Kathleen Franklin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology & Chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology | New York Medical College
Valhalla, NY, UNITED STATES
Chair of the Department of Speech Language Pathology and Director of Clinical Education
Biography
Dr. Franklin is currently the Chair of the Depatment of Speech Language Pathology and Director of Clinical Education. As a long-time member of the NYMC and SHSP faculty, Dr. Franklin is an Associate Professor of Clinical Speech-Language Pathology. She completed her PhD (and BS, MS) in communication disorders at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with an emphasis in augmentative/alternative communication (AAC) for individuals with complex communication disorders. She completed this work though a federal personnel preparation grant. Previously, as a research assistant professor in the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology at West Virginia University, she coordinated the department’s part-time master’s degree program and provided clinical supervision in the department’s clinic. She coordinated and provided clinical support to the Early Intervention Program at Keller Army Hospital, West Point, New York and has participated in AAC clinical training through the Westchester Institute for Human Development.
Dr. Franklin also has served as the primary investigator on several state funded contracts to support technology information/referral, technology loan program, and training through the New York State Office of Advocate for Persons with Disabilities. She chairs the SHSP Student Affairs Committee and is a site visitor for the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. She maintains national certification and state licensure.
Industry Expertise (6)
Education/Learning
Medical/Dental Practice
Health Care - Services
Health and Wellness
Social Services
Research
Areas of Expertise (4)
Clinical Education
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Communicative Disorders & Linguistics
Assistive Technology Education
Accomplishments (1)
Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology (professional)
1987-05-01
Certification of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology, May 1987
Education (3)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Ph.D., Communication Disorders 1990
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: M.S., Communication Disorders 1986
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: B.A., Communicative Disorders & Linguistics 1984
Affiliations (3)
- NYMC Student Affairs Committee
- Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Links (1)
Media Appearances (1)
Presentation at MPPL: Speech, Language, and Feeding
Hamlet Hub
2015-03-21
This lecture, featuring four practitioners, is sponsored by the Mount Pleasant Library in partnership with New York Medical College.
Articles (selected) (1)
A comparison of five augmentative communication symbol assessment protocols with learners with severe intellectual disabilities
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
1990 ABSTRACT: Augmentative communication interventions for learners with intellectual disabilities have incorporated the use of numerous communication symbol sets/systems.
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