Education
· MS, Emerson College
· BS, Boston University

Certification
· American Speech-Language Hearing Association CCC-SLP
· Massachusetts State License

Office: 505N Behrakis
Voice: 617 373 7577
Fax: 617 373 8756
Email: r.margulies@neu.edu

Scholarly Interests
· Assessment and Intervention of students with LLD
· Interdisciplinary/Interprofessional Collaboration
· Early Intervention
· Staff Training Models

Bio

Ruth Margulies is a member of the clinical teaching faculty in the Department of Speech-Language and Audiology at Northeastern University. She joined Northeastern's faculty in September 2007. Prior to joining Northeastern, Ruth worked as a clinical supervisor at Worcester State College and was Director of her private practice specializing in assessment and intervention of children from two to 18 years of age. Ruth has taught courses/seminars in Normal Language Acquisition, Early Intervention, the Relationship/Correlation Between Language Impairment and ADHD, the Relationship Between Language and Reading, Language Disorders in Children and Clinical Practicum.

Supporting authentic, language learning contexts in preschool and elementary classrooms is a particular area of interest and Ruth has conducted workshops on strategies/materials used to create language rich environments in the preschool/day care setting. Ruth will be presenting a poster session on this topic at the November 2007 National ASHA Convention. The title of the session is: Comparison of Training Models in Altering Language of Day Care Providers.

Ruth has been recognized by parents groups (SPED PAC) for her work advocating for children in school districts and for working with families. In her previous position as a clinical supervisor of graduate students, Ruth served on a committee to create a new student evaluation tool to be used as part of the clinical supervision process. She also worked on a team to develop a process of guided observations for students accruing observation hours in university clinics.

Ruth has worked as a member of multidisciplinary diagnostic teams, as a school clinician, in acute care settings and in private practice. Her current research project is addressing collaboration interprofessional collaboration between speech-language pathologists and neuropsychologists.