Curriculum Vitae Amy Costanza-Smith, Ph.D., CCC-SLP EDUCATION 2004 Ph.D. University of Washington, Speech & Hearing Science 1996 M.A. University of Texas at Austin, Communication Sciences & Disorders 1994 B.A. Louisiana State University, Communication Sciences & Disorders, Minor in English Certificates & Licenses Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Language Pathology from the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association #09130845, renewal date 12/2012 License in Speech Language Pathology from the Oregon Board of Examiners in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, #11842, renewal date 1/2014. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Academic 8/2004-present Assistant Professor, Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Oregon Health and Science University 8/2005-present Speech Language Pathology Training Coordinator Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, OHSU 1/2005-present Adjunct Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences Portland State University 9/2000-8/2003 Speech Language Pathologist, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network, University of Washington 9/1999-8/2003 Laboratory Coordinator Child Language Laboratory at the University of Washington under Truman Coggins Ph.D. and Lesley Olswang, Ph.D. 9/1999-12/2001 Maternal and Child Health Trainee in Speech Language Pathology University Affiliated Program at the Center for Human Development and Disability at the University of Washington. 9/1997-8/1999 Instructor of Speech Language Pathology Child Development and Rehabilitation Center at Doernbecher Children's Hospital at Oregon Health Sciences University 9/1996-8/1997 Postdegree Fellow in Speech Language Pathology University Affiliated Program at the Child Development & Rehabilitation Center at Oregon Health Sciences University 9/1996-8/1997 Postdegree Fellow in Speech-Language Pathology Scottish Rite Clinic for Childhood Language Disorders, Portland, OR Administrative 7/2008-present Training Director, Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND) Grant
Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, OHSU 10/2006-3/2007 Interim Discipline Director for Speech Language Pathology Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, OHSU Costanza-Smith Research Experience 2007-2010 Principal Investigator, Medical Research Foundation Grant Investigating the Diagnostic Utility of Spontaneous Measures of Language Oregon Health & Science University 2000-2004 Principal Investigator, Dissertation Research An Investigation of Sentence Production, Working Memory & Task Demands in School-Age Children University of Washington, under Truman Coggins, Ph.D. 1996 Principal Investigator, Thesis Research A Comparison of Indirect and Direct Language Screening Instruments for Toddlers University of Texas, under Barbara Davis, Ph.D. 1994-1996 Graduate Research Assistant University of Texas, under Ron Gillam, Ph.D. 1994 Undergraduate Research Assistant Louisiana State University, under Jana Oetting, Ph.D. SCHOLARSHIP Areas of Research/Scholarly Interest: Child language assessment and intervention Working memory and language disorders Children with language disorders Effect of disability on the amily Interdisciplinary training Grants and Contracts: State and Local 2007-2010 Principal Investigator, Medical Research Foundation Grant for $30,000, in collaboration with Jan van Santen and Lois Black at the Center for Spoken Language Understanding Investigating the Diagnostic Utility of Spontaneous Measures of Language Other Support 2003 University of Washington Gatzert Child Welfare Fellowship 2002 Graduate Scholarship, ASHA Foundation 2002 Pre-doctoral trainee, Institutional Training Grant to the University of
Costanza-Smith Washington, "Research Training in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences" 2001 Bamford-Lahey Child Foundation Scholar 2001 Travel Award, Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders 1996 University of Texas College of Communication Shell Grant for Thesis Research Publications: Boudreau, D. & Costanza-Smith, A. (2011). Working memory and its relation to language assessment and intervention in children. Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 42, 152-166. Costanza-Smith, A. (2010). The clinical utility of language sample analysis. Perspectives in Language Learning and Education, 17, 9-15 Oetting, J. B., Horohov, J. E., Costanza, A. L. (1996). Two aspects of English past tense marking in children with specific language impairment. In Powell, T. W. (Ed.) Pathologies of Speech and Language: Contributions Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics (p. 65-74). New Orleans, LA: ICPLA. Presentations: Costanza-Smith, A. & Boudreau, D. (2011). Working memory in language assessment & intervention in children. Paper presented at the 2011 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, San Diego, CA. Costanza-Smith, A., van Santen, J., & Black, L. (2009). Investigating the Diagnostic Utility of Spontaneous Language Sample Analysis. Poster presented at the 2009 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, New Orleans, LA. Boudreau, D. & Costanza-Smith, A. (2006). Exploring stress and family functioning in parents of school-age children with language impairments: A pilot study. Poster presented at the 27 th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI, the 2006 Oregon Speech and Hearing Association Conference, Vancouver, WA and the 2007 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, Boston, MA. Costanza-Smith, A. & Coggins, T. E. (2005). Considering the role of visual working memory in sentence production. Poster presented at the 2005 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, San Diego, CA. Levy, J. & Costanza-Smith, A. (2005). Sentence production and memory in children with language disorders. Poster presented at the 2005 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, San Diego, CA. Costanza-Smith, A. & Coggins, T. E. (2005). An investigation of sentence production, working memory and task demands in school-age children. Poster presented at the 26 th Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Costanza-Smith, A., Coggins, T. E., & Bonaro, J. (2004). Investigating the role of task demands in sentence production. Poster presented at the 2004 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, Philadelphia, PA. Costanza-Smith, A. & Coggins, T. E. (2002). Processing time, working memory and prenatal alcohol exposure. Poster presented at the 2002 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, Atlanta, GA.
