Educational Background | Publications | Area of Specialty | Courses Taught |
Megan S. Overby PhD |
Degree | Institution | Year | Major |
Ph.D. | The University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 2007 | |
M.A. | The University of Iowa | 1981 | Speech Pathology |
B.A. | Denison University | 1976 | Speech |
Major areas of research interests:
Speech sound disorders
Childhood apraxia of speech
Links between speech-language skills and literacy
Phonetics
School-based issues
Overby, M., Trainin, G., Smit, A., Bernthal, J. & Nelson, R. (2012). Preliteracy speech sound skills and later literacy outcomes: A study using the Templin Archive. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 43(1), 97-115.
Bernthal, J. & Overby, M. (2009). The teacher-researcher shortage: Possible future directions. In C. Bowen's, Children's speech sound disorders. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Overby, M., Carrell, T., & Bernthal, J. (2007). Teachers' perceptions of children with speech sound disorders: A quantitative and qualitative analysis. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 38(4), 327-341.
Presentations:
Professional Service:
2010, New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention Program (Committee Chair, Speech-Language Pathology: Children and Schools)
2008-present, Co-chair Summer Institute for Literacy and Communication Disorders, The College of Saint Rose
2008, American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention Program(Speech Sound DIsorders Committee)
2007, 2008, 2012 Reviewer for Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools
2007, Praxis Exam Review in Speech Sound Disorders for the New York State Speech Language Hearing Associaion
Media:
Speech-Sound Disorders and Spelling Ability. (2008, August 11) Cover Story. Advance Magazine for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, 18(32), 6-9, 46.
Professional Memberships:
American Speech Language Hearing Association (CCC-SP)
New York Speech Language Hearing Association (licensed)
Capital Area Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
Clinical Speech Sound Disorders (CSD594)
Differential Diagnostics (CSD570)
Literacy Institute in Communication Disorders (CSD596)
Topics in Communication Disorders (CSD601, CSD380)
Articulation and Phonology (CSD219)