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Degrees

Ph.D., Human Development and Communication Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, 2003; M.S., Communication Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas, 1996; B.A., English, Mary Washington College, 1994

Research and Areas of Expertise

Dr. Osborn's research focus involves children with language and learning problems. Her current research interests include evaluating the effectiveness of providing oral narrative intervention to school-age children to children at risk for language-learning problems. Dr. Osborn has presented her research at national conferences including the Symposium for Research in Child Language Disorders and the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention.

Professional Background

Dr. Osborn is a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist. She has worked in the public schools as well as a hospital setting. Currently, she supervises a clinical intervention program with pre-school and school-age populations at risk for language and learning problems.

Courses Offered at Redlands

• CDIS 308 Language Disorders

• CDIS 622 Language and Learning Evaluation Team

• CDIS 623 Assessment of Language Disorders in Children

• CDIS 643 Supervision of Clinical Practicum: School-Age and Adolescent Language Disorders

Recent publications, Presentations and Panels

Osborn, L. (2015) Implementing a Systematic Oral Narrative Intervention Program. Technical presentation delivered at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Denver, CO.

Conboy, B., Chavez, N., Grasso, S., Osborn, L. (2014). Input characteristics and language development in English-Spanish dual language-learning toddlers. Poster presented at the Interventional Conference for the Study of Child Language, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Conboy, B., Chavez, N., Grasso, S., Osborn, L. (2014). Language input and language use in 2-year-old English-Spanish bilingual children. Poster presented at the Interventional Conference for Infant Studies, Berlin, Germany.

Chavez, N., Conboy, B., Grasso, S., Osborn, L. (2014) Is language mixing in the input to 2-year-old bilingual children associated with vocabulary and grammatical development?" Technical presentation at the California Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Monterey, CA.

Grasso, S., Mora, L., Conboy, B., Osborn, L. (2012). Language Growth in English-Spanish Bilingual 2-Year-Old Children. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Atlanta, GA.

Conboy, B., Grasso, S. and Osborn, L. (2012) Lexical and Grammatical Complexity in Two-Year-Old English-Spanish Bilingual Children. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Bilingual and Multilingual Interaction. Wales, United Kingdom.

O'Kane, L., Groher, M.E., Silva, K. and Osborn, L. (2010). Normal swallowing force using surface electromyography. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology, 119, 398-401.

Cook, R. and Osborn, L. (2010). Evaluation of Written Narrative Complexity in Children with Language Impairment. Poster presentation at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, Philadelphia, PA.

Willis, B. and Osborn, L. (2009). "Analysis of Specific Word Finding Errors in Children with Dyslexia." Poster to be presented at the American Speech-Language Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.

Osborn, L. and Willis, B. (2009). "Word-Finding Errors in Children with Dyslexia." Poster presentation at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Professional Affiliations

• American Speech-Language Hearing Association
  Special Interest Division 1: Language and Learning Disorders

• International Dyslexia Association
  Inland Empire Branch Affiliate