speech-language pathology

Sierra Still, a graduate student of speech-language pathology at Northeastern, raised $1,280 in donations, and used the money to create nine care packages, which she sent out to speech language pathologists in the Greater Boston area. Photo courtesy of Sierra Still.

Here’s how students are supporting speech language pathologists on the front lines of COVID-19

Sierra Still, a graduate student at Northeastern, raised over $1,200 to create and mail care packages to speech language pathologists—healthcare workers she says are sometimes overlooked.

by Irvin Zhang August 10, 2020

Word Detectives is helping more than 20 elementary school children from Greater Boston improve their literacy skills with intensive phonics lessons and reading workshops this summer. Photo by Ruby Wallau/Northeastern University

These schoolchildren wanted to improve their reading skills. So they became detectives.

Elementary school students from Greater Boston are learning to read by breaking down words one sound at a time as part of a Northeastern program called Word Detectives.

by Irvin Zhang July 25, 2019

Second-, third-, and fourth-grade students participated in a summer reading program hosted by Northeastern's Speech-Language and Hearing Center in July. Photo by Adam Glanzman/Northeastern University

These schoolchildren dreaded reading. Then they found the buried treasure.

Northeastern helped more than two-dozen elementary school students improve their reading skills as part of a monthlong camp run by the university’s Speech-Language and Hearing Center. “Students who once looked like they were going to cry while reading started to come to camp excited to read chapter books,” said one graduate student who tutored the children.

by Debora Almeida August 2, 2018

‘Never heard me before’

At a TEDWomen talk on Thursday, Northeastern associate professor Rupal Patel described a new project to give personalized voices to the voiceless.

by Angela Herring December 9, 2013

Teaching a love for language

For 13 years, a speech-language professor has been taking students to homeless shelters to work with children on literacy skills.

by Kara Shemin March 10, 2011

Here’s how students are supporting speech language pathologists on the front lines of COVID-19

These schoolchildren wanted to improve their reading skills. So they became detectives.

These schoolchildren dreaded reading. Then they found the buried treasure.

‘Never heard me before’

Teaching a love for language

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