Vivian Sisskin M.S. (Chapman University, Communication Disorders), CCC-SLP Licensed in Speech Language Pathology in the states of Maryland, Virginia, and California. Instructor, Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences Coordinator, Special Interest Division 4, Fluency and Fluency Disorders, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Email:   vsisskin@hesp.umd.edu Phone:  301-405-4232  Room:   0141E, LeFrak Hall

Courses Taught         Research/Clinical Activities         

Special Certifications/Honors

Board Recognized Specialist/Mentor in Fluency Disorders (BRS-FD), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

Research/Clinical Interests

Stuttering and other fluency disorders

Autism spectrum disorders

School-age language disorders

Courses Taught in the Past Five Years

HESP 404: Speech Pathology II: Voice and Fluency Disorders

HESP 417: Principles and Methods in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (SLP portion)

HESP 418: Clinical Practice in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology (SLP portion)

HESP 612: Fluency Disorders    

HESP 498/639: Special Topics in Hearing and Speech Sciences: Communication in Autism Spectrum Disorders 

HESP 648: Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology

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Research/Clinical Activities

Current research projects focus on:

• Efficacy of group therapy programs to treat stuttering

• Disfluency in children with autism spectrum disorders
  

See links below for additional information related to:

• Overview of group therapy for stuttering  

• A closer look at individual and group therapy for stuttering 

• Perspective on supervision for stuttering treatment

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