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Kimberly Murza
PhD, CCC-SLP
Kim Murza, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, received her doctorate in Education: Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Central Florida, where she specialized in language and literacy with a focus on autism spectrum disorder. She is currently an assistant professor in the department of Audiology and Speech-Language Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in language and literacy, evidence-based practice, and phonetics. Dr. Murza has worked privately and in the public school system as a speech-language pathologist with children and adolescents in pre-school through high school and more recently with adults with autism spectrum disorder. She is currently the University of Northern Colorado Scottish Rite Program Director and a member of the Colorado Department of Education Speech-Language Advisory Council. Dr. Murza has participated in numerous research projects and co-authored peer-reviewed journal articles and presentations. She has been an invited author and presenter for several topics including social communication and engagement, adolescent language and literacy and the Common Core State Standards. Her main research area is the development, delivery, and evaluation of high-quality professional learning in the schools. Additional research interests include assessment and intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, systematic review and meta-analysis, strategic learning, inference generation, and disciplinary literacy.
Courses with Kimberly Murza
Browse Course CatalogAutism Spectrum Disorder and Educational Standards: Why Alignment Matters
Presented by Kimberly Murza, PhD, CCC-SLP
Autism Spectrum Disorder and Educational Standards: Why Alignment Matters
With a majority of the country having adopted the Common Core State Standards or standards quite similar in rigor, speech-language pathologists have been asked to align their intervention goals and objectives to grade-level standards. At times this can feel like a daunting task, especially for those children on our caseload who have significant communication and social deficits. The focus of this presentation will be to provide speech-language pathologists with the tools they need to determine the language underpinnings of the standards that require pragmatic language competence. By "beginning with the end in mind" whether this might mean college and career or social engagement and an achievable level of independence, clinicians are able to focus on what matters most. The goal of this course is to help speech-language pathologists sift through educational standards to determine just that.
Reading Comprehension Intervention: Differentiating Knowledge, Skill and Strategies
Presented by Kimberly Murza, PhD, CCC-SLP
Reading Comprehension Intervention: Differentiating Knowledge, Skill and Strategies
As speech-language pathologists well-know, language forms the foundation for reading comprehension. For students on our caseload with reading comprehension deficits there may be myriad factors contributing to their difficulties comprehending text. In this course, participants will learn how to begin to differentiate among the knowledge, skills, and strategies necessary to comprehend text. Specifically, clinicians will learn how to use a dynamic assessment approach to determine students' areas of strengths and challenges with text comprehension while also considering the level of support they require to be successful. The course concludes with a discussion of the factors to consider when designing treatment plans to address deficits in the areas of reading comprehension knowledge, skills, and strategies.
Supporting Students' Inference Generation
Presented by Kimberly Murza, PhD, CCC-SLP
Supporting Students' Inference Generation
Inference generation in reading and social contexts is critical for college and career success. However, many of the students speech-language pathologists serve have difficulty with the high-level skill of inference generation in reading. Students with pragmatic language deficits often struggle with generating inferences about the underlying meaning of a conversational exchange. Similar cognitive processes are used to generate inferences socially and in text which is why many students on our caseload struggle with both. These courses will provide speech-language pathologists with foundational knowledge about inference generation they need along with the evidence-based tools for targeting inference generation to best support the students they serve.
Supporting Students' Inference Generation in Reading
Presented by Kimberly Murza, PhD, CCC-SLP
Supporting Students' Inference Generation in Reading
Inference generation in reading and social contexts is critical for college and career success. However, many of the students speech-language pathologists serve have difficulty with the high-level skill of inference generation in reading. Students with pragmatic language deficits often struggle with generating inferences about the underlying meaning of a conversational exchange. Similar cognitive processes are used to generate inferences socially and in text which is why many students on our caseload struggle with both. These courses will provide speech-language pathologists with foundational knowledge about inference generation they need along with the evidence-based tools for targeting inference generation to best support the students they serve.
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