Lynn Calvert, M.A.

lcalvert@eiu.edu

Associate professor in the department since 1992. She presently teaches the undergraduate diagnostic assessment course (CDS 3700), literacy course (CDS 4820), co-teaches the clinical techniques course (CDS 3900), special topics courses in collaboration and whole language (CDS 5400), coordinates the educational internships, and supervises in graduate and undergraduate clinical practicum. She co-authored an article evaluating service delivery models in the public school setting in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology with Rebecca Throneburg and an evaluation tool, the Differential Assessment of Autism and other Developmental Disorders with Gail Richard. Previously, she worked for over 10 years as a speech pathologist in a public school setting.

Credentials:   Lynn Calvert, M.A., CCC-SLP
                        Associate Professor

B.S. Southeast Missouri State University 1980
M.A. Southeast Missouri State University 1981

Courses Taught:

CDS 3700 – Diagnosis and Treatment of Communication Disorders
CDS 3900 – Clinical Techniques
CDS 4200 – Language and Literacy
CDS 4900 – Undergraduate Clinical Practicum
CDS 5600 – Professional Regulations and Issues
CDS 5800 – Grand Rounds in Communication Disorders
CDS 5900 – Graduate Clinical Practicum
CDS 5910 – Graduate Diagnostic Practicum
CDS 5970 – Education Internships

Research/Clinical Interests:
Research interests include service delivery models, collaboration, early literacy, and oral and written narratives.
Clinical interests are 0-5 population, language disorders associated with autistic spectrum and language processing.

Publications:

Richard, G.J., & Calvert, L. K. (2003). Differential Assessment of Autism and Other Developmental Disorders. East Moline, IL; LinguiSystems.

Calvert, L., Throneburg, R., Kocher, C., Davidson, P., & Paul, P. (2003). Collaborative or pull-out intervention: Practice and progress at one elementary school. ASHA Division 16 Newsletter, 4, 8-13

Calvert, L., Throneburg, R., Grimaldi, M., Paul, P., & Althoff, J. (2001). Teachers and speech-language pathologists collaborating to improve listening and reading comprehension. Eastern Education Journal, 30, 43-48.

Throneburg, R. N., Calvert, L. K.,  Sturm, J. M., Paramboukas, A. M., Paul, P. (2000).  A comparision of service delivery models: Effects on curricular vocabulary skills in the school setting. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 10-20.