The Lab
The Lab for Infant + Toddler Language @ Emerson affectionally known as the “LI+TLE LAB” is housed in the College’s department of Communication Sciences & Disorders. LI+TLE Lab focuses on answering questions about early language and communication development. For more information or to get connected with LI+TLE Lab, you can visit the website — here
Project
Finding access to early intervention can be a daunting task for busy families. Questions like “would my child qualify” or “is my child too old” aren’t always easily answered. This site has been created after meticulous research to ensure this vital information is easily accessible to families. Given current changes, this website may not always be up-to-date, however it is updated regularly to ensure it remains accurate.
Contributors
Lisa Wisman Weil (she/her/hers)
This project was overseen by Lisa Wisman Weil, Ph.D., CCC-SLP. She is the co-director of the LI+TLE Lab, Assistant Dean in the School of Communication and Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Her research, teaching, and clinical interests focus on child language development and language disorders.
As a language scientist and speech-language pathologist, Dr. Wisman Weil’s research, teaching, and clinical interests focus on child language development and developmental language disorders. She studies grammatical development in children, including those with developmental language disorders.
She has published in peer-reviewed journals, including Journal of Child Language, Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, and Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools.
Carter Castaneda (they/them/he/him)
Carter Castaneda is an undergraduate student at Emerson College with a major in Communication Sciences and Disorders and minors in Hearing and Deafness and Health and Society. They also have an interest in making intersectional, disability-centered, and accessible media. They hope to utilize their education in CSD and passion for entertainment to promote inclusive and creative spaces for all as an accessibility coordinator. Carter worked on this project as a Research Assistant for Dr. Wisman-Wiel and hopes to work on weaving together the arts and sciences through future research and creative projects.
Oliver Katz (he/him/his)
Oliver Katz is an undergraduate student at Emerson College majoring in Political Communication with minors in Political Science and Health & Society. He is passionate about educational justice and children’s rights. He hopes to use his background in political advocacy to uplift the voices of young people to create a fair and justice world. Oliver worked on this project as a Research Assistant for Dr. Wisman-Wiel primarily doing data analysis. He has enjoyed being able to use data to tell stories.