Faculty

Diane Frome Loeb

Associate Professor
Speech-Language-Hearing: Sciences & Disorders
Lawrence Campus

Phone: (785) 864-0638
Fax: (785) 864-3974

dianelo@ku.edu

B.S., 1982, University of Nevada
M.S., 1984, University of Nevada
Ph.D., 1989, Purdue University

Director, Language Development Disorders and Intervention Studies Laboratory

Interests

Language development and disorders, intervention methods and efficacy. Sociolinguistic issues, intervention with Indigenous children.

Current Funding

Development of a Culturally-Based Language and Vocabulary Intervention for Elementary School Children with Language Impairments and Children who are at High Risk for Developing Learning Disabilities (2006-2009). IES, Department of Education.

Selected Publications

McCormick, L., Loeb, D.F., & Schiefelbusch, R. (Eds.) (2002). Supporting Children with Communication Difficulties in Inclusive Settings (2nd Edition). Needham Heights: Allyn & Bacon.

Fey, M.E., & Loeb, D.F. (2002). An evaluation of the facilitative effects of yes-no questions on the acquisition of auxiliary verbs. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 45, 160-174.

Dalal, R., & Loeb, D. (2005). Imitative production of regular past tense -ed by English-speaking children with specific language impairment. The International Journal of Communication Disorders, 40 (1), 67-82.

Gillam, R.B., Loeb, D.F., Friel-Patti, S., Hoffman, J., Bohman, T., Champlin, C., Thibodeau, L., Widen, J.L., Brandel, J. (2008). The efficacy of Fast ForWord-Language intervention in school-age children with language impairment: A randomized clinical trial. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 51(1), 97-119.

Loeb, D.F., & Redbird, K. (in press). Fostering the literacy of Indigenous elementary school-age children. Perspectives.

Selected Presetations

Justice, L.M., Kaderavak, J., Gillam, S., Loeb, D.F., Daniels, D., & Masterson, J. (2007). Evidence to Practice: New Findings From School-Based Language Intervention Research. Invited Seminar at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Convention, Boston, November.

Loeb, D.F., & Daniels, D. (2007). A culturally-based language and vocabulary intervention for elementary school children with language impairments and children who are at high risk for developing learning disabilities. Institute of Education Sciences Conference, Washington, D.C., June.

McConnell, G. & Loeb, D.F. (2007). Language and literacy outcomes for at-risk Native American kindergartners. Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association Conference, Topeka, KS, October.