Vitae

February 2004

BUSINESS ADDRESS

Department of Communication Sciences &Disorder

464 Dauer Hall, P.O.Box 117420

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL 326ll

(352) 392-2041 ext. 285

e-mail: llombard@csd.ufl.edu

EDUCATION

Ohio State University: Ph.D., 1978 Speech-Language Pathology
Seton Hall University: M.A., 1974 Speech-Language Pathology
Ohio State University: B.A., 1971 Speech and Hearing Education

CERTIFICATIONS

Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP)
Florida State Licensure to Practice Speech-Language Pathology (#8446356)
Neuro-Developmental Treatment Certification (NDT)
Orton-Gillingham Certification, April 1998

SPECIALIZATION: Spoken and Written Language Disabilities Including Developmental Dyslexia

HONORS AND AWARDS

2003. Awarded one semester full pay sabbatical leave for Spring 2005
2003-2004. Bamford-Lahey Children’s Foundation Scholar awarded to my doctoral student, Cynthia Puranik
2000. Awarded the O. Ruth McQuown Commemorative Term Professor
1999. Awarded the O. Ruth McQuown Commemorative Term Professor
1998. Awarded American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Fellow
1998. Awarded American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association Editor’s Award for best article in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
1998. CLAS Teaching Award
1997. Departmental Teaching Award
1995. CLAS Teaching Award

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Professor and Coordinator of the Reading Diagnostics Clinic, UF Speech and Hearing Clinic, 1993-present.
Promoted to Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, 1993.
Sabbatical, Padova, Italy, 1989.
Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, 1984.
Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida, 1978.

INTERNAL (UNIVERSITY) GRANT AWARDS

2002. Title: Effect of stimuli enhancements on auditory processing. Research Opportunity Fund (ROF). PI: Ratree Wayland. Co-PI: Linda Lombardino. Amount $35,000.
2001. Awarded funds ($8,500) from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to study the effects of intensive multisensory reading intervention on children with developmental dyslexia
1998. ORTGE departmental award for research in reading
1997. Research/teaching initiative program award
1997. Orton dyslexia research grant ($5,000)
1996. University of Florida DSR graduate assistantship award
1994. University of Florida DSR graduate assistantship award
1987. University of Florida DSR graduate assistantship award
1987. University of Florida DSR seed money award
1978. University of Florida DSR seed money award

EXTERNAL GRANTS FUNDED

1999-2004. NIH/NIHNICD (R01). Brain morphology and neurolinguistic ability in dyslexia. (Continuation Grant) PI: George Hynd, University of Georgia. Consultant: Linda Lombardino
1995-2000. NIH/NICHD (R01). Brain Asymmetry and Language Development. PI: Christiana Leonard; Co-Investigator: Linda Lombardino. Grant #DCD R01 293
1993-1996. March of Dimes. Neural bases of childhood language disorders. PI: Christiana Leonard; Co-PI: Linda Lombardino.
1993-1996. NIH/NICHD (R01). Brain morphology and neurolinguistic ability in dyslexia. Co-Investigator: Linda Lombardino; Subcontract with the University of Georgia. PI: George Hynd (University of Georgia). Grant #4910 5726-513-12

PUBLICATIONS

Tests

Lombardino, L., Lieberman, J., Brown, J. Assessment of Literacy and Language (ALL). San Antonio: The Psychological Corporation (in press, October 2005).

Books

Langley, B., & Lombardino, L. (Eds.). (1991). Neurodevelopmental strategies for managing communication disorders in children with severe motor dysfunction. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed Publications.

Articles

Blischak, D. M., Lombardino, L. J., & Dyson, A. T. (2003). Use of speech-generating devices: In support of natural speech. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 19,

29-35.

King, W., Lombardino, L. Crandell, C. & Leonard, L. (2003). Comorbid auditory processing disorder in Developmental Dyslexia. Ear and Hearing, 24, 448-456.

Leonard, C., Lombardino, L., Walsh, K., Eckert, M., Grudnik, J., Rowe, L., Williams, S., & DeBose, C. (2002). Anatomical risk factors that distinguish dyslexia from SLI predict reading skill in normal children. Journal of Communication Disorders, 35, 501-531.

Rivers, K, & Lombardino, L. (2002). Using descriptive language assessment procedures with African-American English Preschool Child Speaker: Advantages and limitations. Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, 20, 7-18.

Core, C., & Lombardino, L. (2002). The early reading screening instrument: A Spanish translation and preliminary study of three bilingual children. Florida Journal of Communication Disorders, 20, 51-62.

