Dr. Amy L. Weiss is a 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 currently has another edited text in the works focusing on the relationship between individual differences and success in intervention.
She is currently the Chairperson of the ASHA Board of Division Coordinators and serves as secretary 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 2008
- CMD 491 Special Problems
- CMD 492 Special Problems
- CMD 561 Phonological Disorder
- CMD 584 Language Disorders in Developmentally Young Children
- CMD 592 Disorders of Fluency
- CMD 598 Special Problems
