Quality Indicators for Integration of Clinical Practice and Research: Program Self-Assessment

Meet the Authors

Barbara B. Oppenheimer, MA, CCC-SLP has more than 20 years of experience teaching and supervising undergraduate and graduate students and medical residents about speech-language pathology. Currently, she serves as the pediatric team leader for the Speech Pathology Service at Newton-Wellesley Hospital/MGH for Children in Newton, Massachusetts, consulting speech-language pathologist for the Neurology Foundation's Learning Disabilities Team at Children's Hospital Boston, and holds an appointment as an adjunct clinical assistant professor at Boston University.  She has presented on incorporating research into the diagnostic process when evaluating children with language disorders, at the regional, national and international level

Sherri L. Sieff, PhD,CCC-SLP is Clinical Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and serves as Coordinator of the on-campus Speech and Language Clinic. She currently supervises undergraduate and graduate students in the on-campus clinic.  She has conducted research in child language and student learning and has presented on these topics at the local, state, and national levels.  She also chaired the department's graduate curriculum committee as it revised its curriculum to meet the new ASHA standards.

Trisha Self, PhD, CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Wichita State University.  She has been the clinic director for the WSU Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic for approximately 12 years. She has supervised and instructed both undergraduate and graduate students in the area of communication disorders.  Her primary research interests include investigating the effectiveness of virtual reality for improving the communication skills for children with autism spectrum disorders and investigating strategies for developing and enhancing supervision models within university clinics.