CURRICULUM VITA
January, 2016
Shannon L. FarhoDate of Birth: 1/2/1970
2924 Dakin Ave.Birthplace: Metairie, LA
Baton Rouge, LA 70820
(225) 819-8989
Education
B.A.Louisiana State University, Communication Sciences and Disorders, 1992
M.A.Louisiana State University, Speech-Language Pathology, 1994
Certification
Certificate of Clinical Competence, CCC-SLP, ASHA, 1995--
State of Louisiana License in Speech Language Pathology, 1995--
Memberships and Affiliations
ASHA Special Interest Group (SIG) 01-Language Learning and Education, 2015--
ASHA Special Interest Group (SIG) 13-Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders, 2015--
Southeastern University Clinical Educators Conference, 2013--
Sign2Me – level one certification, 2004-2006
Hanen Centre – “It Takes Two to Talk” certified presenter, 2008-2011
Hanen Centre – “Involving Parents as Language Facilitators” certified presenter, 2001--2007
Baton Rouge Area Speech Language Pathologists, 1997--
Secretary, 2000
Deep South and LSHA liaison, 1999
President, 1998
Treasurer, 1997
Louisiana Speech and Hearing Association, 1991--
Professional Experience
1998--Course and Clinical Instructor, Communication Sciences and Disorders. Louisiana State University.
1998-2000Speech-Language Pathologist, PRN, Baton Rouge Speech and Hearing Foundation.
1996-1998Speech-Language Pathologist, PRN, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Baton Rouge.
1995-1997Speech-Language Pathologist, River West Medical Center, Plaquemine, LA.
1994-1995Speech-Language Pathologist, TheSpeech Pathology Center, Baton Rouge, LA.
Courses Taught
COMD 4381: Disorders of Articulation
Communication Intensive (C-I) status awarded spring 2012, 2013
COMD 4590: Aural Rehabilitation in Children
COMD 4681: Clinical Preparation and Observation Laboratory
Clinical Instruction
COMD 7683:Clinical Practicum
COMD 7684: Clinical Practicum
COMD 7685: Clinical Practicum
Pediatria Healthcare for Kids, 2012--
COMD Community Screening Clinic, 2008-2011
EKL Mid-City Pediatric Clinic-diagnostic and therapy services,2006-2011
EKL Nursery Practicum, 2008-2010
LSU SLHC-diagnostic services, 2008--
LSU SLHC-therapy services, 2006--
“Tips About Talk”-traveling prevention/caregiver education practicum, 2006-2008
“Tips About Talk” community screenings for research, Janna Oetting, PhD, 2007
EKL Mid-city Pediatric Clinic – multidisciplinary team member/diagnostics, 2007-2009
Louisiana School for the Deaf – coordinator of LSU aural rehabilitation program, 2007-2009
Honors
Robert Udick Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award, 2003
Presentations
Farho, S. (2014, September).The Nana Project: A Community-based Service Project.Southeastern University Clinical Educators (SEUCE) conference presentation. Greensboro, NC.
Jumonville, W. & Farho, S. (2013, September).Community-based Clinical Experiences: A University Model.Southeastern University Clinical Educators (SEUCE) conference presentation. Panama City, FL.
Farho, S. (2011, March).Breaking the Code: Updates on CPT, ICD-9, Superbills & More.COMD Brown Bag Series.LSU.
Jumonville, W. & Farho, S. (2010, June). University Screening Clinic: A Traveling Model. LSHA Convention, Baton Rouge, LA.
Farho, S. (2007, October).“Language Development in Conjunction with Sign Usage.”LSU College of Education-student organization.
Farho, S. (2007, October).“Role of the SLP in the NICU.”COMD Brown Bag Series.LSUSLHC.
Farho, S. (2007, November).“Role of the SLP in the NICU.”COMD NSSLHA Case Chat.LSUSLHC.
Farho, S. (2007, December). “SOUNDS Like Fun.”Childcare K.E.Y.-Volunteers of America, Baton Rouge, LA.
