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(East Lansing, MI - November 8, 2006) Ida J. Stockman, PhD, professor at Michigan State University where she is jointly appointed in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences and the College of Education, will receive the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association's (ASHA) Honors of the Association award during their 2006 Convention, November 16-18, in Miami Beach, Florida.
The Honors of the Association recognizes distinguished contribution to the field of speech, language, and hearing and is the highest honor the Association can give. Honored individuals have made outstanding contributions to the discipline of communication science and disorders, research, administration, or service to state or national organizations.
Dr. Stockman's distinguished career has interwoven groundbreaking research, teaching, and professional service. She expanded the multicultural frontiers of communication sciences and disorders, beginning with pioneering work on the language development of African American children. Dr. Stockman also has expanded the knowledge base of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as a collaborator with a clinical research team in Switzerland that focuses on the role of tactile-kinesthetic perception in developmental disorders and intervention.
Dr. Stockman has received more than a dozen awards for professional contributions, including ASHA's Certificate of Recognition for Contributions in Multicultural Affairs. She is a distinguished writer with more than 50 publication credits and has twice served as ASHA's associate editor of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. An ASHA Fellow, Dr. Stockman is a trailblazer whose distinguished contributions to teaching, research, and professional service have had "a cross-disciplinary impact not only on speech-language pathology, but in education, sociolinguistics, and developmental psychology".
The annual ASHA convention is the most comprehensive development conference for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language and hearing scientists. It features more than 1,500 educational sessions that highlight the latest developments in research and clinical practices for professionals who provide services in schools, hospitals, health care centers, rehabilitation clinics, and other practice settings.
Nearly 300 exhibitors, including hearing aid manufacturers and other companies in the speech and hearing industries, will showcase innovative products and services in the Miami Beach Convention Center's exhibit hall. Technology presentations on products, such as computer software programs as well as alternative and augmentative communication and assistive listening devices were also featured.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 123,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists. Audiologists specialize in preventing and assessing hearing disorders as well as providing audiologic treatment including hearing aids. Speech-language pathologists identify, assess, and treat speech and language problems including swallowing disorders.
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