First, I would like to tell you a few things about myself. My motorcycle belonged to Neil Diamond. It is a 1979 Harley with attached sidecar. I'm originally from Killavullen, County Cork, Ireland. Killavullen, near Mallow in the Blackwater valley, is one of the most beautiful spots in Ireland. It is the birthplace of Nano Nagle, the foundress of the Presentation order of nuns. Edmund Burke, the great 18th century "British" statesman, Parliamentary orator, political thinker, and supporter of the principles behind the American revolution was related to the Nagles, and spent much of his childhood in Killavullen. He attended a hedge school on the grounds of Monanimy castle, just outside the village. The ancestral home of the Hennessy Cognac family, Ballymacmoy House is also in Killavullen.
I went through national school in Killavullen, and secondary school in Mallow, and Tullow, Co Carlow, but did my university work in the USA. My bachelor's degree is from Curry College in Massachusetts (1969); my master's is from Montclair State in New Jersey (1971), and my doctorate is from Ohio University (1975).
Description: This course is offered for .4 CEUs or 4 hours of continuing professional development (Introductory Level: Basic Communication Processes). This course was originally created as web course SPPA 362, Neuroanatomy of Speech, Swallowing and Language at California State University, Chico. The purpose of this course is to provide a review of the anatomy and physiology of the brain, and an in depth understanding of the neuroscience of swallowing, speech, and language.
Description: This course is offered for .4 CEUs or 4 hours of continuing professional development (Introductory Level: Professional area). This course was originally created as web course SPPA 336, Neuropathologies of Language and Cognition at California State University, Chico. The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an undertanding of aphasia syndromes, closed head injury, and the effects of right hemisphere lesions. An overview of diagnostics and treatment ideas will be given.