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Justine Joan Sheppard, Ph.D., CCC

Justine Joan Sheppard, Ph.D., CCC, BRS-S
Speech-Language Pathologist
Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders
ASHA Fellow
Adjunct Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Department of Biobehavioral Sciences
Teachers College, Columbia University
Member, Nutritional Management Associates
SLP Licenses: New Jersey, New York

Dr. Sheppard has extensive experience working to improve care for infants, children and adults with developmental disability. Her specialty areas are swallowing, feeding (dysphagia) and speech production disorders in this population. She has provided clinical, administrative and educational consultation services in nutritional management and treatment of related disorders at more than 90 residential, home care, educational and day treatment agencies. She has provided training workshops in the United States, Canada, England, The Netherlands, China and Australia. In addition, she serves as consultant to agencies and expert witness for nutritional management concerns as included in the Civil Rights for Institutional Persons Act (CRIPA). As Adjunct Associate Professor of Speech-language Pathology at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY she is engaged in research and dissertation advisement and teaches courses in dysphagia and in early intervention for infants and young children.

Honors and Awards:

2006-2008

Associate Editor, Clinical Forum, Managing Dysphagia in the Schools, Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools, 39(2) April 2008

2002-2008

Board Recognized Specialist in Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (BRS-S),
Inaugural Board Member  (2002-2004), Board Member (2005-2008)

2007

15th Award for Continuing Education, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

2005

Keynote Speaker, Australian Group on Severe Communication Disorders,
Brisbane, Australia

2004

13th Award for Continuing Education (ACE), Continuing Education Board,
American Speech-Language Hearing Association

2002

Fellow, American Speech-Language Hearing Association

2002

Professional Achievement Award, New York City Speech-Language-Hearing
Association

2002

Honors of the Association, New Jersey Speech-Language Hearing Association

1991

Outstanding Clinical Achievement in Human Communication Sciences and
Disorders, New Jersey Speech-Language and Hearing Association

Publications:

Chapter, Intellectual and Developmental Disability, in H. Jones & J. Rosenbek (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Dysphagia in Rare Conditions. San Diego: Plural Publishing, in manuscript Jan 2008.

Chapter, Foreign Body Ingestion, in H. Jones & J. Rosenbek (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Dysphagia in Rare Conditions. San Diego: Plural Publishing, in manuscript Jan 2008.

Chapter, Tardive Dyskinesia, in H. Jones & J. Rosenbek (Eds.) The Encyclopedia of Dysphagia in Rare Conditions. San Diego: Plural Publishing, in manuscript Jan 2008.

Dysphagia in children with severe generalized cerebral palsy and intellectual disabilities, with E. Calis, R. Veuglers, C. Penning, D. Tibboel & H. Evenhuis, manuscript in peer review, Jan 2008.

Evidence-based interventions for breast and bottle feeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, with K. Fletcher, M. Lefton-Greif & J. Arvedson (Eds.) Seminars in Speech and Language, 28(3), 204-212,  2007.

Advancing eating skills in the school-aged child with swallowing and feeding disorders, A motor learning approach. Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools, 39(2) 2008.

Transition from tube to oral feeding in the school setting, with L. McKirdy, M. Osborne & P. Payne. Language Speech and Hearing Services in the Schools, 39(2) 2008.

Developmental Disability and Swallowing Disorders in Adults. In J. Cichero & B. Murdoch, Dysphagia: Foundation, Theory And Practice. London: John Wiley & Son 2006.

Swallowing Dysfunction/Dysphagia in Adults and Children (with M. Lefton-Greif).
In W. M. Nehring (ed) Health Promotion for Persons with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities: State of the Scientific Evidence. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation 2005.

Eating and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) in Adults and Children (with L.
Barks). In W. M. Nehring (Ed.) Core Curriculum for Nurses and Health Care Professionals Specializing in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Boston: Jones & Bartlett 2005

The Role of Oral Sensorimotor Therapy in the Treatment of Pediatric Dysphagia. Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Division 13, 2005

Salivation and Saliva Control in Children, More than Just Drooling, Australasian Dysphagia Newsletter, Winston Hills, Australia, September, 2003

Salivation and Saliva Control in Children, More than Just Drooling, Pediatric Feeding and Dysphagia Newsletter, Hiro Publishing, Carrboro, NC, 3(2):1-2, 2003

Evidence-Based Practice in the NICU, (with J.C. Arvedson), Perspectives on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Division 13. 11(2), 12-15, 2002.

