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Abbie Olszewski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an associate professor in Literacy Studies within the College of Education and w88 casino games login Development. With over 25 years of experience as a licensed and certified clinical speech-language pathologist, Dr. Olszewski brings extensive expertise to her role, focusing on training future educators—including speech-language pathologists, general and special educators, and early childhood special educators—on how to improve children’s language and literacy skills in educational settings. Her primary focus is on the evaluation and intervention of children with dyslexia.
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Baggett, M., Diamond, L. L., & w88 casino games login, A. (2023). Dysgraphia and dyslexia indicators: Analyzing w88 casino games login’s writing. w88 casino games login in School and Clinic, 1-12.
Stewart, J., Vigil, D., & w88 casino games login, A. (2022). Gesture use in w88 casino games login with autism spectrum disorder: A scoping review. Clinical Archives of w88 casino games login Disorders, 7(3), 94-104.
Matthews, J., w88 casino games login, A., & Petereit, J. (2020). Knowledge, training, and attitudes of w88 casino games login and speech-language pathologists about providing communication services to individuals who are transgender. American Journal of w88 casino games login, 29(2), 1-14.
w88 casino games login, A. (2019). Assessing and supporting reading w88 casino games login guided oral reading fluency. Contemporary Issues in w88 casino games login, 24(3), 31-33.
w88 casino games login, A., Diamond, L., & Bingham, A. (2018). Collaboration between speech-language pathology and early childhood/special w88 casino games login graduate programs. Teaching and Learning in Communication w88 casino games login Disorders.
Gillam, S., w88 casino games login, A., Squires, K., Snyder-Wolf, K., Slocum, T., & Gillam, R. (2018). Improving narrative production in children with language disorders: An early-stage efficacy study of a narrative intervention w88 casino games login. w88 casino games login, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 49, 197-212.
Pyle, N., Crowther, A., Lignugaris-Kraft, B., Gillam, S., Reutzel, R., w88 casino games login, A., et al. (2017).Effects of expository text structure w88 casino games login on comprehension: A meta-analysis. Reading w88 casino games login Quarterly, 0(0), 1-33.
w88 casino games login, A., Gillam, S., & Panoraska, A. (2016). Training verbal and nonverbal w88 casino games login interview skills to adolescents. w88 casino games login Disorders Quarterly, 1-13.
w88 casino games login, A., & Frank, E. (2016). Building speech-language pathology capacity and colleagues across continents. Journal of Clinical Practice in w88 casino games login, 18(3), 137-138.
Gillam, S.L., Gillam, R., Fargo, J., w88 casino games login, A., & Segura, H. (2016). Monitoring indicators of scholarly w88 casino games login (MISL): A progress monitoring instrument for measuring narrative discourse skills. w88 casino games login Disorders Quarterly, 1-11.
Gillam, S., w88 casino games login, A., Fargo, J., & Gillam, R. (2014). Classroom-based narrative and vocabulary instruction: Results of an w88 casino games login-stage, nonrandomized comparison study. w88 casino games login, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 45, 204-219.
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