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Linda Lombardino 

Professor of Speech-Language Pathology

Linda Lombardino

Phone

352-273-4036

Email

llombard@mail.ufl.edu

Address

PO Box 117050
Gainesville, FL 32611

About

Spoken and Written Language development and disabilities with specialization in dyslexia.

Affiliations

  • School of Special Education School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
  • University of Florida Literacy Institute

Research Interests

Adolescent Literacy, Early Childhood, Early Childhood Literacy, Language, Language and Literacy Development, Learning Disabilities / RTI, Literacy, Reading, Writing

Education

  • Ohio State University: Ph.D., 1978 Speech-Language Pathology
  • Seton Hall University: M.A., 1974 Speech-Language Pathology
  • Ohio State University: B.A., 1972 Speech and Hearing Education

Professional Appointments

  • 2009-present. Professor in the School of Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
  • 1993-2009. Professor and Coordinator of the Reading Diagnostics Clinic, UF Speech and Hearing Clinic 1998. Developed the University of Florida Reading Diagnostics and Treatment Clinic
  • 1993. Promoted to Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida
  • 1989. Sabbatical, Padova, Italy
  • 1984. Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders University of Florida
  • 1978. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Florida

Activities and Honors

  • 2013. Alumni Award from the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Selected Grants

Development of the Kindergarten Cognitive and Reading Assessment Tool for iPad (K-CRATI)

Role
  • PI
Funding Agency
  • Research Opportunity Fund (ROF)
Project Period
  • 2011
Award Amount
  • $83,000

Relationships between Visual Motility and Developmental Dyslexia

Funding Agency
  • Faculty Enhancement Opportunity (FE0)
Project Period
  • 2010
Award Amount
  • $23,000

Selected Publications

  • Lombardino, L., Lieberman, J., & Brown, J. (2005). Assessment of Literacy and Language (ALL). San Antonio: Harcourt: Inc.
  • Eckert, M., Lombardino, L., Walczak, A., Bonihla, L., Leonard, C., & Binder, J. (2008). Complementary manual and automated measures of superior temporal gyrus asymmetry predict verbal ability in children. NeuorImage, 41, 813-822
  • Puranik, C., Lombardino, L., & Altmann, L. (2008). Assessing the microstructure of written language using a retelling paradigm. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 17, 107-120.
  • DiFino, S., Johnson, B., & Lombardino, L. (2008). The Role of the SLP in AssistingCollege Students with Dyslexia in Fulfilling Foreign Language Requirements: A Case Study. Contemporary Issues in Communication Disorders, 35, 54-64.
  • Altmann, L., Lombardino, L., & Puranik, C. (2008). Sentence production in students with dyslexia. International Journal of Communication Disorders, 43, 55-76. Wiseheart, R., Altmann, L., Lombardino, L., & Park, H. (2009). Sentence comprehension in young adults with developmental dyslexia. Annals of Dyslexia, 59, 151-167.
  • Giess, S., Rivers, K. O., Kennedy, K., & Lombardino, L. J. (2012). Effects of a multisensory phonics-based training on the word recognition and spelling skills of adolescents with reading disabilities. International Journal of Special Education, 27, 60-73.
  • Lombardino, L., (2012). Assessing and Differentiating Reading & Writing Disorders: Multidimensional Model. Delmar/Cengage Publishers
  • Park, J., & Lombardino, L. (2012). Comparison of phonological processing skills in children with mild-to-moderate sensorineural hearing loss and in children with dyslexia. American Annals of the Deaf, 157(3), 289-306.
  • Park, J., Ritter, M., Lombardino, L., Wiseheart, B., & Sherman, S. (2012). Effectiveness of Phonological Awareness Intervention for Verbal Working Memory Skills of School-age Children with Specific Language Impairment, Research in Developmental Disabilities.
  • Park, J., Ritter, M., & Lombardino, L. J., Wiseheart, R., & Sherman, S. (2013). Phonological awareness intervention for verbal working memory skills in school-age children with specific language impairment and concomitant word reading difficulties. International Journal of Research Studies in Language Learning. 3, XXX-XXX.

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