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| Nancy J. Scherer, PhD |
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Department of Communicative Disorders |
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Dean |
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of Public and Allied Health |
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201 Lamb Hall |
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Phone: (423) 439-4272 - Department |
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(423)
439-5254 - Office |
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Fax: (423) 439-4607 |
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scherern@etsu.edu |
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Courses: |
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Pediatric Organic Disorders |
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Intervention Issues |
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Lab Affiliation: |
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Language Science Lab. |
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Education: |
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PhD |
1980 |
University of Washington – Seattle |
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MS |
1972 |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
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BS |
1971 |
University of Wisconsin - Madison |
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Professional Experience: |
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2004 - Present |
Kennedy Center Scholar (In residence 1-6/04) |
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Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN |
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1999-Present |
Professor, Chair, Department of Communicative Disorders |
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East Tennessee State University |
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1992-1999 |
Associate Professor; Department of Communicative
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Disorders, East Tennessee State University |
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1991-1992 |
Adjunct Assistant Professor; Department of
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Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Medical School, CA
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1990-1992 |
Associate Professor; University of Redlands, CA |
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1990-1992 |
Private Practice, Pediatric Speech and Language
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Associates, CA |
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1985-1990 |
Director; Clinical Services |
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Providence Speech and Hearing Center, Orange, CA |
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1984-1986 |
Coordinator, Speech-Language Pathology ,University
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Affiliated Program, Department of Pediatrics,
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Division of Developmental Disabilities and Clinical
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Genetics, University California , CA |
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1984-1992 |
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics |
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University of California, CA |
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1980-1985 |
Director, Speech and Language Services, |
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Providence Speech and Hearing Centre, CA |
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1980 |
Lecturer, Department of Communication
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California State University, CA |
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1977-1980 |
Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Language Development-Disorder |
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University of Washington |
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1975-1977 |
Assistant Professor and Clinical Supervisor;
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University of Redlands, CA |
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1973-1975 |
Supervisory Speech-Language Clinician, Madison Public
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Schools, WI |
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1972-1973 |
Speech-Language Clinician, Madison Public Schools, WI |
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| Licensure: |
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| CCC-SLP (ASHA) |
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Lifetime Wisconsin Teaching Certificate -
Speech Pathology - K-12 |
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Tennessee State License in Speech Pathology
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| Clinical Interests: |
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Speech and language development in children with cleft
palate and velocardiofacial syndrome. |
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Early intervention for children with cleft palate and
syndromic disorders. |
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Parent training in language and speech facilitation. |
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Early intervention for children with Autism Spectrum
Disorders. |
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| Research Interests: |
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Speech and language development in children with cleft
palate and velocardiofacial syndrome |
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Early intervention for children with cleft palate and syndromic disorders. |
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Parent training in language and speech facilitation. |
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Selected Publications:
Scherer, NJ & Kaiser, A. (In Press) Early intervention in children with cleft
palate, Infants and Young Children.
Scherer, N.J., Williams, A.L. & Kalbfleisch, J. (Under revision) Profiles of
early and later vocalizations in children with cleft lip and/or palate and
children without clefts, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Snyder, L. and Scherer, N.J. (2004). The development of symbolic play and
language development in toddlers with cleft palate, American Journal of
Speech-Language Pathology, 13, 66-80.
Scherer, N.J. (2002). Language impairments and school success in children with Velocardiofacial syndrome, Velocardiofacial Syndrome Education Foundation
Newsletter, Vol 8, 3, 4-5.
D'Antonio, L., Scherer, N.J., Miller, L., Kalbfleisch, J. and Bartley, J.
(2001). Analysis of speech charactersitics in children with Velocardiofacial
Syndrome and children with phenotypic overlap, Cleft Palate-Craniofacial
Journal, 39, 5, 455-467.
Scherer, M.J., D'Antonio, L. & Rodgers, J.R. (2001). Communication profiles in
children with Velocardiofacial syndrome: Comparison with children with Down
syndrome, Genetics in Medicine, 3, 1, 72-78.
Scherer, N.J (2000). Communicative Disorders. In H.B. Vance and A. Pumariega (Eds). Clinical assessment of children and adolescent behavior:
Interfacing assessment and treatment for rehabilitation. New York: Wiley & Sons.
Scherer, N.J. (1999). The speech and language status of toddlers with cleft lip
and/or palate following early vocabulary intervention. American Journal
of Speech-Language Pathology, 8, 31-40.
Scherer, N.J. & D'Antonio, L. (1999). Early speech and language development in
children with Velocardiofacial Syndrome. American Journal of Medical
Genetics, 88, 714-723.
Scherer, N. J. and D’Antonio, L. (1998). To sign or not to sign? Velo-Cardio-Facial
Syndrome Education Foundation Newsletter, Fall.
Balasubrahmanyam, G., Scherer, N. J., Martin, J., and Michal, M. (1998). Cleft
lip and palate: Keys to successful management. Contemporary Pediatrics,
15, No. 11, 133.
Scherer, N. J., and D'Antonio, L. (1997). Language and play development in
toddlers with cleft lip and/or palate. American Journal of Speech-Language
Pathology, 6, 48-54.
Scherer, N. J. and D'Antonio, L. (1995). Use of a parent questionnaire for
screening language in children with cleft lip/palate. Cleft
Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 32, 7-14.
