Dr. Cheryl M. Scott

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Rush University Medical Center
College of Health Sciences
Communication Disorders and Sciences
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Mailing Address

Department of Communication Disorders and Sciences
1653 West Congress Parkway
Suite 203 Senn
Chicago, Illinois 60612-3833
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (312) 942-3348
Fax: (312) 942-7212
cheryl_m_scott@rush.edu

Qualifications

B.S., Purdue University.
Ph.D., Purdue University, Speech Pathology.
M.A., Northwestern University, Speech Language Pathology.

Expertise and Research Interests

Cheryl M. Scott, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a Professor in Communication Disorders and Sciences. Research interests include normal and disordered language in school-age children and adolescents; spoken and written syntax and discourse analysis techniques and markers of language disorders in older children and adolescents. Publications have appeared in journals such as Topics in Language Disorders; Journal of Child Language; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Language, Speeech, and Hearing Services in Schools, and in numerous edited collections. Dr. Scott is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association and served as Vice President for Academic Affairs 2000-2003. Currently she is serving a 3 year term as an Associate Editor, Language for the Journal of Speech Language Hearing Research.

Future Research

Evidence-based intervention protocols for children and adolescents whose knowledge of complex syntactic-semantic structures affects spoken and written language comprehension and production.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Child Development, Language Acquisition and Development, Linguistics or Philology, Literacy, Reading Education, Speech and Language Disorders, Speech Pathology, Syntax, Writing or Composition Education.

Additional Terms:

Discourse Analysis, Language Disorders in Children, Reading, Writing.

Memberships

ASHA Division 10: Higher Education
ASHA Division 1: Language Learning and Education
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Illinois Speech Language Hearing Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading

Honors and Awards

1998, Certificate of Appreciation, Counsel of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders
1987, Fellow, American Speech Language Hearing Association
1985, Honors, Oklahoma Speech Language Hearing Association

Previous Positions

2000-2003, Visiting Professor, Northwestern University, School of Speech, Communication Sciences and Disorders
1987-2000, Professor, Oklahoma State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Publications

  • Balthazar, C., Scott, C (2007) Syntax and morphology In Kamhi, A., Masterson, J., Apel, K. (eds), Clinical decision making in developmental language disorders, Baltimore, MD, Brookes, 143-165 pages (bookchapter)
  • Silliman, E., Scott, C. (2006) Language impairment and reading disability: Connections and comnplexities, Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 21 (1), 1-7
  • Scott, C. (2004) Syntactic contributions to literacy learning, In C.A. Stone, E. Silliman, B. Ehren, & K. Apel (Eds)., Handbook of Language and Literacy, New York, Guilford Press, 340-362 pages (bookchapter)
  • Scott, C. (2004) Syntactic ability in children and adolescents with language and learning disabilities, In R. Berman (Ed.), Language development across childhood and adolescence, John Benjamins, 111-134 pages (bookchapter)
  • Windsor J, Scott CM, Street CK, Verb and noun morphology in the spoken and written language of children with language learning disabilities, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : Jslhr, 43(6), 1322-36, December 2000 Abstract
  • Scott CM, Windsor J, General language performance measures in spoken and written narrative and expository discourse of school-age children with language learning disabilities, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : Jslhr, 43(2), 324-39, April 2000 Abstract
  • Scott, C., Language-based assessment of written expression In Troia, G. (eds), , Writing instruction and assessment for struggling writers: From theory to evidence-based practice., New York, Guilford Press, In Press (bookchapter)

Profile Details

Last Updated: 8/16/2007

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