Farho, S. (2005, May). “Facilitating Speech and Language Development: Storybook and Play.” East Baton Rouge Parish HIPPY Program, Baton Rouge, LA.
Publications
Oetting, J., Pruitt, S., & Farho, S. (2010). On designing effective caregiver training programs for low-income families.Perpectives on Language Learning and Education, 17, 66-73.
Oetting, J., Wynn, C., Newkirk, B., Hartfield, L., & Farho, S. (2009, November). Evaluation of the DELV Screener for 4-year-olds. Paper presented at ASHA Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Oetting, J., Pruitt, S., & Farho, S. (2005, November). Utility of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory for Diverse Learner Groups. Paper presented at ASHA Convention, San Diego, CA.
Oetting, J., Pruitt, S., & Farho, S. (2005, November). Teen mothers as a target group for prevention services. Paper presented at ASHA Convention, San Diego, CA.
Farho, S., Pruitt, S., Poston, V., Weiner, W., & Oetting, J. (2001, November) Tips About Talk: A Caregiver Education and Prevention Program. Paper presented at ASHA Convention, New Orleans, LA.
Poston, V., Pruitt, S., Oetting, J., & Farho, S. (2002, November) Efficacy of Parent Training for Low-income Families. Paper presented at ASHA Convention, Atlanta, GA.
Posey, W., Pruitt, S., Farho, S., & Oetting, J.(2001, March) Tips About Talk. Poster presented at 14th Annual Research Update, Monroe, LA.
Farho, S. (2001) Tips About Talk: Program Builds Community and University Partnerships. Advance for Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists, Vol. 11, No.21,16
Grants and Awards
Farho, S. (2016-2017) SimuCase software. All COMD faculty and M.A.students have full access for six years. HSS Instructional Impact award, $17,640.
Oetting, J., & Farho, S. (2000-2003) Tips About Talk: Building University and Community Partnerships. Children’s Trust Fund, $27,000.
Oetting, J., Farho, S., & Pennington, J. (2002-2003) Tips About Talk: Outreach. Children’s Trust Fund, $10,000.
Service
Department
Recruitment and Retention Committee/chair, 2015—
Space Committee, 2014
ASHA Minority Student Leadership Program, 2015 – nominated M.A student
Coordinator-Tours of M.A. program, 2015—
Coordinator – events for May as “Better Speech and Hearing” month, 2002--
COMD UG Advisor (A-C), 2007-2011
Clinical Practicum Liaison-Scottish Rite, 2009-2011
EBS Healthcare – coordinator of visit for 2nd years regarding licensure and CF,2008-2012
COMD Diagnostic committee – chair-2008, 2007-secretary
COMD Screening committee-member, 2007
COMD Equity committee-member, 2007
Independent study completed for COMD 4590 – two undergraduate students, 2007
The Hanen Centre – “It Takes Two to Talk.” Co-hosted 3-day workshop at LSU. May 8-10, 2009
University
Faculty Advisor-UG chapter of NSSLHA, 2006--
Faculty Advisor - CxC Distinguished Communicator, 2012--
Sydney Davis
Alyssa LeBlanc
Jessica Waggoner
Hope Whitsell
Emily Kramer
COMD coordinator – LSU Spring Invitational, 2011--
Honors College-course agreement for Emma Wiley, COMD 4381-spring 2013
Honors College- committee member for ZainabMaqsood.Item analysis of the CDI: Words and sentences for African American children. 2010
Honors College-course agreement for Amy Sewell, COMD 4381- spring 2009
LSU Fall Fest – COMD coordinator, 2007
Community/Field
Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY), Advisory Council, 2003-2011
Louisiana Speech Language Hearing Association (LSHA), Nominations, Elections, and Awards, committee member, 2010
Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities-Prime Time Family Reading Time - Storyteller, 2007-2009
Family Road of Greater Baton Rouge-Advisory Council, 2002-2006
AG Bell-Louisiana Chapter-Board of Directors, 2003
MacArthur Bates CDI - normative data collection for 2nd edition, 2003
Louisiana Public Broadcasting-created and co-directed “Ready to Read – Early Reading Initiative” program, 2003-2008
Thompson Delmar Learning-reviewer for 2nd edition of Assessment in Speech Pathology by Shipley & McAfee, 2002
Continuing Education
2015
4th Pediatric Feeding Conference: It Takes a Village-Feeding Matters, Inc. February 28, OLOL, Baton Rouge, LA.
