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Daphne U. Hartzheim, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BCBA

Assistant Professor

Address:
86 Hatcher Hall

Email Address:
dhartz4@lsu.edu

Website:
https://www.facebook.com/LSUautism/

College:
Humanities & Social Sciences

Department:
Communication Sciences & Disorders

Courses

COMD 4382 Language Disorders

COMD 7384 Early Communication Intervention

COMD 7750 Special Topics in Linguistics – Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

 

Research Interests

Daphne Hartzheim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Louisiana State University and the director of the Autism and AAC Lab established in the Spring of 2016. Her research interest lies in finding evidence-based interdisciplinary treatment approaches for children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) by combining principles of language development and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). She is further invested in developing training protocols for practitioners working with children with ASD. Besides the clinical application, she is also investigating neurological activation patterns of children with ASD utilizing functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) technology.

 

Awards, Honors & Scholarships

2015 Student Researcher of the Year of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education, USU

2014 Research-Mentor Program Travel Award (RMPTA), ASHA

2014 Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders (SRCLD) Travel Award

2014 Inclusive Excellence Symposium Invited Presenter, USU

2004 Outstanding Graduate Student, USU

 

Research Grants

Junior Faculty Travel Grant 11/2016

ASPIRE (Aspiring Scholars Program in Research) 11/2016

Council on Research Summer Stipend, Louisiana State University 07/2016

Faculty & Junior Faculty Travel Grant 11/2015

 

Professional Memberships

Memberships

  • American Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ASHA), Certificate of Clinical Competence
  • 2005-present
  • Applied Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), as Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA)
  • 2013-present
  • Deutscher Bundesverband fuer Logopaedie e.V. (German Speech-Language Pathology Association), 2007-present

 

Ad-hoc Reviewer

  • ASHA conventions, proposal reviews
  • Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Academic Degrees

Ph.D Disabilities Disciplines with emphasis in Speech-Language Pathology, Utah State University, Logan UT, 2015

M.S. Speech-Language Pathology, Utah State University, Logan UT, 2005

B.A. Communication Disorders and Deaf Education, Utah State University, Logan UT, 2003

 

Recent Publications

  • Hartzheim, D., Gillam, R., Studenka, B. (under review). Brain Activation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder During a Pragmatic Judgment Task.
  • Studenka, B., Gillam, S., Hartzheim, D., Gillam, R. (under review). Motor and Verbal Perspective Taking in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Changes in Social Interaction with People and Tools.
  • Durán, L. K., Hartzheim, D., Kohlmeier, T. L., Lund, E., Simonsmeier, V. (in press). A review of language interventions with Dual Language Learners. Journal of Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools.
  • Gillam, S. L., Hartzheim, D., Studenka, B., Simonsmeier, V., & Gillam, R. (2015). Narrative Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

 

 

Invited Presentations, Workshops & Seminars

Hartzheim, D.U. & McCurdy, A.J. (2016, June). Evidenzbasierte Therapieansaetze bei Fruehkindlichem Autismus (transl. Evidence-based intervention for children with autism). Invited workshop at Prof. Koenig und Leiser Schulen, Kaiserslautern, Germany.

 

Hartzheim, D.U. & McCurdy, A.J. (2016, June). Evidenzbasierte Therapieansaetze bei Fruehkindlichem Autismus (transl. Evidence-based intervention for children with autism). Invited workshop at Duesseldorfer Akademie, Duesseldorf, Germany.

 

Hartzheim, D.U. (2016, February). Positive Parenting. Understanding General Principles of Behavior. Roundtable Community Outreach. Oral presentation at local Women’s group, Relief Society of Baton Rouge, LA.

 

Hartzheim, D. U. (2014, September). Functional Communication Training in Russian Special Education Schools for Children with ASD and other developmental disabilities. Week long seminar with individual supervision given in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Funded by the Naked Heart Foundation.

 

Brodhead, M. T., Pollard, J. S., Akers, J. S., Hartzheim, D. U. & Higbee, T. S. (2012, February). Ethical Considerations for applied behavior analysts. Workshop given at the annual meeting of the California Association for Behavior Analysis in Anaheim, CA.