Judy Roman is a clinical faculty member at Northwestern University, where she maintains a clinical caseload while educating graduate student clinicians. She teaches both in-person undergraduate and online post-Baccalaureate phonetics courses. She holds ASHA Board Certification in Child Language, specializing in language disorders with toddlers through early-school aged children. She earned her SLPD degree, which included meta-analysis research on the relationship between developmental language disorders and motor skills; and research related to facilitating graduate student observation skills. She completed a fellowship year at NU on teaching and learning, with a final project focus on redefining mid-term grading for graduate student clinicians. She has completed an NDTA eight-week pediatric course, learning about treating motor disorders.

Areas of Emphasis:

• Developmental Language Disorder
• Genetic Syndromes (Associated with Language Disorders)
• Language/Learning Disabilities
• Language Wellness
• Parent Coaching
• Speech Sound Disorders
• Literacy: Writing/Spelling

Ages of Emphasis:

• Birth to Three
• Early Education (Ages 3–5)
• Early Elementary (Kindergarten to Grade 6)