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Graduate Students’ Experiences with Dynamic Assessment IRL

Yay for these graduate students who not only planned and implemented a dynamic assessment in their practicum with their supervisor, they are presenting their experience at the Oregon Speech-Language & Hearing Association Fall 2025 conference! Check out their DAs using… Continue Reading →

Using R.E.A.C.T.: An AI Critical Thinking Framework

Thank you to the Oregon Health and Sciences University Nursing faculty for inviting Martha Almendarez and me to your retreat! We look forward to talking with you about how the R.E.A.C.T framework for critical thinking around AI use applies to… Continue Reading →

R.E.A.C.T to AI in the Classroom

I have never presented at an AI Petting Zoo before! What a fun idea hosted by Pacific University’s Center for Educational Technology and Curricular Innovation (CETCI) I will be showcasing the R.E.A.C.T framework (developed by the amazing Martha Langland Almendarez… Continue Reading →

Dynamic Assessment: Idea to Action (Parts 1 and 2)

Fantastic Frank Bender and I are presenting a virtual 2-part webinar series with Speech Therapy PD. The series is titled, Dynamic Assessment: Idea to Action. The webinar will also be available to watch asynchronously through Speech Therapy PD. If you… Continue Reading →

Elevating AI Use in CSD: Integrating Ethics, Critical Thinking, and Professional Responsibility (ASHA, 2024)

My good friend and colleague, Dr. Martha Almendarez Langland, and I are honored to have been invited to present together at ASHA on the topic of AI use in CSD. We are presenting a critical thinking framework, R.E.A.C.T., that we… Continue Reading →

Dynamic Assessment is Still a Clinical Option: The What, Why, and How (ASHA, 2024)

Dr. Frank Bender and I are partnering at ASHA this year to walk attendees through the use of a dynamic assessment approach together. Dr. Bender has updated the overview, resources, and protocol packet to include an updated learning strategies and… Continue Reading →

Narratives Mosaics II: Intervention (OSHA 2024)

In this presentation at the Oregon Speech-Language & Hearing Association (OSHA) Fall 2024 conference, Dr. Jenny Larsen and I presented an approach to language/literacy interventions using storybooks across cultures. The presentation was a follow up to the Spring 2024 OSHA… Continue Reading →

CSD Community Collaboration in a Kindergarten Readiness Service-Learning Program (OSHA 2024)

Pacific CSD graduate students who participated in a partnership program with the Virginia Garcia Memorial Wellness Center presented this poster at the Oregon Speech-Language & Hearing Association (OSHA) 2024 fall conference. Check out the poster and references here. Feel free… Continue Reading →

Dynamic Assessment: You Know and Do More Than You Think! (OSHA 2024)

Dr. Frank Bender and I are thrilled to be presenting on our favorite topic of Dynamic Assessment for our first oral seminar together! This presentation at the Oregon Speech-Language & Hearing Association (OSHA) Fall 2024 conference will be a tutorial… Continue Reading →

Simulating Professional Written Communication with Graduate SLP Students (OSHA 2024)

This poster about a professional written communication simulation at the Oregon Speech-Language & Hearing Association (OSHA) Fall 2024 conference. This simulation is ongoing and we have made some adjustments to one rubric moving forward. This work, authored by Mary Mitchell,… Continue Reading →

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