Today is a very special Member Monday!
Welcome to Mine Muezzinoglu, our new LLAMA Lab Manager!
Mine is a recent graduate of Vanderbilt University. She completed dual degrees in French and Neuroscience.
As an undergraduate, she contributed to research projects involving attention and interaction in infants and children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
She also completed a thesis project to explore social engagement during musical activities in preschoolers with and without ASD.
Welcome, Mine! We are so thrilled to have you here! š¤©
Congratulations to Dr. Borovsky for being elected to the Governing Board for the Cognitive Science Society!
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āPlease join us in welcoming Arielle Borovsky to the CSS Governing Board! We appreciate Arielle's service and dedication to the Society, and look forward to the years ahead #CogSciāAnother great resource for families who are looking for resources to talk to children about race, what it is, and its societal implications in America. Curated by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/audiences/parent-caregiver
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As a parent or caregiver, I am here because ... I care about my child having a healthy racial identity while appreciating and respecting others. I want to learn more about how to help my child navigate the complexities of race. I believe my child can be an agent of change against racial inequity. Ea...As our nation confronts racial inequality and injustice, many families may feel at a loss for how to talk to their children about recent events. Developmental science suggests that children start to shape their understanding of race and privilege even in infancy. We at the LLAMA lab feel it is never too early to broach topics that encourage little ones to build kindness and empathy for our fellow humans.
To help foster family discussions, Sesame Street and CNN are teaming up for a town hall to discuss racism this Saturday, June 6th. www.cnn.com/2020/06/02/us/cnn-sesame-street-standing-up-to-racism/index.html
CNN and 'Sesame Street' to host a town hall addressing racism
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As anger and heartbreak have swept across America over the killing of yet another black man at the hands of police, CNN and Sesame Street are refocusing their second town hall to address racism.And our final post for now (we promise!):
We felt it wouldn't be right to end off our celebration and appreciation week without acknowledging the families who have supported our research since the LLaMA Lab opened!
Families, your contributions to help answer important scientific and clinical questions of how we can help all children succeed in learning to communicate through language. You also help build the futures of the students and budding researchers in our lab group. We are so grateful for your time and support of the lab.
Thank you, families!
Surprise!: A Saturday Celebration and Appreciation Post.
We wanted to take a moment to thank Dr. Arielle Borovsky, for navigating the lab and its members this semester. It's been a unique semester for sure, but Dr. B made the transition to working remotely as seamless as possible. Whether she supports us in-person at Purdue or whether we're working remotely, we all agree that she is an incredible mentor.
We hope you have an awesome summer, Dr. B!
Summer, here we come!
We conclude our week-long celebrations by celebrating the upcoming summer semester and acheivements of two of our current undergraduate research assistants.
Candace and Jaelyn were selected for competitive summer fellowships!
Candace is taking part in the College of Health & Human Sciences (HHS) Undergraduate Research Education and Community Engagement (REACH) Scholars Program!
Jaelyn is taking part in Purdue's National Science Foundation-backed Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Student-Scholar Program!
We're amazed at how incredible all of our students are, we congratulate Candace and Jaelyn, and we look forward to working with them this summer!
Today, we celebrate the new and the familiar by welcoming Mariel and Michelle as our incoming Graduate Students!
Mariel is an incoming Clinical/Ph.D. student who will be advised by Dr. Leonard (Child Language Lab), Dr. Seidl (Purdue Infant-Child Language-Speech Labs), and Dr. Borovsky here at the LLaMA Lab! We are impressed with all the work she has accomplished thus far, and we are thrilled to officially welcome her into the Lab this fall!
Michelle, our current lab manager and a familiar face to us here in SLHS, will be returning back to the Lab this fall as a Ph.D. Student and will be advised by Dr. Borovsky. She's received a competitive Purdue Doctoral Fellowship as well!
Congratulations to you both! We'll see you both in the Fall!
Today, we're celebrating the past, present, and future!
LLaMA Lab alumna, Mackenzie, will start an SLP program UT-Austin this Fall! Congratulations, Mackenzie! š¤
Soon-to-be-LLaMA Lab alumnus, Nathan, will be starting an SLP program at Rush University this coming Fall! Congratulations, Nathan!
We are thrilled that these schools will be your new homes, but don't forget about us over here at Purdue! Visit us when you can, keep in touch, and all the best to you both!
Our lab accomplishments are made possible by the contributions of our stellar team. Today we celebrate, Justin and Sabrina!
Both have shown incredible leadership in research and mentorship during this extraordinary semester. We are so grateful to have you both on our team!
We also wanted to congratulate graduate student Justin on becoming a Ph.D. Candidate - well done on reaching this major step towards your degree!
