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Bloomington, Indiana

Program Philosophy

"...continually striving for excellence in teaching, research, and clinical service".

Program Description

The Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences is a part of the College of Arts and Sciences and The Graduate School at Indiana University. It offers 4 degrees: the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in speech and hearing sciences at the undergraduate level; the Master's of Arts degree in speech-language pathology at the graduate level; and the Doctorate of Philosophy in both audiology and speech-language pathology as well as the Doctorate Of Audiology. In addition to its academic programs, the department also houses the R. L. Milisen Speech and Hearing Clinics: the Speech-Language Clinic and the Hearing Clinic. Both clinics provide practicum/clinical teaching resources to students enrolled in the department and at the same time, provide excellent clinical services to communicatively disordered persons in the community.

Faculty-Research

The department houses 30 faculty and 14 research laboratories. Currently, there are 12 externally funded research programs active in the department. Areas of research activity are extensive and include: adult cognition/language; phonological theory/phonology; language theory and language acquisition/development; temperament and its relationship to stuttering; psychoacoustics; otoacoustic emissions; auditory psychophysics; identification and discrimination of complex auditory stimuli; motoric and sensory factors in speech acquisition; and bilingual language development.

Department faculty routinely consult and collaborate with faculty in linguistics, psychology, informatics, and cognitive science.

Faculty Spotlight: Elizabeth S. McCrea, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Clinical Professor, ASHA Fellow

Professor McCrea holds the BA in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Indiana University; the MEd from the University of Virginia, and the Ph.D. from Indiana University. She has been a member of the department's faculty since 1987 and a former Clinic Director for the R.L. Milisen Speech and Language Clinic. She was also a former coordinator of Special Interest Division 11 - Administration and Supervision and is currently a Legislative Councilor from Indiana. Dr McCrea is an ASHA Fellow and co-authored with Judith Brasseur, Ph.D., The Supervisory Process in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology. She also authored a chapter on the supervisory process in the 3rd edition of Professional Issues by Lubinski, Fratalli, and Golper which is due out in the fall of 2006. In addition, Dr. McCrea regularly presents continuing education sessions on supervision/the clinical education process at both the state and national level.

Personal Teaching Philosophy

In the courses that I currently teach, I have the luxury of helping students apply the theory and research that they have acquired in earlier, foundational courses to the solution of problems of disordered communication and service delivery. Through both lecture and presentation of case-based problems for discussion, it is my goal to not only develop students' abilities to apply evidenced-practice regimes in their solutions to the problems presented but also to develop students' confidence in their abilities to function effectively as a member of the profession.

Similarly, in clinical teaching, I not only help students to apply what they are learning in coursework to the management of their clients' communication difficulties, but to evidence best practice standards as they do so. Equally as important, I try to individualize my clinical teaching interactions with students in ways that will enhance their ability to analyze their own clinical behavior(s) and effect change that will enhance their clinical interactions.

Research/Area Interests

My research and writing have focused on the clinical education/supervision process within the profession, especially that which supports practicum at the graduate level. Specifically, I have been interested in understanding the dynamics between both the clinical educator/supervisor and the student/supervisee which promote the increased competence and independence of the student as they prepare to join the profession and engage independent professional practice.

Classes Taught

In the last 19 years I have taught and/or coordinated 7 courses in the department. Currently, I teach Introduction to Supervised Clinical Practice; Organization and Administration of Public School SLH Programs; The Supervisory Process; Professional Issues; and graduate external practice.

I teach coursework in clinical management (in clinics and public schools) at both the undergraduate and graduate level and in the clinical education process as well as professional issues at the graduate level. I am also a clinical educator in the Speech and Language Clinic, predominantly in the areas of speech-language disorders in children and the assessment process. I coordinate the department's externship program in speech-language pathology.

Favorite Textbooks

In coursework, I have currently adopted Treatment Resource Manual for Speech-Language Pathology, 3rd Edition, by Roth and Worthington; Making a Difference for America's Children: Speech-Language Pathologists in the Schools by Moore-Brown and Montgomery; Professional Issues by Lubinski and Fratalli, and Ethics for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists: An Illustrative Casebook by Irwin, Pannbacker, Powell, and Vekovius.