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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