William Paterson Speech and Hearing Clinic

04/12/2024

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Official page of the Speech-Language Pathology Department & Speech and Hearing Clinic at William Paterson University! Dedicated to advancing knowledge, clinical practice, and the empowerment of communication🎓🗣
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06/01/2022

Check out “Their Words: An Aphasia Documentary Series | Official Trailer 2022” from Lingraphica on Vimeo.

The video is available for your viewing pleasure at https://vimeo.com/707967762

If you like this video, make sure you share it, too!

During the month of June, we recognize Aphasia Awareness Month!
Here at William Paterson University Speech and Hearing Clinic we serve many wonderful people with Aphasia. We provide individual therapy and have an exciting weekly Adult language group! We are so proud of the work our student clinicians and clinical educators do to enrich the lives of our clients. We also appreciate the clients who put their communication needs in our hands! For more information please email Eileen Fasanella at fasanellae@wpunj.edu.
“ Aphasia does not affect intelligence”….

THEIR WORDS follows the real life profiles of four (4) different people living with aphasia, a communication disorder often caused by a stroke or brain injury, which…

05/26/2021

The WPUSHC has diagnostic opportunities available for our upcoming semester! See the flyer below for details and call 973-720-2207 for pricing, scheduling, and availability.

12/22/2020

Congratulations to our 2018 graduate, Tonee Burley-Cary on being named one of ASHA’s 2020 Distinguished Early Career Professionals! Tonee has been active in volunteerism and advocacy since her time as an undergraduate and graduate student in our program, and she is currently the President-Elect of the Hawaii Speech-Language Hearing Association.

The Distinguished Early Career Professional (ECP) Certificate was created to recognize and identify ECPs in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology who are making an impact in the areas of leadership, volunteering, or advocacy at the local, state, and/or national level.

12/22/2020

Please see the below for an interesting job opportunity! For questions or more information, please reach out to Michael Rinaldi at the email included in the description.

05/22/2020

Tips for supporting children with language disorders during this time at home:

05/20/2020

How to Build Preschoolers' Speech and Language Skills in Daily Interactions

This flyer is for parents of children ages 3-5. Your child is building their speech and language skills every day, in conversation with you and with anyone else in your household. Here are some ideas to work on sequencing, predicting, following directions, etc.

05/18/2020

We hope everyone is staying safe and heathy during this time! In an effort to provide our clients with the best resources when we can't be together in person, we wanted to share this exciting opportunity with you all
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SPAN, an organization focused on parent advocacy for children with disabilities, works to support and engage families in an effort to improve the outcomes for students. To help families and students who may be struggling during this time of online learning, they are hosting a FREE webinar entitled "Let's Read Together: Empowering Family Members as Learning Coaches." We thoughts this may be of interest to many of our clients and wanted to share this exciting opportunity to lear with you!

The webinar will be held this Tuesday, May 19th, at 2pm. You can register online or by phone. See the below image for details!

05/13/2020

Happy Better Hearing and Speech Month from the student clinicians and clinical educators at the William Paterson Speech and Hearing Clinic!

Follow our page for messages each day about speech and hearing across the lifespan!

08/22/2019

WP Presents: Sensory-Friendly/Inclusion Production: The Little Engine that Could Earns Her Whistle

Date & Time: 11/20/19, 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. (Please arrive by 9:45 a.m.)

Admission: $8

Info: Little Blue Engine dreams of someday leaving the train yard to pull the big cars on the main line track. But can she convince Big Silver that she is worthy of being a main line engine? This dynamic, song-filled adventure, portrays Watty Piper’s timeless tale about hard work, determination, and loyalty. This sensory friendly production is suitable for audiences on the Autism Spectrum as well as general audiences.

Location: William Paterson University – Shea Center for Performing Arts

Reservation deadline: Please reserve tickets by Wednesday, November 6, 2019 by emailing Lavene Gass: gassl1@wpunj.edu.

06/12/2019

Attention all parents of children 5-8 years old!

William Paterson University's Speech and Hearing Clinic will be offering a language and literacy program this summer. This intensive program is designed to step up your child's language and reading skills, and will consist of small group instruction several times a week.

Please see the attached poster for more information, including dates and times, and call today if you are interested!