We also congratulate postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Sabrina for her appointment to the editorial board of our field's flagship journal: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (JSLHR)!
We're looking forward to your continued successes!
Greetings LLaMA Lab Lovers! This entire work week, we are celebrating the accomplishments of the lab and its members.
First, however, we hope that everyone has been as safe and as healthy as possible during these times. We understand that this may be a difficult time for many. We wish nothing but the best for our good friends, colleagues, and followers of the LLaMA Lab.
Now: To celebrate the end of the semester, we first wanted to acknowledge and celebrate all of our superb Research Assistants (RAs)!
This semester, the lab has been adjusting quickly to the online-turnaround and online way(s) of continuing our research and analyses. These successes would not have been possible without our amazing Research Assistants. They were able to adapt to and persevere through challenges so efficiently, and they were able to continue their work as initially scheduled and planned. While we miss seeing our fantastic RAs in-person, we absolutely wanted to give them a shout-out for their hard work.
Thank you for everything, RAs! We hope that your finals week brings you good grades, solid GPAs, and a smooth transition to a well-deserved summer break!
(Pictured are some of our RAs from a Play Cafe!--we're sorry we couldn't get a full group-picture this semester! Fingers crossed for an awesome group picture in the Fall!)
Worried about your child's language progress? Not sure where to go during social distancing? The Purdue University Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences clinic is offering *free* remote speech and language screenings for children between 18 months- 5 years. Check out flyer below for more details!
Wondering how to talk with your little one about coronavirus? The creators of the hit children's book The Gruffalo, have teamed up with experts in medicine, education, and child psychology to release a free digital book for 5- to 9-year-olds. Check it out at the link below. We'd love to hear about how your family is talking about the current situation in the comments!
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Back Released today: a free information book explaining the coronavirus to children, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator Axel Scheffler April 6, 2020 Axel Scheffler has illustrated a digital book for primary school age children, free for anyone to read on screen or print out, about the coronavirus a...We at the LLaMA Lab love to learn! While many schools are closed, here are some online links/resources for your children while they are at home!
(With many thanks to some Friends of the LLaMA Lab for sharing ideas!)
www.amazingeducationalresources.com/?fbclid=IwAR1lJ2DrdQpZmtfNLgsY1dPoQlEgvxBl6Q3BRHPpwqiIM9a2VMH... (List of educational company resources)
www.facebook.com/groups/445786889466638/?hc_location=ufi (Facebook group)
www.today.com/parents/how-homeschool-during-coronavirus-crisis-t176020?fbclid=IwAR0dzfojznIPKbJGY... (List-article from Today (show).)
www.khanacademy.org/ (Khan Academy! Plenty of videos to learn from.)
www.scholastic.com/teachers/teaching-tools/articles/resources/scholastic-learn-at-home--free-reso... (Scholastic resources!)
www.abcmouse.com/abt/homepage?8a08850bc2=T2161273529.1584471529.0815 (ABC Mouse, free 30 day trial!)
EDIT: Tagging our friends at Purdue Infant-Child Language-Speech Labs, Purdue Infant-Child Language and Speech Labs- PICLS & Purdue University Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences!
LLaMA Lab Updates:
The Purdue LLaMA Lab will be halting all in-person data collection and events until further notice due to COVID-19 concerns.
This means that Play Cafe for March is unfortunately cancelled, but we look forward to scheduling Play Cafe in the future. Please stay tuned for more info regarding Play Cafe.
If there are any questions, we are happy to answer.
We thank you for your continued support of our research and endeavors. Be well!
Purdue-specific links regarding COVID-19:
www.purdue.edu/president/messages/campus-community/2020/2003-coronavirus-update-2.php
www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2020/Q1/need-to-know-info-about-covid-2019.html
LLAMA lab lovers -- we're hiring! (Job to start this summer) Apply here: career8.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareer?jobId=10046&company=purdueuniv&username=
Weāre having a total blast at the SLHS Undergraduate Research Fair!
Thanks to NSSLHA for organizing this eventāincluding our lovely research assistant, Lizzy!
If youāre in Lyles-Porter, please swing by to learn more about us..., and grab some candy too!
Congratulations to graduate student Justin Kueser for successfully completing his "prelims" today. He presented two exciting projects showcasing his work in two labs. One project, that he completed in the LLaMA lab, was a study where he explored how toddlers build on their existing vocabulary to learn new verbs. Great job in completing this exciting step towards your PhD!
And thanks to all our LLaMA lab families who contributed their time to this study. We can't wait to share the findings with you very soon!
Our colleagues at the Boston University LAVA lab will be visiting Indianapolis March 6-9th! They're looking for children who are deaf and/or learning ASL between 2.5 to 5.5 years to participate in a 1-hour long study that explores how children learn words in sign. More details below!
