Dr. Amy L. Weiss is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communicative Disorders at the University of Rhode Island where she teaches courses in language disorders of young children and school-age children, phonological disorders, fluency disorders, and occasionally multicultural issues when scheduling permits. An NIH grant recipient, Dr. Weiss is also a Board Recognized Specialist in Child Language (ASHA), the author of one text, Resource Guide on Preschool Language Disorders (Thomson Learning), several chapters, and more than 30 journal articles.

She is currently the Coordinator for ASHA Special Interest Division 1: Language Learning and Education, and serves as a member of the Board of the International Fluency Association. Her career experiences in the clinic have included direction of a language-based preschool classroom, providing hospital-based services, and the clinical training of hundreds of graduate students at Purdue University, the University of Colorado, and the University of Iowa, prior to arriving in Rhode Island.

Fall Semester Courses 2007

• CMD 491 Special Problems
• CMD 492 Special Problems
• CMD 561 Phonological Disorder
  9:00am-11:45am Wednesdays
• CMD 584 Language Disorders in Developmentally Young Children
  4:00pm-6:45pm Wednesdays
• CMD 592 Disorders of Fluency
  7:00pm-9:45pm Tuesdays
• CMD 598 Special Problems