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The Children's Literacy and Speech Sound (CLaSS) lab is directed by Dr. Kelly Farquharson at Florida

http://www.emerson.edu/academics/faculty-guide/profile/kelly-farquharson/3319

10/28/2026

We are excited about a new "branch" of the APPLES project!

We have a graduate student at Washington State University who is looking for SLPs and SLP Graduate Students to participate in an IRB-approved study looking at how clinicians handle speech errors on literacy assessments. Please pass it along to those who might be interested!

Participants Needed: ORCHARD Literacy Assessment Study

Speech-language pathologists, speech-language pathology graduate students are invited to participate in the ORCHARD Study.

This study examines real-world literacy assessment and scoring practices for children with speech sound disorders. Participants will complete an online survey that includes brief background questions and listening and scoring tasks using audio recordings of children’s assessment responses.

The survey takes approximately 15-20 minutes and requires access to audio and a quiet listening environment.
To participate, please visit:
https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bCa1oqBm1hKIlQq

08/06/2026

We are delighted to share a new publication!! "Children's Communication Rights in the Holistic Assessment of Speech Sound Disorders: Do Speech Language Pathologists Use the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Framework?" represents work from doctoral student, Alexis Moser's master's thesis. Alexis Moser

This publication is part of a Clinical Forum in LSHSS titled "Children's Communication and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)", which was guest edited by Drs. Sharynne McLeod, Helen Blake, and Kathy Cologon.

How to access: If you are an ASHA pr NSSLHA member, please click the link in our bio, log into your ASHA account, and download the article for free!!! If you are not an ASHA member, please email classlabFSU at Gmail dot Com for a link.

Thank you for supporting our work!! Congratulations on a second first-author publication, Alexis Moser !!!!

07/17/2026

I was so delighted to get to share preliminary data from our NIH R01 at Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR). We are looking into phonological profiles of children with speech sound disorders. This is a very preliminary latent profile analysis from year 1, but very exciting to see consistent and distinct profiles at the beginning and end of one school year!

07/01/2026

Do you ever wonder what academic researchers do with their summers "off"? I am a 9-month employee and am currently "off contract". This means that my time is essentially my own and I do not teach in the summers and am not currently in an administrative role in my department. My contract begins again August 10, 2026. However, my summer is chocked full of work-related responsibilities that cannot wait until fall or until contracts start again. I am very grateful for the time and flexibility that I do have, which often includes some fantastic travel opportunities. But the summer is never really "off". Here are a few things that occupy (or have occupied) my summer time. Besides teaching, what would you add to this list? I think it's important to talk about, especially to prepare future tenure-track faculty for what to expect during this season.

I often say that I am lucky because I can "work wherever I want"; but when you can work wherever you want, it is hard to really take time away from work. Note that there are many, many variations of what this does and can look like. Contracts may be 9, 10, or 12 months. Many faculty teach over the summer. Some faculty have a grant that can pay them extra salary over the summer. Some people have higher or lower research expectations. Everyone has family obligations. Everyone deserves rest. I am very thankful for the work that I get to do and always am interested in what things look like "on the inside" of people's realities. I hope this is helpful! What other questions do you have?

05/28/2026

ICPC has been AMAZING!!! What a great group. A tiny but mighty conference of phonologists. So proud of and and their posters!!

05/05/2026

Travel to a beautiful resort + time with old friends + meeting new friends + an impeccably orchestrated event = Bjorem Desert Days!!

I had so much fun and am a very proud author!! So very thankful for this experience and, as always, completely blown away by how Bjorem pulls an event together. The details were 🤌 and I will remember that breakfast spread fondly 😁😆

04/30/2026

Pack my essentials pouch with me for Desert Days!!! Featuring many products!!!

04/17/2026

There has been so much to celebrate in the lab this week!!! Congratulations to and for their successful thesis defenses!! I am always blown away by the incredible students I get to work with, but these two have leveled up my undergraduate thesis bar! SO PROUD of you both!!!

04/10/2026

It has been a BUSY week in the CLaSS lab!! I am thrilled that two doctoral candidates had their dissertation ideas approved by their committees this week! I can't wait to see the outcomes of these projects.

So proud of you, Lydia and Mary Allison!!! Thank you for doing such incredible work!!

04/02/2026

CLaSS Lab undergrads had an impressive showing at today's Undergraduate Research Symposium!!! So thankful to work alongside such bright scholars!!

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http://classlab.cci.fsu.edu/

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