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- Eileen Abrahamsen
- Associate Professor
- Communication Disorders & Special Education
- 216 Lions Child Study Ctr
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-4640
- eabraham@odu.edu
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Education
- Columbia University,
1980
- Major: Speech Language Pathology
- Degree: Ed.D.
- State University of New York at Albany,
1972
- Major: Speech Pathology
- Degree: M.S.
- Elmira College,
1968
- Degree: B.A.
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Licensures and Certifications
- Certificate of Clinical Competency in Speech-Language Pathology
- Hanen Certified
- Virginia State License, Speech Pathology
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Articles
- Abrahamsen, E. (2004). Linguistic humor in children with articulation impairments. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 99, (pp. 179-190).
- Xu, Y., and Abrahamsen, E. (2004). The effect of economic incentives and ethical reasoning on internal auditors' perceptions of whistle-blowing behavior: An
experiment. Ethics and Critical Thinking Journal (pp. 116-146).
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Presentations
- Bilingual Vocabulary Comprehension in a Spanish English Immersion Program
- Conference Name:
- Location: Miami, FL
- Date: 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Meny-Plunkett, B.
- Literacy and Down Syndrome: An Update
- Sponsoring Organization: Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Do graduate students feel prepared to foster literacy?
- Sponsoring Organization: American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Teague
- Patterns of phonological processing deficits in school-aged children.
- Sponsoring Organization: American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Watson, S.
- Patterns of phonological processing skill deficits among phonological processing skill deficits among students with and without
disabilities
- Conference Name:
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: November, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Watson, S. R.
Abrahamsen, E.
Raymer, A.
- Patterns of phonological processing skill deficits in school-aged children
- Conference Name:
- Location: Baltimore, Maryland
- Date: November, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Watson, S. R.
Abrahamsen, E.
Raymer, A.
Harper, L.
Pagel, A.
- Patterns of phonological processing skill deficits among students with and without disabilities
- Conference Name:
- Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
- Date: October, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Watson, S. R.
Abrahamsen, E.
Raymer, A.
- Stimulácia naratívnych schopností detí medzinárodná konferencia
- Conference Name:
- Location: Slovakia
- Date: October, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Conductive Education for children with cerebral palsy: Mystique or reality?
- Sponsoring Organization: Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia
- Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Date: March, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Early Intervention Classrooms in the US
- Conference Name:
- Location: Liptov Mikulaš, Slovakia
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Patterns of phonological processing deficits in school age children.
- Sponsoring Organization: International Neuropsychological Society
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Watson, S.
Abrahamsen, E.
Harper, L.
Pagels, A.
Raymer, A. M.
- Early Intervention for Toddlers with Language Delay
- Conference Name:
- Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
- Date: 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Mikulajova, M.
- Do sensory and motor techniques improve accurate phoneme production?
- Sponsoring Organization: American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Flack, L.
- Kids on drugs, mothers on drugs: Language Implications
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Date: 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Watson, S.
- Mother on drugs, kids on drugs: Language implications
- Conference Name: Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV)
- Sponsoring Organization: Speech-Language-Hearing Association of Virginia (SHAV)
- Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Date: March, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Watson, S. R.
Abrahamsen, E.
- Language abilities in substance abusing and non-abusing adolescent males.
- Sponsoring Organization: American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- Location: Washington, DC
- Date: 2000
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Ingle, P.
- Collaboration between the speech-language pathologist and the reading specialist: Is it occurring?
- Sponsoring Organization: American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Date: 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Dealy, M.
- Facilitating idiom comprehension in children with communication disorders
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
- Date: 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Smith, R.
- The effectiveness of idiom training in children with communication disorders: Computer vs. Classroom
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Date: 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Smith, R.
- The relationship of invented spelling to phonological awareness in Kindergarten children
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Williamsburg, Virginia
- Date: 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Gahen, J.
- Preschool speech and language therapy in the classroom: here we come ready or not!
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Charlottesville, Virginia
- Date: 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- The relationship between inventing spelling and phonological awareness in Kindergarten children.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: San Antonio, TX
- Date: 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Gahan, J.
- The effects of syntactic frozeness and syntactic flexibility on the comprehension of idioms by children with Learning Disabilities
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: McLean, Virginia
- Date: 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Williams, D. B.
- Idiom Comprehension in children with learning disabilities: The effects of Transparency and Syntax.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Burke-Williams, D.
- Augmentative means of communication
- Sponsoring Organization: Speech-Language Department
- Date: March 27, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- The role of the speech-language pathologist on an interdisciplinary team:Developing inter-professional practice in the care
of older persons
- Location: Malta
- Date: November, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Incorporating Phonological Awareness in a Whole Language Approach
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: March 19, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Basic Concept Learning by Adults with severe Mental Retardation.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Murdoch, D.
- Facilitating communication among mentally retarded adults in theme based multi-level group interactions
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Murdoch, D.
- Linguistic Humor Comprehension by Articulation Impaired Children
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Fisher, M.