Core, C., & Lombardino, L. (2002). The early reading screening instrument: A Spanish translation and preliminary study of three bilingual children. Journal for the Florida Speech and Language Association, 20, 51-62.

Lombardino, L., & Ahmed, S. (2000). The role of the speech-language pathologist in assessing and facilitating spelling skills. Topics in Language Disorders, 22, 19-28.

Ahmed, S., & Lombardino, L. (2000). Invented spelling: An assessment and intervention protocol for kindergarten children. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 22, 19-28.

Ahmed, S., Lombardino, L., & Leonard, C. (2001). Specific language impairment: Definitions, causal mechanisms, and neurobiological factors. Medical Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 9, 1-15.

Leonard, C.M., Eckert, M., Lombardino, L., Oakland, T., Kranzler, J., Mohr, C., King, W., & Freeman, A. (2001). Anatomical risk factors for phonological dyslexia. Cerebral Cortex, 11, 148-157.

Eckert, M., Lombardino, L., & Leonard, C. (2001). Planar asymmetry tips the phonological playground and the environment raises the bar. Child Development, 72(4), 988- 1002.

Gauger, L., Lombardino, L., & Pinheiro, S. (1999). Screening kindergarten children to assess risk for reading difficulties. Florida Journal of Communication Disorders.

Lombardino, L., & Vauderail, K. (1998). Infant-toddler Communication Inventory. Florida Journal of Communication Disorders.

Leonard, C., Puranik, C., Kuldau, J., & Lombardino, L. (1998). Normal variation in the frequency and location of human auditory cortex landmarks: Heschl’s Gyrus: Where is it? Cerebral Cortex, 8, 397-406.

Lombardino, L., Morris, D., Mercado, L., Defillipo, F., Sarisky, C., & Montgomery, A. (1999). Using the early reading screening instrument to identify kindergartners at risk for learning to read: Developmental data for clinical applications. International Journal of Communication Disorders, 34, 135-150.

Rivers, K., & Lombardino, L. (1997). Generalization of early metalinguistic skills in first grade children at-risk for reading disabilities. International Journal of Communication Disorders, 33, 369-392.

Gauger, L., Lombardino, L., & Leonard, L. (1997). Brain morphology in children with specific language impairment. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 40, 1272-1284.

Lombardino, L., Riccio., C., Hynd, G., & Pinheiro, S. (1997). Linguistic deficits in children with reading disabilities. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 6, 71-78.

Lombardino, L., Bedford, T., Fortier, C., Carter, J., & Brandi, J. (1997). Developmental patterns in kindergarten children: Guidelines for early literacy intervention. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools, 28, 335-343.

Wright, B., Lombardino, L., King, W., Puranik, C., Leonard, L., & Merzenich, M. (1997). Deficits in auditory temporal and spectral resolution in language-impaired children. Nature, 387, 176-178.

Rivers, K., Lombardino, L., & Thompson, C. (1996). Effects of phonological decoding training on children's word recognition of CVC, CV, and VC structures. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 5,

67-78.

Leonard, C., Lombardino, L., Mercado, L., Browd, S., Breier, J., and Agee, O. (1996). Cerebral asymmetry and cognitive development: A magnetic neuroimaging study. Psychological Science, 7, 89-95.

Hynd, G., Morgan, A., Edmonds, J., Black. K., Riccio, C., and Lombardino, L. (1995). Reading disabilities, comorbid psychopathology, and the specificity of neurolinguistic deficits. Developmental Neuropsychology, 11, 311-322.

Leonard, C., Voeller, K., Lombardino, L., Morris, M., Hynd, G., Alexander, A., et al. Anomalous cerebral morphology in dyslexia revealed with MR imaging. Archives of Neurology, 50, 461-469.

Leonard C., Voeller, K., Lombardino, L., Honeyman, J., & Agee, O. (1992). What is anomalous in the dyslexia planum? Abstracts – Society for Neuroscience, 18, 331.

Kim, Y., & Lombardino, L. (1991). The efficacy of script contexts in the treatment of language impaired children with mental retardation. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 34, 845-857.

Lombardino, L., & Langley, B. (1989). Strategies for assessing severely multi-handicapped children for augmentative and alternative communication. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 4, 157-170.

Moss, S., & Lombardino, L. (1989). Computer applications in aphasia rehabilitation: A review of literature and resources. FLASHA Journal, March, 35-40.

Kim, Y., Lombardino, L., Rothman, H., & Vinson, B. (1989). A study of the effects of symbolic play intervention with trainable mentally retarded children. Mental Retardation, 27, 159-165.

Dyson, A., & Lombardino, L. (1989). Phonologic abilities of a preschool child with Prader-Willi Syndrome. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 54, 44-48.

