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Joan A. Luckhurst, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor Speech-Language-Hearing Science

Curriculum Vitae

Office Number: Benilde 2216
Office Hours: By appointment
215.951.1609
luckhurst@lasalle.edu



Education
  • Ph.D. Marywood University - Human Development/Instructional Leadership
  • M.S. SUNY Albany - Speech Pathology
  • B.S. SUNY Geneseo - Speech Pathology
  • Certifications:
    • CCC – SLP, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    • NYS Permanent Certification, Teacher of the Speech and Hearing Handicapped
    • NYS Professional License to practice Speech-Language Pathology
    • PA Professional License to Practice Speech-Language Pathology
    • PA Private Academic Teaching Certificate
  • Affiliations 
    • American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    • Pennsylvania State Speech-Language-Hearing Association
    • Alexander Graham Bell Association
    • Advisory Board, Scientific Journals International
Research Interests
  • Childhood Speech and Language Development and Disorders
  • Aural-Oral education of children with hearing impairment
  • Assessment and Diagnosis of speech and language disorders in Children
  • Identification of school-aged children at-risk for language-learning difficulties
Clinical Practice Areas
  • Assessment and treatment of child articulation and phonological disorders.
  • Assessment and treatment of child language disorders, including those related to hearing loss, autism spectrum, learning disability and/or mental retardation.
Publications and Presentations:
  • Luckhurst, J. (2008).  Professional Preparedness for provision of auditory oral programs to children with hearing loss: Results of a survey. ASHA Division 7 Perspectives on Aural Rehabilitation and Its Instrumentation, 14(2). 

  • Luckhurst, J. & Kleinow, J. (2007, February).  Workshop presented to Clarke-Pa staff on development of speech and auditory perception. 

  • Luckhurst, J. (2006, October).  Workshop presented to Clarke-Pa staff on Clinical Report Writing. 

  • Luckhurst, J. (2006, June).  SLP’s working with deaf children. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

  • Luckhurst, J. A. & Lauback C. W. (2006). Evidence-based practice in schools: Altering the environment. The School Psychologist, 60 (2), 66-69. 

  • Lauback, C. & Luckhurst, J. (2005). Improving evidence-based practice through Collaboration.  Volta Voices, 12(6), 11-12. 

  • Luckhurst, J. (2001). A retrospective study of the Gesell Screening Test for School Readiness (Doctoral dissertation, Marywood University, 2001).

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