Costanza-Smith Costanza-Smith, A. & Coggins, T. E. (2002). Working memory and social communication. Poster presented at the 2002 International Congress for the Study of Child Language/Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Costanza-Smith, A., & Coggins, T. E. (2001). Verbal working memory capacity in children with prenatal alcohol exposure. Poster presented at the 2001 American Speech Language and Hearing Association Annual Convention, New Orleans, LA. Costanza-Smith, A., Coggins, T. E., Olswang, L. B., & Timler, G. R. (2001). Social communication of children with alcohol related disabilities: Can standardized tests capture the deficits? Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. Timler, G. R., Costanza-Smith, A., Mancini, J. R., Olswang, L. B., & Coggins, T. E. (2000). Assessing social communication across contexts: Implications for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Paper presented at the 2000 American Speech Language and Hearing Association annual convention, Washington, D. C. Costanza-Smith, A. & Davis, B. (1998). A comparison of indirect and direct language screening instruments for toddlers. Poster presented at the 1998 American Speech Language and Hearing annual convention, San Antonio, TX. Invited Costanza-Smith, A. (2012). Working memory and child language disorders: Assessment & intervention. Full day seminar at Towson University, Maryland (scheduled for 3/30/12). Costanza-Smith, A. (2008). Working memory and childhood language development. Invited presentation at the Oregon Speech Pathology Academy in Portland, OR. Costanza-Smith, A. (2007). Current practices and considerations in diagnosing childhood language impairment. Invited presentation at the 2007 Oregon Speech and Hearing Association annual convention in Eugene, OR. Costanza-Smith, A. (2007). Speech and language: Development, disorders, diagnosis and intervention. Invited presentation to the Multnomah County Parent Educator Networking Breakfast, Portland, OR. Boudreau, D. & Costanza-Smith, A. (2005). Working memory: Its role in language assessment and intervention. Invited presentation at the 2005 Oregon Speech and Hearing Association annual convention, Eugene, OR. SERVICE Membership in Professional Societies: Member, American Speech Language and Hearing Association Vice President of Science and Educational Affairs, Oregon Speech Language and Hearing Association (2008-12) Editorial and Ad Hoc Review Activities 1/2008 Manuscript review for the Community Mental Health Journal
Committees National Member, 2011 American Speech Language and Hearing Association SIG 1 Work Group on Language Evaluation CPT Code Member, 2007 American Speech Language and Hearing Association Convention Program Committee for Language and Learning in School Age Children and Adolescents Costanza-Smith Regional Chair, 2009-2012 Oregon Speech and Hearing Association Conference Co-Chair, 2008 Oregon Speech and Hearing Association Conference Planning committee Member, 2006 & 2007 Oregon Speech and Hearing Association Conference Planning committee Departmental 2008-present Chair, LEND Curriculum Committee 2008-present Member, LEND Family Professional Partnership Committee, Youth Committee, Research Committee 1997-98 & CDRC Holiday Giving Tree Committee 2008-2010 Clinical Responsibilities LEND Clinic Responsibilities include reviewing intake, case coordination, conducting speechlanguage evaluations, hosting high school observers, training ECAT Clinic Responsibilities include conducting speech-language evaluations, giving team feedback to families, training Re-evals Conduct CDRC speech-language assessments as a follow-up to interdisciplinary team evaluations Coverage Assist speech language pathology faculty with clinical coverage as needed and available (Autism Clinic, Neurodevelopmental Clinic, Down Syndrome Clinic and NICU Follow-up Clinic) TEACHING: Teaching Experience OHSU 2011 Lecture, Pediatric Noon Conference, Screening for Speech and Language Disorders 2011 Lecture to Psychiatry Residents, Speech and Language Development 2007-present Guest Lecture to OHSU Human Growth & Development Course, Speech & Language: Development, Diagnosis, Disorders and Intervention 2006-present LEND Interdisciplinary Seminars Lectured: Neurodevelopmental Disorders 101, Speech and Language Impairments
Costanza-Smith Developed and moderated: Giving Difficult News Culturally Competent Care Interdisciplinary Case Studies Evidence-based Practice in Autism Spectrum Disorders 2006, 2007 CDRC Psychology Seminar, Speech & Language: Development, Disorders, Intervention and Risk Factors OTHER: 2008, 2010-11 Adjunct Professor, Portland State University, Language Development and Disorders (graduate) 2010, 2012 Guest Lecture to Portland State University, Assessment & Intervention, Birth to 5: Assessing Developing Language 2010 Guest Lecture to Portland State University, Language Disorders in Children: Diagnosing Language Disorders 2009-2011 Guest Lecture to Portland State University, Survey of Speech, Language, and Hearing Disorders: Mean Length of Utterance 2009-2011 Guest Lecture to Portland State University, Assessment and Treatment of Language Disorders in School Age Children Standardized Assessment of School-age Language Disorders 2005-10, 2012 Adjunct Professor, Portland State University, Assessment and Intervention in Language Disorders Birth to Five (graduate) 2003 Writing Tutor, University of Washington, Models of Language Processing & Socio-linguistic Aspects of Communication (undergraduate) 2001-2004 Speech-Language Pathology Lecturer, National Multidisciplinary Clinical Training for the Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Diagnostic and Prevention Network 2001 Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Language Assessment (graduate) 2000-2002 Lecturer, Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington 2000-2002 Teaching Assistant, University of Washington, Developmental Aspects of Communication (undergraduate) Mentoring 2005-present As Training Coordinator, I mentor two clinical fellows in speech language pathology on a yearly basis. This mentoring includes scheduling clinical activities, coordinating clinical activities with community sites (Shriner s Hospital and Scottish Rite Kid Talk Clinic), research advising, collecting feedback from clinical supervisors, conducting feedback sessions (every 3 months) and assistance in seeking future employment. 1997-present Supervision of graduate students in clinical activities both at the Child Development and Rehabilitation Center and at the Center for Human Development & Disability at the University of Washington.