Clinical Computing Competency for Speech-Language Pathologists

Paula S. Cochran, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is Professor of Communication Disorders at Truman State University, Kirksville, Missouri. She received her bachelor's in English from the College of Wooster, a Diploma in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge, England, her master's in communication disorders from Ohio University, and her doctorate from the University of Virginia. In addition to clinical computing and assistive technology, Dr. Cochran focuses her teaching and research on child language development and disorders. Dr. Cochran had published and presented extensively about the clinical use of computes and how to effectively integrate computer-based activities in to teaching and intervention. Christine L. Appert, Ed.D., ATP, is an assistive and instructional technology specialist and education consultant at the University of Virginia Children's Medical Center, Charlottesville, Virginia. She earned an educational specialist degree in learning disabilities and reading disorders from Teachers College, Columbia University, and a doctorate from the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia. Her extensive experience in early childhood and special education had included classroom teaching and interdisciplinary diagnostics and rehabilitation. A credentialed Assistive Technology Practitioner, Dr. Appert presents frequently at professional conferences and teaches courses on instructional and assistive technology for pre-service and practicing special educators and speech-language pathologists.

Clinical Computing Competency: The Big Picture; Using a Computer as an Instructor; Using a Computer as a Context for Conversation; Developing Clinical Materials with Computers; Using a Computer as a Feedback Device; Getting Connected: Telepractice, the Internet, and PDA's; Using a Computer as a Diagnostic Tool; Adapted Access to Computers: Assistive Technology