- Linguistic humor comprehension in children with articulation disorders
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Fisher, M.
- Sensitivity to Morphosyntactic Error Type in Grammaticality Judgements of Aphasics.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Schmader, P.
- A comparison of whole language and traditional therapy approaches for syntax in school aged children
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Reston, Virginia
- Date: 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Justice, H.
- Facilitating communication among mentally retarded adults in small groups.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Anaheim, CA
- Date: 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Murdoch, D.
- Linguistic context and the comprehension of complex sentences in preschoolers.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Anaheim, CA
- Date: 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Mohajer, A.
- Performance of children with autism on three formal measures of language
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Reston, VA
- Date: 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Profilet, T.
- A collaborative whole language therapy approach for hearing impaired preschoolers
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Learning disabled children's comprehension of fables.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: San Antonion, TX
- Date: 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Sprouse, P.
- Learning disabled children's understanding of fables
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Sprouse, P.
- Long term care for the elderly: What do we have to offer?
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Gilbert, J.
- Verbal analogy ability in right hemisphere damaged individuals
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Shopland, G.
- Cognitive and metalinguistic reasons for test item failure
- Sponsoring Organization: Speech and Hearing Association of Virginia
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- The effect of questioning strategies on the development of abstract though in preschool children
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Adam, S.
- Verbal analogy ability in right hemisphere damaged adults.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Seattle, WA
- Date: 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Shopland, G.
- Questions asked in daycare settings
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: McLean, VA
- Date: 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Masterman, S.
- Relative clause comprehension in aphasics: A test of the parallel function hypothesis.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Date: 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Rankins, S.
- Sensorimotor functioning and communicative intent in children with autism
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: McLean, VA
- Date: 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Mitchell, J.
- Sensorimotor functioning and communicative intent in children with autism.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Date: 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Mitchell, J.
- The effect of questioning strategies on the development of abstract thought in preschoolers.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Date: 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Adam, S.
- The effects of linguistic context on the comprehension of passive voice and relative clause sentences in aphasics.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Date: 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Urig, D.
- Teacher language: Questions asked in day care settings.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Mastermann, S.
- Temporal clause comprehension in fluent and nonfluent aphasia
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Gilbert, J.
- Language impaired children's responses to clarification requests.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Metcalf, M.
- Clinician-client language: Who's talking?
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Williamsburg, VA
- Date: 1986
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Temporal clause comprehension in fluent and nonfluent aphasics.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Detroit, MI
- Date: 1986
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Gilbert, J.
- Client-clinician language in language therapy.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Washington, DC
- Date: 1985
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- STAL: Establishing local norms
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1985
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Varadi, C.
- An analysis of preschoolers performance on three measures of language production
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: 1984
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Bountress, M.
- Auditory memory: Some things to remember, some things to forget
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: 1984
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Learning disabled adolescents' reading comprehension: The effects of lanuage complexity in content area prose.
- Sponsoring Organization: Association of Children with Learning Disabilities
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: 1984
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Shelton, K.
- STAL: Establishing local norms and comparison to teacher referrals.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: San Francisco, CA
- Date: 1984
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Varadi, C.
- Comparison of preschoolers on three measures of language form
- Conference Name:
- Location: Cincinnati
- Date: 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
Bountress, M.
Abrahamsen, E.
Clemence, D.
- An analysis of preschoolers on three measures of language production.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Cincinnati, OH
- Date: 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Bountress, M.
- Reading comprehension: The effects of language complexities in content area prose.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Cincinnati, OH
- Date: 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Shelton, K.
- Language facilitation in severely-profoundly impaired preschool children
- Conference Name:
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Complex sentence production in young children
- Conference Name:
- Location: Roanoke, VA
- Date: 1982
- Authors/Presenters:
Bountress, M.
Abrahamsen, E.
- Complex sentence production in children
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Roanoke, VA
- Date: 1982
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Intervention: language disordered child
- Conference Name:
- Location: Norfolk, VA
- Date: 1982
- Authors/Presenters:
Bountress, M.
Abrahamsen, E.
- Cognitive level and comprehension strategies in normal children and adult aphasics.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
- Date: 1981
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Comprehension and comprehension strategies in aphasia: Influence of aphasia type and cognitive level
- Sponsoring Organization: SHAV
- Location: Richmond, VA
- Date: 1981
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Comprehension of complex sentences at three levels of cognitive development.
- Sponsoring Organization: ASHA
- Location: Detroit, MI
- Date: 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
Rigrodsky, S.
- Effects of verbal rehearsal training on the comprehension of spoken complex sentences in first grade children
- Sponsoring Organization: New York State Speech and Hearing Association
- Location: Ellenville, NY
- Date: 1979
- Authors/Presenters:
Abrahamsen, E.
- Award for Continuing Education , American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- 2003: Fulbright Scholar Award , Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 1996: Fulbright Scholar Award , University of Malta