Dr. Joan A. Luckhurst is an assistant professor at La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA. She has more than 35 years’ experience as a speech language pathologist, teacher, and clinical supervisor in various clinical and educational settings. She has served as an SLP consultant for the State of New York, Office of Disability Determination. She holds a Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, is licensed to practice speech-language pathology in New York and Pennsylvania, and has teacher certification in both New York and Pennsylvania. Dr. Luckhurst currently serves on the Higher Education Consortium of the Pennsylvania State Interagency Coordinating Council for Early Intervention. Her areas of expertise are in pediatric speech and language disorders, including development of spoken language in children with hearing loss, childhood apraxia of speech, autism spectrum disorders, language learning disabilities, and fluency disorders in young children.  

Dr. Luckhurst has received an honorarium for this presentation and does not have any nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

Caterina Staltari is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Duquesne University. She received her master’s and bachelor’s degrees in Communication Disorders from the University of Pittsburgh. Mrs. Staltari has been a practicing clinician in the field of speech-language pathology for 25 years, working with both pediatric and adult populations. At Duquesne University she provides clinical instruction to students working with adults who have speech, language and cognitive deficits as the result of neurological impairment, as well as pediatric clients with speech production disorders. In addition to clinic instruction, Mrs. Staltari teaches Introduction to Observation and Clinical Procedures, an undergraduate course that provides the foundation for clinical practice. She also teaches Diagnostics and Evaluation in Speech Language Pathology at the graduate level. Mrs. Staltari also serves as the faculty advisor to the Duquesne University chapter of NSSLHA.

Ms. Staltari has no relevant financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.