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Kristy Simak
Title: | Lecturer |
Office: | Pacelli Hall |
Phone: | 773-298-3568 |
Email: | simak@sxu.edu |
Department: | Comm. Sci. & Disorders |
Biography
Kristina Simak, MA, CCC-SLP/L, is a professorial lecturer in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Division. Simak holds a bachelor's in speech and hearing science with a minor in Spanish from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also completed her master's in speech-language pathology.
Before joining the faculty at Saint Xavier in summer 2022, Simak practiced as a bilingual speech-language pathologist in the elementary school setting for 10 years in the western suburbs.
At »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ, Simak teaches undergraduate and graduate courses related to multicultural language issues and language development. She is also a clinical professor in the Ludden Speech and Language Clinic, overseeing students' diagnostic, prevention and therapy practicum experiences across various diagnoses and age groups.
Education
M.A. in Speech-Language Pathology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. in Speech and Hearing Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Areas of Specialization
- Bilingual language evaluations and treatment.
- Bilingual language development and disorders.
- Assessment and implementation of IEPs for bilingual elementary students.
- Childhood articulation, language and social/pragmatic language disorders.
Certification/Licensure
- Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
- Licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, Illinois
Specialized Clinical Interests
- Bilingual language development and disorders.
- Staff and family education.
- Multicultural and multilingual issues.
Courses Taught
- CSDI 317: Multicultural Aspects of Communication
- CSDI 306: Language Disorders in Children
- CSDIG 510: Practicum in Diagnostics
- CSDIG 514: Practicum in Prevention
- CSDIG 515: Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology I
- CSDIG 516: Practicum in Speech-Language Pathology II