Early Intervention and Preschool Services
Birth-Three Program
This program provides early intervention services for children aged three or younger and their families. Individual and group therapy sessions focus on collaborating with caregivers and sharing strategies associated with the development of communication skills in young children. Children with communication delays and their parents participate in a naturalistic, play-based setting. Birth-Three is held in the Child Center, room 1018 on the first floor of Lyles-Porter Hall on Fridays mornings.
Speech-Language Pathologist/Clinical Educator:
Preschool Language Program
The Preschool Language Program (PLP) is a play-based language-focused preschool for children ages 3-5 with developmental language disorders, or developmental language disorders in conjunction with other diagnoses such as speech sound disorders or hearing impairment. It is co-led by an early childhood specialist and speech-language pathologist. Language intervention is provided through daily classroom routines (e.g., group meeting time, snack time, outdoor play) and pull-out small group sessions. Each semester enrolled children receive comprehensive and individualized speech/language assessments to monitor their progress and inform treatment. Peer models without developmental language disorders also attend PLP. PLP is a clinical program, which provides clinical education for graduate students in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. The program meets Monday through Thursday mornings from 8:30-11:25 am, and the program follows Purdue University’s academic calendar. The program also closes for orientation of graduate clinicians the first week of classes each semester.
Speech-Language Pathologist/Clinical Educator:
Early Childhood Specialist/Educator:
Summer Child Language Treatment/Research Program
Each summer, a four-week child language intervention and research program takes place from mid-June to mid-July. Four- and five-year-old children who meet the criteria established for research protocols participate in data collection tasks and intervention activities three mornings each week. For more information, contact Patricia Deevy at deevy@purdue.edu.
Child Language Lab Manager
Speech-Language Pathologist/Clinical Educator:
Summer Speech Treatment/Research Program
Summer Speech combines research on speech sound production and perception with speech therapy for 4- & 5-year-old children with speech delays. Eligible children have a significant delay in speech development without accompanying medical problems, hearing impairment, or other developmental delays, but language difficulties may be present. Children participate in individual and group intervention activities and data collection tasks two mornings a week. For more information, contact Françoise Brosseau-Lapré at fbrossea@purdue.edu.