The PIPs Project

Associate professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education (Special Education)

Research interests:

• Play and communication development in young children with developmental delays
• Parent-implemented intervention
• Part C service delivery

Assistant professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education (Communication Sciences and Disorders)

Research interests:

• Collaborative intervention practices in natural environments
• Communication development and intervention
• Professional development

Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education (Special Education)

Research interests:

• Teacher preparation and peer coaching
• Part C policy
• Arranging play environments to promote pro-social behavior
• Exercise as an antecedent intervention

Doctoral student, Department of Communication Sciences and Special Education

Research interests:

• Parent and caregiver coaching in early intervention
• Part C practices
• Knowledge and perceptions of autism spectrum disorder

Parent representative

Assistant clinical professor

Early childhood coordinator, Georgia Sensory Assistance Project

Coordinator, Georgia Sensory Assistance Project

Assistant professor, Brenau University School of Occupational Therapy

INSITE/VIISA coordinator, Georgia PINES

Associate professor and director of physical therapy research, Department of Physical Therapy College of Health Professions, Mercer University

Technical assistance specialist, Georgia Sensory Assistance Project

Associate professor emeritus of physical therapy and adjunct faculty of developmental-behavioral pediatrics, University of South Alabama's Strada Patient Care Center

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Dream job: I am excited to work with infants and toddlers as an SLP in any setting.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: I love learning the same way I will be working—with other professionals in related fields.

• Undergraduate major/minor: Religious studies/gender and sexuality studies
• Dream job: To work as an SLP in a school setting or pediatric hospital.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: Learning and collaborating with students and professionals from various fields.

• Undergraduate major: Psychology
• Dream job: Working in a children’s hospital and eventually owning a private practice.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: Having the opportunity to interact with peers and professionals with such diverse backgrounds!

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Dream job: SLP in an early intervention setting while contracting in a NICU.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: Connecting and collaborating with my classmates as well as learning from them!

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: To work as an SLP in a public-school setting with elementary-aged students.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: Collaborating with and learning alongside my peers across disciplines!

• Undergraduate major/minor: Communication sciences and disorders/music
• Dream job: I would love to work as an SLP in a school or clinical setting with young children.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The opportunities for collaboration! Not only are we collaborating with our peers in the SLP and special education programs, but we are also collaborating with a team of medical professionals.

• Undergraduate major: Special education
• Dream job: Preschool/elementary special education teacher
• Favorite thing about PIPs: I really enjoy the project's heavy focus on early intervention and collaborating with other people in learning skills that I can use in my future classroom.

• Undergraduate/graduate majors: Linguistics and international affairs/communication sciences and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: To open a multidisciplinary pediatric clinic and partner with universities to provide hands-on learning experiences for future professionals.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: I am most excited about collaborating with my peers and building interdisciplinary skills.

• Undergraduate/graduate majors: Early childhood education/communication sciences and disorders
• Dream job: Teaching at the college level, professional development, and working with the community for my families.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The focus on teaming with families to help their children thrive.

• Undergraduate major: Communication disorders, minor in music
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: Certified auditory-verbal therapist
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The additional learning opportunities!

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: I'd love to work as an SLP in a school setting with young kids!
• Favorite thing about PIPs: I like the fact that PIPs is so collaborative, and I've really enjoyed getting to know my future colleagues.

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: To work as an SLP in a public-school setting with preschool and elementary age students.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The opportunity to collaboratively work with my peers in both in the SLP program and the B-K program.

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: To own a multidisciplinary pediatric clinic.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The emphasis we put on families. They are the experts on their children, and we are learning how to treat them.

• Undergraduate major: Psychology
• Program: Birth-kindergarten (ECSE)
• Dream job: To eventually start my own special education school in Honduras.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The community and having familiar faces in my classes.

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: To own a private practice working with young children.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The amazing hands-on experiences.

• Undergraduate major: Early childhood education
• Program: Birth-kindergarten (ECSE)
• Dream job: Early interventionist
• Favorite thing about PIPs: Seeing familiar faces in Aderhold and in class.

• Undergraduate major: Communication sciences and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: SLP in a school setting contracting in a pediatric hospital.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: I have truly loved collaborating, working, and learning with students and professionals from other disciplines.

• Undergraduate major: Adapted curriculum SPED
• Graduate major: Adapted curriculum SPED
• Program: Birth-kindergarten (ECSE)
• Dream job: Someday, I think it would be awesome to be a director/supervisor of a handful of early interventionists.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: Having another cohort and learning about development.

• Undergraduate major: Communication science and disorders
• Program: Speech language pathology
• Dream job: To work as an SLP in early intervention or in a nursing home.
• Favorite thing about PIPs: Collaborating and learning from other students in related fields.

• Undergraduate major: Elementary education
• Program: Birth-kindergarten (ECSE)
• Dream job: To open a special education training center and clinic in China one day!
• Favorite thing about PIPs: The Play Assessment Collaborative Project.

• Undergraduate major: Early childhood education
• Program: Birth-kindergarten (ECSE)
• Dream job: Preschool special education teacher
• Favorite thing about PIPs: I really like learning things I know I will use in the future and can apply to my work with children with special needs.