Language and Literacy in Inclusive Early Childhood Programs

In this interview, we speak with Elise Proser, a …

An episode of the Illinois Early Learning Project podcast, hosted by IEL, titled "Language and Literacy in Inclusive Early Childhood Programs" was published on August 29, 2018 and runs 20 minutes.

August 29, 2018 ·20m · Illinois Early Learning Project

Summary

In this interview, we speak with Elise Proser, a speech language pathologist from the Urbana Early Childhood School in Urbana, IL. Ms. Proser received her bachelor’s degree in speech and hearing science and master’s degree in speech language pathology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been working in the schools as a speech language pathologist for five years. She joins us to talk about supporting the language and literacy development of preschoolers and how IEPs (Individual Education Plans) are formed in early childhood programs. She also shares a bit about her journey to becoming a speech language pathologist and how students who are interested in speech pathology might explore this career.

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