Langley, B., & Lombardino, L. (1988). Application of a normal developmental model for understanding the communicative behaviors of students with severe handicaps. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2, 24-50.

Lombardino, L., Stapell, J., & Gerhardt, K. (1987). Evaluating communicative behaviors in infancy. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 5, 240-246.

Harrison, J., Lombardino, L., & Stapell, J. (1987). The development of early communication: Using developmental literature for selecting communication goals. The Journal of Special Education, 4, 463-473.

Lombardino, L. (1986). Language intervention with young children. Transcripts of the Twelfth Annual Course in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology, (pp. 160-179).

Lombardino, L., Stein, J., Kricos, P., & Wolf, M. (1986). Play diversity and structural relationships in the play and language of language‑impaired and language‑normal preschoolers: Preliminary data. Journal of Communication Disorders, 19, 475-489.

Lombardino, L. (1985). Speech-language handicapped. In C. Morsink (Ed.), Teaching special needs in the regular classroom. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company.

Lombardino, L., & Sproul, C. (1984). Patterns of correspondence and non-correspondence between play and language in developmentally delayed preschoolers. Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, February, 5-14.

Rushakoff, G., & Lombardino, L. (1984). Clinical microcomputer applications in Speech‑Language Pathology and Audiology. American Speech and Hearing Association Journal, 26, 27-31.

Lombardino, L., & Kaswinkel, P. (1983). Performance of profoundly retarded adults in a short‑term sign intervention program: Training and generalization data. Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 18, 234‑238.

Lombardino, L., & Mangan, N. (1983). Parents as language trainers: An ecological approach to language programming with developmentally delayed. Exceptional Children, 49, 358‑361.

Rushakoff, G., & Lombardino, L. (1983). Comprehensive microcomputer applications for severely handicapped children. Teaching Exceptional Children, 16, 18‑22.

Lombardino, L. (1982). Semantic and pragmatic development in children. In J. Gelatt & P. Anderson (Eds.), Bilingual language learning system, (pp. 2‑10). Baltimore: American Speech and Hearing Association.

Lombardino, L. (1982). Assessment of language in the preprimary school child. Transcripts of Eighth Annual Course in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology, (pp. 145‑163).

Lombardino, L., Klein, M., & Saine, T. (1982). Maternal interrogatives during discourse with language learning children: A preliminary taxonomy and data. Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 17, 222‑226.

Willems, S., Lombardino, L., MacDonald, D., & Owens, R. (1982). Total communication: Clinical report on a parent‑based language training program. Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 17, 293‑298.

Lombardino, L. (1981). Acquired childhood aphasia. Transcripts of Seventh Annual Course in Behavioral Neurology and Neuropsychology, (pp. 159‑179).

Lombardino, L.J., & MacDonald, J.D. (1981). Adaptation of the environmental language program to total communication. In J. MacDonald (Ed.), Environmental Language Inventory, (pp. 143‑148). Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill.

Lombardino, L., Willems, S., & MacDonald, J. (1981). Total communication: Critical considerations and an environmental intervention model for the developmentally delayed. Exceptional Children, 47, 455‑462.

Invited Workshops (2001-2003)

Anatomical and Behavioral Distinctions between SLI and dyslexia by Christiana Leonard and Linda Lombardino. Presentation to the conference on The Connections between language and Reading Disabilities. Merrill Advanced Study Center of the University of Kansas, March 2003, Tempe, Arizona.

Predicting, Assessing, and Treating Reading Disabilities, Invited paper. Fort Hays State University, Fort Hays Kansas, June 11-12, 2001.

Predicting, Assessing, and Treating Reading Disabilities: The Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist. Invited Presentation. Georgia Speech-Language –Hearing Association in Atlanta, Georgia, March 23, 2002.

Predicting, Assessing, and Treating Reading Disabilities, Invited paper. Florida Annual Speech-Language-Hearing Convention, Sarasota, Florida, May 16, 2002.

Predicting, Assessing, and Treating Reading Disabilities: The Role of the Speech-language Pathologist, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, July 12, 2002.

Predicting, Assessing, and Treating Reading Disabilities: What the Speech and Language Pathologist Needs to Know. Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, October 4, 2002.

Predicting, Assessing, and Treating Children with Reading Disabilities: A Short Course for the SLP. Reading & Auditory Processing Conference, All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, October 25, 2002.

Auditory Processing and Reading Disorders Conference. All Children’s Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida, October 26, 2002.

Predicting, Assessing, and Treating Children with Reading Disabilities: The Role of the Speech & Language Pathologist. Utah State University, Summer Institute, July 12, 2002.

