Leah Fabiano-Smith, PhD
Assistant Professor
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Communication Disorders
Humanities 14A
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, New York 12561
Phone: (845) 257-3618
Fax: (845) 257-3605
E-Mail: fabianol@newpaltz.edu |
COURSES TAUGHT
CMD 525 Advanced Diagnosis in Speech and Language Disorders
CMD 420 Seminar in Communication Disorders
CMD 302 Phonetics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests focus on phonological
development and disorders in bilingual Spanish-English speaking
children and clinical issues related to culturally and linguistically
diverse populations.
CURRENT RESEARCH
PROJECTS
- Examination of interlanguage structural ambiguity using VOT in bilingual Spanish-English speaking children (with Ferenc Bunta)
- Longitudinal examination of
early, middle, and late-developing sounds in bilingual Spanish-English
speaking preschoolers (with Ken Bleile)
- The role of markedness in bilingual phonological acquisition (with Jessica Barlow)
PUBLICATIONS
Fabiano-Smith,
L. & Goldstein, B. (in press). Early-, middle-, and
late-developing sounds in monolingual and bilingual children: An
exploratory investigation. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology. Link to manuscript: AJSLP online
Fabiano-Smith,
L. & Goldstein, B. (in press). Phonological acquisition
in bilingual Spanish-English speaking children. Journal of Speech, Language,
and Hearing Research.
Fabiano-Smith, L. & Goldstein, B. (in press).
Assessment and intervention in bilingual children. In S. Levey (Ed.) Langauge Development, Disorders, and
Differences. Sage Publishing, Inc.
Fabiano-Smith, L. &
Barlow, J. (2009). Typological
variation in the phonetic inventories
of bilingual Spanish-English speaking children.
International Journal of Bilingual Education and
Bilingualism. URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13670050902783528
Bunta, F.; Fabiano-Smith, L.;
Goldstein, B., & Ingram, D. (2009).
Phonological whole
word measures in three-year-old bilingual children and their
age-matched monolingual peers. Clinical
Linguistics and Phonetics, 23 (2). 156-175.
Heilmann, J.; Miller, J.;
Iglesias, A.; Fabiano-Smith, L.; Nockerts, A., & Andriacchi, K. (2008). Narrative
Transcription Accuracy and Reliability in Two Languages. Topics in
Language Disorders, 28 (2).
Fabiano, L. (2007, July). Evidence-based phonological assessment of
bilingual children. In Goldstein, B.
& Gildersleeve-Neumann, C. (Eds.) Typical Speech Sound Acquisition in
Bilinguals. Published simultaneously in Communications
Disorders and Sciences in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations
Newsletter and Language Learning and
Education Newsletter, 14, (2).
Goldstein, B. & Fabiano, L.
(2007, Feb. 13). Assessment and intervention for bilingual children with
phonological disorders. The ASHA Leader, 12 (2), 6-7, 26-27, 31. Link
Miller, J.;
Iglesias, A.; Heilman, J.; Fabiano, L.; Nockerts, A., & Francis, D. (2006). Oral language
and reading in bilingual children. Learning
Disabilities Research and Practice, 21 (1).
Fabiano, L. & Goldstein,
B. (2005). Phonological cross-linguistic effects in
bilingual Spanish-English
speaking children. Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders,3(1). 56-63.
Goldstein,
B.; Fabiano, L.; & Washington, P.S. (2005).
Phonological
skills in predominantly English-speaking, predominantly
Spanish-speaking, and bilingual Spanish-English speaking children. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in
Schools,36. 201-218. Link to paper
Goldstein, B.; Fabiano, L.;
& Iglesias, A. (2004). Spontaneous
and imitated productions
in
Spanish-speaking children. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in
Schools, 35. 5-15. Link to paper
Iglesias,
A. & Fabiano, L. (2003).
Communication Skills in Latino Children.
In V. Kloosterman (Ed.), Latino Students in
American Schools. 79-94.
Praeger: Westport, Connecticut.
