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.




(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.

