Title:
Assistant Professor
Office/Address:
Speech-Language Pathology
Program SHP Trailer 2B Medical Sciences Campus, PO Box 365067, San
Juan, PR 00936-5067
Telephone: (787) 758-2525
Ext. 4409
Fax: (787) 756-3596
Email:
edna.carlo@upr.edu
EDUCATION:
Master of Divinity, Evangelical Seminary of
Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology
with an Emphasis in Bilingual Populations, Texas Christian University,
Fort Worth, Texas.
CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:
Acting Director,
Speech-Language Pathology Program
TEACHING COURSES:
Stuttering (PHAL 6515)
ABBREVIATED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Puerto Rico,
Medical Sciences Campus,
School of Health Professions,
Speech-Language Pathology
Program, San Juan, PR, 1998-present. Academic Coordinator, Clinical
Practicum Coordinator, Clinical Instructor,
Acting Director
Pediatric Hospital, Early
Childhood Intervention Program, San Juan, PR, 1999-2003
Assessment and treatment of
infants with communication
needs and their families.
PROJECTS AND RESEARCH AREAS IN
THE LAST THREE YEARS:
Watson, J.B., Byrd, C. & Carlo, E.J.
2008-present Length and Complexity in Stuttering in
Spanish. Research project
conducted in collaboration with Faculty from Texas
Christian University and University
of Texas-Austin.
Carlo, E.J. & Watson, J.B.
Normal disfluencias of Spanish-speaking adults. Poster submitted
for presentation at the
ASHA Annual Convention, Nov., 2009.
Founding member of the Puerto
Rican Support Group for People Who Stutter, 2008
Clinical instruction in the area of
fluency disorders at the SLP Clinic of the SHP, MSC, UPR. 2000-present
Continuing Education Consultant for
SLP to the Office of Continuing Education of the SHP, MSC, UPR.,
2007-present
Visiting Professor. 2008-09.
Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico. Course titled: The Pastoral
Ministry for People with Special Needs.
NSSHLA Advisor. 2006-present. SLP
Program, SHP, MSC, UPR
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS IN
THE LAST THREE YEARS:
Watson, J.B., Carlo, E.J.,
Villanueva-Reyes, A. & Byrd, C. 2009. Influence of syntactic
complexity on the stuttering of Spanish-speaking children. Poster
Session presented at the Sixth World Congress on Fluency Disorders,
Rio de Janeiro , August.
Carlo, EJ. May, 2009. Continuing
education workshop titled: Counseling in the Area of
Communication Sciences and Disorders. Sponsored by the Office of
Continuing Education of the School of Health Professions
Watson, J.B., Byrd, C. & Carlo, E.J.
2008. Influence of length and complexity in stuttering in
Spanish-speaking children. Poster presented at the ASHA Annual
Convention .
Carlo, E.J. 2008. Bilingüismo y
desórdenes de comunicación. OPPHLA Edición Especial, Vol.
26:1. 29-33.
Watson, Carlo & Byrd. 2007.
Characteristics of stuttered words in younger and older
Spanish-speaking children. Poster session presented at the ASHA
Annual Convention, Boston.
Watson, Carlo & Byrd. 2007. The
influence of disfluency type on stuttering in younger and older
children who speak Spanish. Poster session presented at the Fifth
Hispanic Congress of Health Professions, San Juan, PR.
Carlo, 2007. Speech rate of
nonstuttering Spanish-speaking adults. Journal of Fluency
Disorders. Fifth World Congress Proceedings, June.
Carlo, EJ. & Irene, R. August,
2007. Continuing Education workshop titled: Assessment &
Diagnostics of Stuttering Children and Adults. Sponsored
by
the OPPHLA.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: