Geri Theadore
Geri Theadore has been at URI since 1990. She teaches courses in testing in speech-language pathology and counseling in communicative disorders, supervises graduate students in child diagnostic and therapy clinic, and advises undergraduate students at University College. Ms. Theadore was involved in the implementation of two major federal grants, one for pre-service preparation in early intervention, and the other focused on an instructional approach for language and literacy development in Head Start.
Prior to coming to URI, Ms. Theadore worked as a speech-language pathologist at Bradley Hospital, a child and adolescent psychiatric hospital in East Providence, RI. Ms. Theadore received her Bachelor's degree in elementary education and her Master's degree in speech-language pathology from URI. Her clinical interests include autism spectrum disorders, and literacy development and instruction.
Courses Taught- CMD 492 Special Problems
- CMD 569 Test and Measurement in Speech-Language Pathology
- CMD 594 Counseling in Communicative Disorders
- CMD 598 Special Problems
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Welcome to spring semester, 2012!
Keep watching for an announcement about our first meeting of our local chapter of the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) in 2012. Our first meeting of the academic year was held Tuesday, September 20th in the Galanti Lounge of the Carothers Library and was attended by over 100 undergraduate and graduate students! We greatly appreciated the participation of members of the Rhode Island Speech and Hearing Association's board who facilitated one of our discussion sections. At our upcoming meeting we will be voting on new by-laws and learning about plans for the spring semester.
For those of you who attended the talk given by Dr. Lynne E. Hewitt, Bowling Green State University, titled "Supporting Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Post-secondary Education" on Monday, October 17th, here is a URL that will take you to Dr. Hewitt's web site. Copy and paste the address to your browser then look for the highlighted link to her presentation on her page if you want to print yourself a copy of her slides: http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/cdis/page36445.html.
Check out our updated table of graduate student student outcomes: PRAXIS examination, graduation, and employment rates by linking to:
Why CMD at URI? - Communicative Disorders - University of Rhode Island
PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
