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A. Lynn Williams, Ph.D.

Associate Director, Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development

Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders ...link

 

Phone: 423.439.6024
FAX: 423.439.7561
E-mail: williamL@etsu.edu

Education:

PhD 1988 Indiana University
MS 1980 West Virginia University
BS 1978 West Virginia University

Professional Experience:

Fall 2008-Present Associate Director, Center of Excellence in Early Childhood Learning and Development
Fall 2007 Invited Visiting Professor; Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia
2001-Present Professor; East Tennessee State University
1995-2001 Associate Professor; East Tennessee State University
1993-1995 Assistant Professor; Oklahoma State University
1988-1993 Assistant Professor; California State University at Fullerton

Professional Activities and Awards:

Associate Editor, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools (2004-2007)
Guest Associate Editor for Clinical Forum, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Editorial consultant, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.
Editorial consultant, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools.
Editorial consultant, American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.
Elected Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, May 2006
Inducted into the Hall of Fame, West Virginia University College of Human Resources and Education, May 2004.

Licensure:

Speech-Language Pathologist; State of TN CCC-SLP

Research Interests:

My research activities have direct clinical application to children who have
speech and language disorders. Most of my research over the past decade has
involved clinical investigations of models of phonological treatment for
children with severe to profound speech disorders. Specifically, I have
developed an alternative contrastive model of phonological intervention, multiple
oppositions, which I have examined in NIH funded treatment efficacy studies and
lately have compared to other models of contrastive phonological intervention. I
have also begun investigating teachability variables in phonological
intervention, including different approaches to target selection. Currently, I
have collaborated with John Bernthal at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and
Megan Overby at the College of St. Rose in examining intervention contexts that
compare treatment outcomes using computer-based intervention versus traditional
tabletop intervention. In my new position as Associate Director in the Center
of Excellence in Early Childhood, I'm enjoying cross-disciplinary collaboration
with colleagues in Early Childhood and in Special Education. A current
collaborative project is working with local preschool programs to implement
scientifically-based reading research curricula to facilitate emergent literacy
skills in children from low-income families.

Extramural Grants:

McKinley, N., & Williams, A.L. (2003). Sound Contrasts in Phonology (SCIP). Phase II. Funded by NIH NIDCD.
McKinley, N., & Williams, A.L. (2002). Sound Contrasts in Phonology (SCIP). Phase I. Funded by NIH NIDCD.
Williams, A.L. (1997). Phonological Intervention Using Multiple Oppositions. Funded by NIH NIDCD.

Selected Publications:

• Scherer, N.J., Williams, A.L., & Proctor-Williams, K. (2008). Early and
  later vocalization skills in children with and without cleft palate.
  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 72, 827-840.
  
• Williams, A.L., & Coutinho, M. (2008). Working with families of young
  children to facilitate emergent iteracy skills. In N. Watts Pappas, &
  
• S. McLeod (Eds.). Working with families in Pediatric Speech-Language
  Pathology. Plural Publishing, Inc; San Diego, CA.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2006). A systemic perspective for assessment and
  intervention: A case study. Advances in Speech-Language Pathology, 8(3),
  245-256.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2006). Integrating phonological sensitivity training and oral
  language within an Enhanced Dialogic Reading approach (261-294). In L. M.
  Justice (Ed.), Clinical approaches to emergent literacy intervention.
  San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing Inc.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2005). Assessment, target selection, and intervention: Dynamic
  interactions within a systemic perspective. Topics in Language Disorders,
  25 (3), 231-242.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2005). A multiple oppositions approach (pp. 331-335). In K.
  Bleile, Manual of and Phonological Disorders (2nd ed). Thomson Delmar Learning:
  Clifton Park, NY.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2005). From developmental norms to distance metrics: Target
  selection factors and criteria (pp. 101-108). In A.Kamhi and K. Pollock (Eds.),
  Phonological Disorders in Children: Clinical Decision Making in Assessment and
  Intervention. Brookes Publishing Co.: Baltimore, MD.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2005). A model and structure for phonological intervention (pp.189-199).
  In A.Kamhi and K. Pollock (Eds.), Phonological Disorders in Children: Clinical
  Decision Making in Assessment and Intervention. Brookes Publishing Co.: Baltimore, MD.
  
• Williams, A.L., & Elbert, M. (2003). A prospective longitudinal study of
  phonological development in late talkers. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in
  the Schools, 34, 138-153.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2003). Target selection and treatment outcomes. Perspectives on
  Language Learning and Education, 10(1), 12-16.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2002). Prologue: Perspectives in the phonological assessment of
  child speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11, 211-212.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2002). Epilogue: Perspecitves in the phonological assessment of
  child speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 11, 259-263.

Books:

• Williams, A.L. (2003). Speech disorders: Resource guide for preschool children.
  Thomson Delmar Learning: Clifton Park, NY.
  
• Williams, A.L., McLeod, S., & McCauley, R.J. (under contract). Intervention of
  speech sound disorders in children. Brookes Publishing Co.; Baltimore, MD.

Evidence-Based Clinical Materials

• Williams, A.L. (2006). SCIP: Sound Contrasts in Phonology [software program
  version 1.0]. Thinking Publications: Division of Super Duper Publications, Inc.;
  Greenville, S.C.
  
• Williams, A.L. (in progress). SPPACS: Speech Production-Perception Analysis of
  Child Speech. Plural Publishing Company, San Diego, CA.
  
• Williams, A.L., & Coutinho, M. (in development). PACA: Phonological Awareness
  Classroom Activities.
  
• Williams, A.L., & Stoel-Gammon, C. (in development). PEEPS: Profiles of Early
  Expressive Phonological Skills.

Selected Presentations:

• Brackenbury, T., Fey, M., Lof, G., Munson, B., & Williams, A.L. (2008). Practice
  in child phonological disorders: Tackling some common clinical problems. Seminar
  presented at the 2008 ASHA Convention, Chicago, IL.
  
• Dodd, B., Hodson, B.W., Strand, E., & Williams, A.L. (2008). Working with preschoolers
  with highly unintelligible speech. Invited Short Course presented at the 2008 ASHA
  Convention, Chicago, IL.
  
• Overby, M., Williams, A.L., & Bernthal, J. (2008). Comparison of two treatment
  conditions for young children with speech sound disorders. Technical session
  presentation at the 2008 ASHA Convention, Chicago, IL.
  
• Watts Pappas, N., McLeod, S., Crais, E., Girolametto, L., Weitzman, E., Packman, A.,
  Langevin, M. Eriks-Brophy, A., Mathisen, B., Williams, A.L., & Coutinho, M. (2008).
  Working with families in speech-language pathology for children. Short Course
  presentation at the 2008 ASHA Convention, Chicago, IL.
  
• Rouse, J., & Williams, A.L. (2007). Treatment implications of inconsistent speech disorder: A case study.
  Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association,
  Boston, MA.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2006). Teachability in phonological intervention: Comparison of two homonymous approaches.Presentation at the International Child Language Seminar, Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2005). Translational research funded by the NIH. Miniseminar presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.

Selected Workshop Presentations (2007-2008)

• Williams, A.L. (2007). Contexts for facilitating emergent literacy skills.
  Public lecture presented at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2007). Translational research: Bridging the gap from research to
  practice. Public lecture at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia.
  
• Williams, A.L. (2007). Updates in treating speech disorders in children. A
  series of workshops presented throughout the U.S. (Boston, Albuquerque,
  Miami, Detroit, Fort Worth, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Knoxville,Raleigh, Logan, UT)
  and Australia, (Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne).

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