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Lab-Related Activities

PhD Reading Group

PhD Reading group is designed to promote a scholarly exchange between faculty/staff and students affiliated with the Center. Applications to ongoing research and clinical populations are made during group meetings. The group meets on a weekly basis. The group is discussing new empirical methods for analyzing language performances.

Bilingual and Multicultural Emphasis Program in SLHS

The Bilingual and Multicultural Emphasis Program (BI-MEP) is designed for MA and AuD students in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences and has the overall goal to promote professional understanding of cultural and linguistic variation in children and adults with or without communication disorders.

Spanish Vocational Group

Under the direction of Dr. Kathryn Kohnert and participating graduate students, our department offers a vocational Spanish conversation group for any students, faculty, or other professionals who wish to augment their comfort and competence in conducting clinical tasks en español! These sessions provide all participants with an opportunity to practice and improve their Spanish skills focusing on topics that are relevant to speech, language, and hearing specialists. Both disorder groups (e.g., fluency, voice, receptive language) and trial diagnostics and treatment tasks are discussed and practiced, using correct Spanish terms and usage. The group meets twice monthly in Shevlin Hall. For more information, contact Dr. Kohnert by e-mail at kohne005@umn.edu.

ASL Vocational Group

The goal of the ASL Vocational Group is to provide an opportunity for students in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences and related fields to meet on a weekly basis and practice their ASL skills in the areas of speech, language, and hearing. For more information, contact Dr. Kohnert by e-mail at kohne005@umn.edu.

Vietnamese Conversation Group for Future Health Professionals

The purpose of this group is to provide a friendly forum to practice and build professional language skills in Vietnamese as preparation to work with Vietnamese individuals and families in healthcare and educational settings. Graduate and undergraduate students in fields such as speech-language pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, nursing, social work, psychology, special education, and medicine are welcome. Meetings will consist of presenting and discussing topics and terminology across health-related disciplines. Our goal is to speak only in Vietnamese during each meeting. For more information, please contact Giang Pham at tangx098@umn.edu.