“Fluency Analysis using Weighted Stuttering-Like Disfluencies (SLDs)” COMD Brown Bag Series, Dr. Geoff Coalson. March 23, Baton Rouge, LA.
Southeastern University Clinical Educators (SEUCE) conference hosted by LSU/COMD. September 24-25, Baton Rouge, LA.
2014
“Eating with Ease: Managing Complex Feeding and Swallowing Problems in Children” Cross Country Education. Angela Mansolillo, MA, CCC/SLP, BRS-S. March 27, Baton Rouge, LA.
Southeastern University Clinical Educators(SEUCE) conference. September 25-26, University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
2013
LSHA Conference.June 7, Baton Rouge, LA.
Southeastern University Clinical Educators (SEUCE) conference.September 26-27, hosted by Florida State University in Panama City, FL.
“Pediatric Feeding and Swallowing: Treating the Child and Supporting the Family.” Campbell Conference at Southeastern Louisiana University.Dr. Erin Redle, CCC/SLP. March 1, Hammond, LA.
2012
“Evaluation and Treatment of Dysphagia in Head and Neck Cancer Population.”Organization for the Promotion of Education in Communication Disorders (OPECD).Dr. MeldaKunduk, Dr. Andrew McWorter, and MellSchexnaildre, MA, CCC/SLP.April 27, Baton Rouge, LA.
2011
COMD Brown Bag Series, March 31. “Non-Mainstream & Mainstream English: Elicitation Tasks Focusing on Tense and Agreement.” Karmen Porter, MA, CCC/SLP and Tina Villa, MA.
“AAC, AT, and Mainstream Technology for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs.”Alyssa Mendoza, PhD, CCC/SLP. “RTI: Becoming the “Go-to” Professional in Schools.” Jan Norris, PhD, CCC/SLP.OPECD, April 8, Baton Rouge, LA.
COMD Brown Bag Series, October 20. “Undergraduate Showcase.”Maggie Devillier and Shayne Kimble.
2010
COMD Brown Bag Series, February 25. “Research on Group Therapy for Aphasia: Macro and Microanalytic Approaches.” Nina Simmons-Mackie, PhD, CCC/SLP.
COMD Brown Bag Series, April 22. “Communicative Interactions between Speech-Language Pathologists and their Client’s Caregiver.”Karmen Porter, MA, CCC/SLP.
COMD Brown Bag Series, May 11. “One Adult’s Journey from Hearing Aids to Cochlear Implants.”Erica Shehaddeh and Natalie Swierzban.
COMD Brown Bag Series, August 26. “How I Spent my Summer Vacation with CxC.” Brittan Barker, PhD.
COMD Brown Bag Series, September 9. “Development of a Computer Adaptive Test of Functional Cognition for Stroke.”Neila Donovan, PhD, CCC/SLP.
“SLPs Moving Forward: Providing Interventions and Support to RTI/Literacy and Numeracy Initiatives.” April 23. Louisiana Department of Education, Dr. Barbara Ehren.Baton Rouge, LA.
2009
“Beckman Oral Motor Assessment and Intervention.” February 7-8. Debra Beckman, MS, CCC/SLP.OLOL, Baton Rouge, LA.
COMD Brown Bag Series, March 2. “From Famine to Feast in Language Evaluation Strategies for African American Preschoolers: Optimizing Clinical Assessment Paths.” Ida Stockman, PhD.
