Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION:
Ph.D. University of Tennessee, 1999 - Speech and Hearing Sciences 
M.S. Bloomsburg University, 1986 - Speech-Language Pathology 
B.S. Ed. Bloomsburg University, 1985 - Communication Disorders 

COURSES:
AHP 101 Freshman Seminar in Allied Health

SHS 331 Normal Language Acquisition 
SHS 431 Introduction to Language Disorders
SLP 534 School-Age Language

SLP 541 Advanced Articulation and Phonological Disorders

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS:

• Rohling, M. L., Faust, M. E., Beverly, B. L., & Demakis, G. (in press). Effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation following acquired brain injury: A meta-analytic re-examination of the Cicerone et al. (2002, 2005) systematic reviews. Neuropsychology.

• Beverly, B. L., McGuinness, T. M., & Blanton, D. J. (2008). Communication and academic challenges in early adolescence for children adopted from the former Soviet Union. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 39, 303-313.
• Beverly, B. L., Giles, R. M., & Buck, K. L. (2006, May). First-grade reading gains following enrichment using decodable texts compared to phonics and teacher-read authentic literature. Poster presented at the International Reading Association’s 51st Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.
• van Kleeck, A., Gray, S., Beverly, B. L. (2005, November). Language goals for young children: Evidence to guide our practice. Invited panel presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA.
  
• Estis, J. M., & Beverly, B. L. (2005, June). The effects of age and phonetic similarity on disambiguation in children with SLI. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.
• Ard, L. M., & Beverly, B. L. (2005). Preschool word learning during joint book reading: Effect of adult questions and comments.Communication Disorders Quarterly, 26(1), 17-28.
• Beverly, B. L., & Swanson, L. A. (2005). Sensitivity to verb phrase grammaticality by children with specific language impairment. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 100(3), 1049-1054.
• Beverly, B. L., & Williams, C. C. (2004). Present tense “be” use in young children with SLI: Less is more. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47(4), 944-956.
• Lance, D. M., Beverly, B. L., Evans, L. H., McCullough, K. C. (2004). Addressing literacy: Effective methods for reading instruction. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 25(1), 5-11.
• Beverly, B. L., & Estis, J. M. (2003). Fast mapping deficits during disambiguation in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 27(3), 162-169.

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