Degrees: PHD, 1998, Boston Univ; MA, 1994, Boston Univ; BA, 1984, Univ Vermont

Bio:

Jenny Roberts is a developmental psychologist and certified speech-language-pathologist. Her research focuses on the early prediction of children at risk for persistent language delays, and she is a member of a team of researchers engaged in a longitudinal study examining cognitive and linguistic precursors of developmental dyslexia. She has collaborated with colleagues in the development of language-based therapeutic tools for children at risk of reading failure, and in the design and execution of a comprehensive language and literacy intervention program for at-risk kindergarten and preschool-aged children. She is also interested in the language development of internationally-adopted children.

Courses Taught:
SPCH 005 Phonetics
SPCH 102 Normal Language Development
SPCH 131 Disorders of the Speech Production and Speech Perception Systems
SPCH 209 Developmental Psycholinguistics
SPCH 229 Evaluation and Interpretation of Communication Disorders
SPCH 241 Pediatric Communication Disorders: Birth to Five
SPCH 243 Language, Learning, and Literacy: Development and Disabilities From Kindergarten Through Adulthood

Research Interests
Predicting persistent language impairment
Precursors to developmental dyslexia
Family centered practices for promoting preliteracy skills in at-risk children
Relationship between phonology and the lexicon
Language development of internationally adopted children