“Screening Tool for Autism in Toddlers & Young Children (STAT) Training Workshop.” March 13. Wendy Stone, PhD. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.
COMD Brown Bag Series, March 29. “Storybook Intervention for Speech and Letter-Sound Skills.”Ashley BorqueMeaux, MA.
COMD Brown Bag Series, August 27. “SLI Within the Context of Dialect Diversity.” Janna Oetting, PhD.
COMD Brown Bag Series, September 24. “Recap of the Lee Silverman Voice Therapy Workshop.”Elise Kaufman, MS, CCC/SLP.
COMD Brown Bag Series, October 8. “Teaching Students HOW to Learn.” Saundra Y. McGuire, PhD.
COMD Brown Bag Series, November 12. “Annual ASHA Showcase.”
ASHA Convention, November 19-21. New Orleans, LA.
2008
COMD Brown Bag Series, February 25. “The Cognative Response to a Ringing Phone.” Emily Elliot, PhD.
COMD Brown Bag Series, February 28. “Patterens of Speech Abnormality in a Large Dysarthria Database.”Yunjung Kim, PhD.
COMD Brown Bag Series, March 13. “The Development of Intentionality, Vocabulary, and Grammar in Young Children with Autism.” Heidi Huckabee, BA. “The Effect of Dichotic Ineraural Intensity Difference Training on Children with CAPD: A Proposal.” KaylahLalonde, BA.
COMD Brown Bag Series, March 27. “Empirically-derived combinations of tools and cutoffs for improving diagnostic accuracy in child language impairment.”JannOetting, PhD.
COMD Brown Bag Series, April 24. “Subject Relatives by Children With and Withour SLI Across Different Dialects of English.” Brandi Newkirk, MA, CCC/SLP.
LSHA Convention, June 6-7. Shreveport, LA.
COMD Brown Bag Series, September 11. “Rating Scales for People whi Stutter.”Elise Kaufman, MS, CCC/SLP.
COMD Brown Bag Series, October 23. “Single subject design investigations of children’s phonological interventions.” Paul Hoffman, PhD.
2007
“Infection Control for Speech-Language Pathologists.” June 7. A.U. Bankaitis, PhD., FAAA. SpeechPathology.com.
2006
“Wee Can Do! – An Adapted Play Program.”Elissa McKenzie, PT, Mona Miley, MS, LORT, ATP, and Kris Barrios, MA, CCC/SLP. May 12. LSUSLHC, Baton Rouge LA.
“Overview of the Brazelton Institute’s Newborn Behavioral Observation Scale (NBO) System.” May 12. Kamie Burns, LORT. LSUSLHC, Baton Rouge, LA.
“Relationship between an Orthodontist and SLP.” May 16. Steve Sherman, DDS, MS. LSUSLHC, Baton Rouge, LA.
Speech Pathologists and Audiologists in Louisiana Schools (SPALS) 14th Annual Conference. September 29. Baton Rouge, LA.
“Post-Laryngectomy: Voice Restoration with Tracheoesophageal Puncture and Prosthesis.” November 4. Eric D. Blum, PhD. OLOL, Baton Rouge, LA.
2005
Ready to Learn: Professional Development Seminar. February 3-4. Baltimore, MD.
“Unintelligibility in Children: Evaluating and Treating Phonological Disorders and Developmental Verbal Apraxia.” April 8.Nancy B. Swigert, MA, CCC/SLP.51st Annual Deep South Conference by OPECD, Baton Rouge, LA.
“NICU and EI Feedings for Medically Fragile Children.” June 23-24. Erin Sundseth Ross, MA, CCC/SLP. Education Resources, Inc. New Orleans, LA.
Trainings
Bloodborne Pathogens
Ethics Training for Public Servants
Defensive Driving-Office of Risk Management
LSU Title IX & Sexual Misconduct Training for Employees
CPR
HIPAA Compliance
Infection Control
LSU Faculty Technology Center, Twitter Coffee Talk