Swallowing and Feeding in Older People with Lifelong Disability. Advances in Speech Pathololgy, 4(2), 119-121, 2002.

Swallowing Safety, Exceptional Parent Magazine. Oradel, NJ: Psy-Ed Corporation, October, 2001

School-based Management of Dysphagia in Children with Developmental Disabilities. ASHA Division 13, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders Newsletter, 13-14, June 2001

Editorial, Case Management Challenges in Pediatric Dysphagia. Dysphagia, 16:74, 2001.

The Speech Language Pathologist and Audiologist’s Role, More than just speech. In Positive Perspectives for Cerebral Palsy, A practical guide for physicians, nurses, families and caregivers. Exceptional Parent Magazine. Oradel, NJ: Psy-Ed Corporation, 1999.

Pediatric Dysphagia and Related Medical, Behavioral and Developmental Issues. In B. C. Sonies (ed.). Dysphagia, A continuum of care. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, 1997

Pediatric Dysphagia: Assessment and Intervention for Children and Young Adults. With Arvedson, J.C. and Lefton-Grief, M., Rockville, MD: American Speech Language hearing Association, 1997

Swallowing Disorders. 1996 Proceedings of the CHARGE Summer Institute, Woodcliff, NY, February 1996

Dysphagia in the Child with Developmental Disabilities, Medical, clinical and family interventions, (Edited with S. Rosenthal and M. Lotze), San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, 1995

Sheppard J. Clinical Evaluation and Treatment. In Rosenthal S. R, Sheppard J.J., and Lotze M. Dysphagia in the Child with Developmental Disabilities, Medical, clinical and family interventions, San Diego: Singular Publishing Group, 1995

Oral Hygiene for the Pediatric Patient, ASHA Division 13, Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders Newsletter, 15-17, May 1995

Journal of the Citizen Ambassador Program Child Development and Rehabilitiation Delegation to the Peoples Republic of China, contributing editor, March1993

Behavioral complications of pediatric dysphagia, Newsletter, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Special Interest Division on Swallowing and Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia), p. 4-5, February1993

Managing dysphagia in mentally retarded adults, Dysphagia., 6 (2), 1991, 83-87

Nutritional correlates of dysphagia in individuals institutionalized with mental retardation. (With J. Liou, R. Hochman, S. Laroia, & D. Langlois) Dysphagia., 3, 85-89, 1988

Dysphagia in Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis (Caffey): A case report. (With H. Pressman). Developmental Medicine Child Neurology, 30, 111-114, 1988

A Dysphagia Program for the Developmentally Disabled. (With L. Berman,
M. Kvietok, & R. Kratchman) New York Medical Quarterly, 7, 19-23, 1987

Assessment of oral motor behaviors in Cerebral Palsy. In E. Mysak (Ed.) Current Methods of Assessing and Treating Communication Disorders of the Cerebral Palsied, Seminars in Speech and Language, 8, 57-70, 1987

Ontogeny of infantile reflexes and emerging chewing. (With E. Mysak) Child Development, 55, 831-843, 1984

Managing the developmentally disabled dysphagic. (With L. Berman and R. Kratchman) In Perspectives and Progress in Mental Retardation, Proceedings of the 6th Congress of IASSMD, Toronto, Volume II, Biomedical Aspects, 1984

Motor components of social vocalizations in infants. In Proceedings of the 18th Congress of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, Volume 1, Speech. Rockville, MD: American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, 1981

Program planning for the adult dysphagic. (With J. Bernstein). The Journal of the New Jersey Speech-Language and Hearing Association, 1, 13-14, 1981

Establishing a dysphagia program for developmentally disabled individuals. (With L. Berman) In R. DiCuio and R. Kugel (Eds.) Into the Light: Helping people with handicaps at Flower Hospital. New York: New York Medical Publishing Corporation, 1981

Cranio-oropharyngeal motor patterns in dysarthria associated with Cerebral Palsy. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 7, 373-380, 1964

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