D'Antonio, L. and Scherer, N. J. (1994). Evaluation of Speech Disorders, In R. Shprintzen (Ed) Multidisciplinary Assessment of Children with Cleft Palate,
St Louis, MO: Mosby.
Scherer, N. J., and Olswang, L. B. (1990). Methodological issues regarding
structured discourse as a language intervention technique. Proceedings from
the Conference on Treatment Efficacy, San Antonio, March, 1989
Selected Presentations:
Scherer,
NJ (2005) Early intervention and parent training models for children with cleft
palate, Tennessee Association of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology,
Knoxville, TN.
Maas,
D., Lawlor, A., Brady, B., Ingle, S., & Scherer, N.J. (2004) Comparison of
methods for obtaining vocalization samples in young children, American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia.
McGahey, H. & Scherer, N.J. (2004) Early speech and language development: A
comparison of typically developing children and children with cleft palate.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia.
Scherer,
NJ & D’Antonio, L. (2004) Longitudinal study of speech and language in children
with 22q11.2 deletion. 10th International Meeting of the Velo-cardio-facial
Syndrome Educational Foundation and the Fourth International Conference for
22q11.2 Deletions, Atlanta, GA.
Scherer, NJ (November, 2003) Parent-implemented speech and language treatment
for young children with cleft palate. American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Chicago.
Scherer, NJ (October, 2003) Early intervention for children with clefts: The
role of parent, 16th Annual Cleft Lip and Palate Symposium, Atlanta.
Scherer, NJ (October, 2003) Early speech and language development in children
with Velocardiofacial syndrome, 16th Annual Cleft Lip and Palate
Symposium, Atlanta.
Scherer, NJ (April, 2003) Early intervention of speech in children with cleft
palate, American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Convention, Asheville,
NC.
Lowe,
K. & Scherer, NJ (November, 2002) Early academic performance in children with
cleft palate, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta.
Brothers, M & Scherer, NJ. (November, 2002) Parent-implemented parent training
for children with cleft palate, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Convention, Atlanta.
Brothers, M & Scherer, NJ. (July, 2002) Effects of a parent-implemented parent
training program for children with cleft palate, ix International congress for
the study of child language and the Symposium on research in child language
disorders, Madison WI.
Scherer, NJ. & Lohmander, A. (June, 2001) Early speech and language development
in children with cleft: Evidence from American and Swedish children, Paper
presented at the 9th International Congress on Cleft Palate and
Related Craniofacial Anomalies, Goteborg, Sweden.
Scherer, N. (June,
2001) Early vocalizations and later speech production in children with cleft lip
and/or palate, Paper presented at the 9th International Congress on
Cleft Palate and Related Craniofacial Anomalies, Goteborg, Sweden.
Scherer, NJ, Williams, A.L., Henley, P.J., Lambert, A., Lassiter, L., & Osborne,
J. (November, 2000) Early vocalization profiles in children with and without
cleft palate. Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Convention, Washington D.C.
Rodgers, J.R. & Scherer, N.J. (November, 2000) Communication profiles of
children with Velocardiofacial syndrome and Down syndrome. Poster presented at
the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Washington D.C.
Scherer,NJ & D’Antonio, L. (June, 2000) Profiles of speech and language
impairment in young children with Velocardiofacial syndrome, Bringing the 22q
Deletion into the 21st Century, Philadelphia.
D'Antonio, LD, Scherer, NJ, Miller, L, Kalbfleisch, J, & Bartley, J. (April,
2000) Analysis of speech characteristics in children with velocardiofacial
syndrome compared with children with phenotypic overlap without VCFS. American
Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Convention, Atlanta.
D’Antonio, L., Riski,
J., Scherer, N. J. and Witzel, M. (1999, November). Outcome assessment in
cleft palate-hypernasal patients: For clinicians by clinicians. A short course
presented at the annual meeting of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association, San Francisco, CA.
D’Antonio, L., Riski, J., Scherer, N.J., & Witzel, M. (1999, November) Outcome
assessment in cleft palate-hypernasal patients: For clinicians by clinicians. A
short course presented at the annual meeting of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Francisco, CA.
Shprintzen,
R.J., D’Antonio, L., & Scherer, N.J. (1999, November) Velo-cardio-facial
syndrome: A model for the management of genetic disorders with speech, language,
and hearing disorders. A short course presented at the annual meeting of the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Francisco, CA.
Scherer, N.J., D’Antonio, L. & Kalbfleisch, J. (1999, June) Profiles of early
and later vocalizations in children with cleft lip and/or palate and children
without clefts.Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
Scherer, N.J., D’Antonio, L. & Kalbfleisch, J. (1999, April) Speech and language
impairment in children with VCFS: Birth to age 3. American Cleft
Palate-Craniofacial Association Convention, Scottsdale, AZ.
Recent Presentation:
International Conference
on Treatment of Speech Disorders in Individuals with Cleft Lip and Palate
Scherer,
N.J. (2006, January 8th) Speech and Language Development in Children with Cleft
Lip and Palate.
Scherer, N.J. (2006,
January 8th) Early Intervention and Parent Training Models for Treating Speech
and Language Impairment in Young Children with Cleft Lip and Palate
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