Lauren Nehilla
Associate Director of Clinical Programs, School of Communication
Lauren B. Nehilla is a certified and licensed speech-language pathologist, and the associate director of clinical programs at Emerson College. After nearly a decade of direct service experience in early intervention and public schools, Nehilla transitioned to higher education in 2014.
She is an experienced clinical educator and instructor, with special interests in curriculum and program development, pediatric speech sound disorders and language impairment, autism spectrum disorders, and shared decision-making and family involvement in the therapeutic process.
Courses
- Clinical Methods II
- Autism: Social Communication Development and Disorder
- Master's Thesis
- Clinical Practicum (Virtual)
- Clinical Practicum (Virtual Placement)
- Counseling in Speech Language Pathology
Academic Work
- 2026, “Quantifying Question Asking in Young Autistic Children: Exploring the Role of Context,” 47, 1-15 (with Armstrong, B., Arunachalam, S., & Luyster, R.)
- 2021, “Planning & Learning Outcomes for an Online Master’s Program,” virtual poster at ASHA convention (with Lasker, J., Glufling-Tham, L., Hamilton-Reyna, P., Grossman, R., & Cohn Thau, S.)
- 2021, “Understanding the Experiences of Autistic College Students: An Exploratory Mixed-Method Analysis,” International Journal of Autism and Related Disabilities 148. (with Myrvold, R., Kang-Yi, C., Frederick, L.K., Closson J.S., et al.)
- 2018, “Service-Learning at a Parenting Program for Incarcerated Mothers: SLP Student Outcomes and Parent Perspectives,” poster at ASHA convention (with Bueno, F., Pace, A., Krings, and K., Dunlap, J.A.)
- 2018, “Dubs READS: A Family-Centered Dialogic Reading Tool,” poster at ASHA convention. (with Toney, B., Busch, A., Nierman, E., Alarcon and Krings, K.)
- 2017, “Promoting Mother-Infant Communication in a U.S. Prison Nursery Program: Identifying Needs, Barriers, and Opportunities,” poster at Society for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, Austin, TX. (with Pace, A., Krings, K., Dunlap, J., Olswang, L., & Kelly, J.)
- 2016, “Autism Spectrum Disorder in College: Connecting & Collaborating for Educational & Social Success,” seminar at ASHA convention. (with Closson, J., Jacobsen, K., & Locke, J.).