STATE/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATIONS (last 10 years)

Wayland, R. and Lombardino, L. Auditory processing among language-learning disabled children and adults. Poster presented at the 146th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 10-14 November, 2003. Austin Texas.

Spoken Language, Written Language, and Speech Production Skills Across Grades. Poster presentation at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention in Chicago, November, 2000 (with Jaumeiko J.C. Brown and R. Jane Lieberman).

Neuroanatomical and behavioral asymmetry in an adult compensated dyslexic. Cognitive neuropsychology (with Christine Chiarello, Natalie Kackinik, and Christiana Leonard)

Phonological and orthographic screening test for dyslexia (POST –D). Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Chicago, June 2002. (with W.M. King & S.T. Ahmed)

Phonemic Awareness Instruction for Children with Severe Speech Impairment. Poster presentation at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention in Atlanta, November, 2002 (with S.D. Shah and D.M. Blischak)

Computerized Program for Evaluating Accuracy and Speed for Nonword Decoding, Word Recognition, and Spelling Tasks. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Chicago, June 2002. (with W.M. King and S.T. Ahmed)

Changes in reading following intensive short-term decoding and rate intervention. Scientific Study of Reading, Boulder, June 2001. (with S.T. Ahmed, H. LeGrande, & W.M. King)

Assessing and treating children with reading disabilities, Invited workshop. Alachua County Public Schools, Gainesville, Florida, July 31, 2000.

Developmental dyslexia: Assessment and treatment methods for the SLP. Seminar presented at the 2000 ASHA Convention in Washington, D.C.

Methods for identifying children at risk for reading failure, Invited paper at the Twelfth Post-Graduate Course in Pediatric Neurology: Learning Disabilities in reading and Writing, Rapallo, Italy, March 2 24, 2000.

Phonemic and Orthographic Spelling Patterns in Grades 2 through 5. ASHA, San Francisco, CA, 1999. (with Sarah Ahmed)

Auditory duplications predict phonological loop but not processing speed deficits in college students. With C.M. Leonard, J. Kranzler, M. Eckert, W. King, C. Mohr, A. Freeman, T. Oakland. Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Chicago, IL, March 22-March 2, 1997.

Neurobiological foundations of reading: part I - behavioral characteristics that discriminate college students with and without developmental dyslexia. with C. Leonard, T.Oakland, J. Kranzler, M.Saravanos, H. Kane. Presentation at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Chicago, IL, March 22-March 2, 1997.

Invented spellings in kindergarten children. With Sara Ahmed. ASHA, Boston, MA, November, 1997. Assessing reading-related skills in Arabic-speaking children with Sana M’hod. ASHA, Boston, MA, November, 1997.

An investigation of phonological patterns in invented spellings of kindergarten children with S. Ahmed. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, Chicago, IL, March, 1997.

Generalization of early metalinguistic skills in a phonological decoding study with first-graders at-risk for reading failure reading failure with K. Rivers. Paper presented at the Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study Reading, Chicago, IL, March 22-March 24, 1997.

The role of the Speech-Language Pathologist in reading disabilities: Assessment, prevention, and treatment, Guest speaker: Weekend with the Experts: Twenty-third Florida Speech Pathology Institute. Orlando, Florida, March 16-17, 1996.

Increased asymmetry of the Planum Temporale parallels improved phonological conceptualization in childhood with C. Leonard, L. Mercado, J. Breier, A. Foundas, S. Brown, O. Agee, & K. Heilman. Society of Neuroscience 24th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, November 13-18, 1994 .

Sylvian Fissure anomalies in children with learning disabilities with L. Mercado, S. Browd, C. Leonard, K. Voeller, J. Ross, K. Noffsinger, & O. Agee. Society of Neuroscience 24th Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, November 13-18, 1994

Language in preschool children: Directions for assessment and intervention from infancy through five years of age. Invited paper for the South Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Hilton Head, South Carolina, February 27, 1993

Kindergarten children's performance on reading readiness measures: A Normative Study, L. Lombardino, K. Rivers, F. DeFilippo, A. Montgomery, & C. Sarisky. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, San Antonio, November, 1992.

Neurolinguistic deficits and deviations in brain morphology in reading disabilities, G. Hynd, L. Lombardino, & J. Gonzalez. Presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, San Antonia, CA, November, 1992.

MRI analysis of two twins discordant for language impairment, C. Leonard, L. Lombardino, J. Honeyman, & O. Agee. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual convention of the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association, San Antonio, November, 1992.

Dyslexia and oral language deficits, L. Lombardino. Paper presented at the winter conference for FLASHA, Gainesville, 1992.

Last Updated 2-09-04