For Students – Intellectual DisAbilities Communication Lab at UIUC

How to Get Involved

Each semester, the IDCL considers opportunities for undergraduate and MA-SLP students to join our lab’s team, either on a volunteer basis or through an independent study for course credit. To apply, download the application and email your completed form to Dr. Channell at channell@illinois.edu.

Recent Student Projects

IDCL students presented their work at the 2022 UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Student standing next to poster — (Left) **Melissa Bruce’s** senior thesis examined the language that preschool children use when discussing other people’s emotions and mental states during narrative storytelling. (Right) **Kelsey Libert** presented her senior project with co-author **Madison Barrera**. They surveyed educators about the ways they promote disability awareness and inclusion in preschool and elementary school classrooms.

2 students standing next to poster — (Left) **Melissa Bruce’s** senior thesis examined the language that preschool children use when discussing other people’s emotions and mental states during narrative storytelling. (Right) **Kelsey Libert** presented her senior project with co-author **Madison Barrera**. They surveyed educators about the ways they promote disability awareness and inclusion in preschool and elementary school classrooms.

(Left) Senior **Nadia Hernandez** presented part of her work on PhD student **Beka Bosley’s** Early Research Project. The poster highlighted a new way to measure how mothers of children with Down syndrome talk to their children during a shared storybook interaction. (Right) Juniors **Sarah Pechtl** and **Raquelle Riffle** presented their study which examined developmental profiles of expressive language skills in school-age children with Down syndrome.

Two students standing next to poster — (Left) Senior **Nadia Hernandez** presented part of her work on PhD student **Beka Bosley’s** Early Research Project. The poster highlighted a new way to measure how mothers of children with Down syndrome talk to their children during a shared storybook interaction. (Right) Juniors **Sarah Pechtl** and **Raquelle Riffle** presented their study which examined developmental profiles of expressive language skills in school-age children with Down syndrome.