Schedule

8:30 AM CST
SRCLD 2025 Open For Attendance

9:30 – 11:00 AM CST
Pre-Conference Tutorial
Auditorium

Computational Models for Language Development Done Three Ways: to Understand, to Predict, to Support
Presented by: Eliana Colunga, University of Colorado-Boulder

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11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Early Career Mentoring Session
Community Terrace

Thank you to the following volunteer mentors:

Li Sheng: International job market and international collaborations
Sudha Arunachalam: Successful strategies for securing different kinds of funding, federal and foundation
Elena Plante: Job market: Opportunities and back-up options
Carrie Larson and Misha Finney: Careers for SLPs in Academic Settings
Liza Finestack: Child language intervention research
John Heilmann: Collaborations with schools

12:00 PM – 1:15 PM CST
Lunch On Your Own

1:15 – 1:30 PM CST
Opening Remarks
Auditorium
Presented by: Rita Kaushanskaya, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

1:30 – 3:00 PM CST
Invited Speaker 
Auditorium

Sentence-Focused Intervention for Preschoolers with Developmental Language Disorder: From Feasibility to Clinical Trial
Presented by: Dr. Pamela Hadley, University of Illinois

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3:00 – 3:30 PM CST
Break
outside auditorium

3:30 – 5:00 PM CST
Submitted Oral Presentations – Communication in Autism
Auditorium

5:00 – 7:00 PM CST
Reception
Community Terrace

7:45 – 8:30 AM CST
Continental Breakfast
Community Terrace

8:30 – 10:00 AM CST
Poster Session One
Community Terrace

10:00 – 10:30 AM CST
Break
Community Terrace

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Invited Speaker 
Auditorium

New Horizons in Language Learning, Representation and Use in Autism
Presented by: Dr. Rhiannon Luyster, Emerson College

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12:00 – 1:30 PM CST
Lunch On Your Own

1:30 – 3:00 PM CST
Submitted Oral Presentations – Early Childhood Communication
Auditorium

3:00 – 3:30 PM CST
Break
Community Terrace

3:30 – 5:00PM CST
Poster Session Two
Community Terrace

7:45 – 8:30 AM CST
Continental Breakfast
Community Terrace

8:30 – 10:00 AM CST
Poster Session Three
Community Terrace

10:00 – 10:30 AM CST
Break
Community Terrace

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM CST
Invited Speaker
Auditorium

The Opposite of an Experiment in Child Language Research
Presented by: Dr. Casey Lew-Williams, Princeton University

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12:00 – 1:30 PM CST
Lunch On Your Own

1:30 – 3:00 PM CST
Submitted Oral Presentations – Developmental Language Disorder Across Ages and Methods
Auditorium

3:00 – 3:15 PM CST
Closing Remarks
Auditorium
Presented by: Audra Sterling, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison