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The DLL lab was strongly represented on the ExCELL team by Dr. Carol Hammer and Curran Mahowald at the Region II Head Start Association Conference (Nov. 13-17, 2022) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Brook Sawyer (PI) of Lehigh University and Dr. Carol Scheffner Hammer (Co-PI) of Teachers College Columbia University were awarded an IES grant for a randomized controlled trial intervention study. Parents Plus: Language Coach is a parent-implemented language intervention designed for parents of preschoolers with language impairments. The three-year study will refine the intervention content and delivery, examine intervention effects on child language development, and examine the cost-effectiveness of the program.

Communication Sciences and Disorders doctoral student, Julie C. Smith, was named a Bridging the Word Gap (BWG) Emerging Scholar for 2022-2023.

Preliminary findings from the DLL Lab's latest mixed methods study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on preschool teachers of DLLs will be presented at the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI) in San Diego (February 10-12).

The DLL Lab's highlights from 2021 include the publication of a book chapter and an article, as well as 7 presentations at 4 different conferences.

In 2020, DLL Lab members, alumni and collaborators contributed 10 articles that were published in 7 journals. Additionally, the DLL Lab contributed 2 posters to the Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention (CRIEI) and the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association  (ASHA; canceled due to COVID-19).

The DLL Lab acquired a new doctoral student starting in Fall 2020. Christine Vail will be completing her PhD in Communication Sciences and Disorders under the mentorship of Dr. Carol Scheffner-Hammer.

Carol Scheffner Hammer becomes the first Vice Dean of Research in the history of Teachers College Columbia University.