The Director

Lori Bartels-Tobin received her Doctorate degree in 2007 from the University of South Florida.  Her major area of study is adult neurogenics, with an emphasis on aphasia and right hemisphere disorder.  She has presented her research at the University of South Florida Arts and Sciences Conference, the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, and The Academy of Aphasia. In 2003, Dr. Bartels-Tobin was awarded a travel scholarship to present her master's thesis research at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference in the San Juan Islands.  Dr. Bartels-Tobin has had three studies published in peer-reviewed journals, as well as co-authoring a book chapter for medical Speech-Pathology.  In 2005, her dissertation work was funded by the Veterans Administration upon award of a Pre-Doctoral Associated Health Rehabilitation Research Fellowship.  Her current interests include naming, inhibitory processing, and attention in persons with aphasia.  She maintains her national Certificate of Clinical Competency (CCC) through the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA).  Dr. Bartels-Tobin is also a member of ASHA's Special Interest Division 2 - Neurophysicology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders. This year, she is serving on the ASHA programming committee for Language Disorders in Adults. Recently, Dr. Bartels-Tobin was certified in the Basic level of DIR/Floortime method of treatment for children with autism spectrum disorders.

Jacqueline Hinckley is an Associate Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of South Florida. She was a pioneer and key member of the intensive aphasia program at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on treatment outcomes for adults with neurological communication disorders.  She is the author of several journal publications and book chapters on treatment for communication disorders following stroke and other neurologic problems, including a book entitled What is it like to have trouble communicating?:  A series of simulations to educate family, friends, and caregivers.  She is the author of a recently published book entitled Narrative-Based Practice in Speech-Language Pathology.  Dr. Hinckley was a Board Member of the National Aphasia Association for eight years. She is serving as a member of the Research Advisory Board for the National Aphasia Association and a member of the Research and Education Board Committee of the Adler Aphasia Center in New Jersey. This year, she is serving as Topic Coordinator for Language Disorders in Adults for the ASHA Convention. Her current research addresses the science of treatment by investigating learning and skill development mechanisms in aphasia, and also addresses the art of intervention through narrative approaches that address both the client’s and clinician’s lived experience in the clinical process.