Pathways to Progress Conference
Jacob Feldman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Jacob I. Feldman, PhD, CCC-SLP, is a scientist at the Center for Childhood Deafness, Language and Learning at Boys Town National Research Hospital.
His interdisciplinary research focuses on the relations between sensory factors and clinical features, such as language and literacy, in children diagnosed with and infants at increased likelihood for autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.
His NIDCD funded K99/R00 ("The Looking and Language [LoLa] Project) aims to extend this work into audiovisual multisensory processing to pre-emptive communication and language therapy for infants at increased familial likelihood for autism.
Benjamin Harder, M.S., CCC-SLP
Benjamin Harder, M.S., CCC-SLP is a licensed speech-language pathologist dedicated to helping individuals find their voices and communicate with confidence.
Currently practicing in outpatient therapy at Boys Town National Research Hospital with additional experiences in public schools and private practice, Benjamin specializes in Autism as well as Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
A graduate of University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Rockhurst University respectively, he is committed to collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and sharing practical strategies clinicians can immediately apply in their own settings.
Session Speakers
- Jessica Hawthorne, M.Ed.
- Justin Kueser, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
- Hope Lancaster, Ph.D.
- Susan Loveall, Ph.D.
- Natalie Mason, M.S., CCC-SLP
- Karla McGregor, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
- Heather Porter, Au.D., Ph.D., CCC-A
- Emma Kate Thome, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
- Desire Townsell
- Krystal L. Werfel, Ph.D., CCC-SLP