Educational Background	Research Interests	Presentations	Publications	Course Instruction	Affiliations and Memberships

Robert ("Dr. Bob") Owens Associate Professor Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist Office Address: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders The College of Saint Rose 432 Western Avenue Albany, NY 12203 (518) 454-5258 Email Robert E. Owens, Jr. Ph.D. (“Dr. Bob”) is an Associate Professor at the College of St. Rose in Albany, NY and a New York State Distinguished Teaching Professor. He teaches courses in language development and language disorders and is the author of: • Language Development, An Introduction (8 editions) • Language Disorders, A Functional Approach (6 editions) • Program for the Acquisition of Language with the Severely Impaired (PALS) • Help Your Baby Talk, Introducing the New Shared Communication Method • Queer Kids, The Challenge & Promise for Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Youth His Language Development text is the most widely used in the world and has been translated into Spanish, Korean, and Arabic. He has also co-authored Introduction to Communication Disorders, A Life Span Perspective (4 editions), written a score of book chapters and professional articles, and authored two as-yet unpublished novels which are sure to win a posthumous Pulitzer prize. Currently, he is authoring a text on early intervention. In love with the sound of his own voice, Dr. Bob has presented over 180 professional papers and workshops around the globe. His professional interests are language disorders in infants, toddlers, and preschoolers who are also some of his best friends. And he’s a gran’pa!

Major Areas of Research Interests:

• Child language

Presentations:

• Recent Professional Papers

  • SUGAR (Sampling Utterances & Grammatical Analysis Revisted): A Sweet Taste. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, November 2012.

  • Sampling Utterances and Grammatical Analysis Revisited (SUGAR): A Sweet Surprise. New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Saratoga Springs, NY, April 2012.

  • Sampling Revisited for Ages 3-7: Correlation with Language Testing. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, San Diego, CA, November 2011.

  • It’s a Noun Except When it Ain’t: Noun Phrase Assessment. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA, November 2010.

  • Revisiting Language Samples: The Assessment Method We Love to Hate. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA, November 2009.

  • Functional Language That Works for SLPs and Children, Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Austin, April 2009.

  • It’s Never Too Early for Early Intervention, Speech and Hearing Association of Alabama, Birmingham, March 2009.
    

• Recent Professional Workshops

  • It’s Never Too Early for Early Intervention. Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, February 2012.

  • Functional Language Intervention: What We Know. Speech-Language-hearing Association of Hudson Valley, Kingston, NY, March 2011.

  • Functional Language Intervention: School Age to Adolescence. New Zealand Speech Therapy Association, Wellington, July 2009.

  • Functional Language Intervention: Birth to Adolescence. University of Auckland, Auckland, July 2009.

  • Functional Language Intervention: School Age to Adolescence, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, July 2009.

  • Functional Language Intervention: Birth to Adolescence, Speech Pathology Australia, Melbourne, July 2009.

  • Functional Language Intervention: Birth to Adolescence, Speech Pathology Australia, Adelaide, August 2009.

  • Functional Language Intervention: Birth to Adolescence, Speech Pathology Australia, Perth, August 2009.

  • It’s Never Too Early for Early Intervention, Richard Stockton College, Pomona, NJ, March 2009
    

Publications:

• Owens, R. (In review). Early Communication Impairment
  
• Recent Texts
  • Owens, R. (In press). Language Disorders: A Functional Approach to Assessment and Intervention, Sixth Edition. Boston, MA: Pearson.
  • Owens, R. (2012). Language Development: An Introduction (Eighth edition). Boston: Pearson.
  • Owens, R., & Farinella, K. (2010). Introduction to Communication Disorders, A Life Span Perspective (Fourth edition). Boston: Pearson.
    
• Recent Research
  • Allen, K., Filippini, E., Feenaughty, L., Gormley, J., Johnson, M., Kanuck, A., Loccisano, S., Lyle, K., Nieto, J., Wind, K., Young, S., & Owens, R.E. (In review). Noun Phrase Elaboration in Children's Language Samples. Journal of Communication Disorders.
  • Kroecker, J., Lyle, K., Allen, K., Filippini, E., Galvin, M., Johnson, M., Kanuck, A., Loccisano, S., Manoni, C., Nieto, J., Peterson, L., Sligar, C., Starowicz, S., Wind, K., Young, S., and Owens, R. (2010, Spring). Effects of Student Training on Child Language Sample Quality. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 36.
  • Klotz, L.C., Murphy, K., & Owens, R.E. (2006). Drugs and their effects on children: Maybe it’s not just a bad day. Contemporary Issues in Communication Science and Disorders, 33, 120-125.

Course Instruction:

• CSD 345, Language Disorders in Children

• CSD 524, Language Disorders: Infants, Pre-Schoolers and People with Developmental Disabilities

• CSD 575, Counseling for Communication Disorders

Professional Affiliations:

• American Speech Language Hearing Association

Professional Memberships:

• American Speech Language Hearing Association