley!!

10/08/2025

Join me TONIGHT live at 7:00 pm ET to talk WITH DR. SHARYNNE MCLEOD about the clinical use of speech sound norms!!! You don't want to miss us nerding out on one of our favorite topics!!!


Thank you for the idea !!!

10/06/2025

Meet the lab Mondays! Meet Delaney Taylor. She is the lead RA for the APPLES project.

Delaney is an undergraduate in the school of Communication Science and Disorders at Florida State University, interested in working as a pediatric speech-language pathologist after graduate school. Delaney is also pursuing her Interdepartmental Developmental Disabilities certification and is working towards induction into the American Sign Language Honor Society.

Her favorite children's book is If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

We are so lucky to have you, Delaney! Thank you for all that you do!!

10/03/2025

09/20/2025

Exciting week for the lab!! Our primary outcomes for our TALES 2 project were published!! Training Assistants in Language Elicitation Strategies (TALES) was a series of single case experimental designs (SCED) intended to support paraeducators and SLP-As in shared book reading strategies.

Swipe to see one of my favorite parts of any paper - the acknowledgements. This one is special. 💜

Email classlabFSU at Gmail to get a copy and a link to all of our intervention materials.

08/31/2025

I am SO excited for this professional development opportunity in May, 2026!!! Join me for Desert Days!! I am honored to be on the author panel. Today is the last day to register for the 9 month payment plan!!

08/27/2025

We are recruiting SLPs, SLP-As, teachers, teaching assistants, and caregivers to participate in a shared book reading study. I have posted about this study here before - and our recruitment is continuing through December 2025! All participants can earn $100 - $250 for participating and will receive free books. Participants are welcomed from US and Canada. Must be working with or have children ages 3-8; must have internet access; must speak English (and other languages are certainly welcomed - all study procedures take place in English). Children must have some spoken language and no severe sensory impairments (e.g. hearing or vision loss).

Attached are two separate flyers, one for educators (broadly defined - SLPs, SLP-As, teachers, and paras) and one for caregivers (in comments).

08/25/2025

Pizza and planning!!! So thankful to carve out time on the first day of the Fall 2025 semester with the CLaSS Lab doc students. We talk about our writing priorities, other deadlines, responsibilities, and how to manage all the plates and things on them.

Thanks for a great lunch!! Thanks for our beautiful notebooks, pens, and planners!!

08/12/2025

Rest in power, my Zoe girl!!!
When I started my CF in 2005, I adopted two kittens from the same litter. Buca died in May of 2024, and Zoe died today. 🌈💔

She was an opinionated soul, which I imagine happens when you are a cat with a PhD, for goodness sake.

I wrote so many IEPs, class assignments, a whole dissertation, manuscripts, grant applications, job applications, grant re-applications, promotion materials, and exams with this girl on my lap or nearby. From CF-SLP to full professor. It's a profound transition, and I'm honored to have been by her side until the very end.
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