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Jane O’Regan Kleinert, Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Div. of Communication DisordersJane O’Regan Kleinert received her Bachelors degree in Speech and Hearing from Bellarmine University in Louisville, KY and her Master’s of Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Washington in Seattle in 1975. She received her Ph.D. in Rehabilitation Sciences from the University of Kentucky in 2005. She holds the Developmental Disabilities Certificate from the UK Human Development Institute as well. Dr. Kleinert is licensed and certified as a Speech-Language Pathologist with 30 years of experience in service delivery and program administration in the areas of pediatrics and services to persons with severe developmental disabilities. Scholarly / Research FocusDr. Kleinert is the primary investigator for the Kentucky Youth Advocacy Project, a $300,000 grant from the Kentucky Council on Developmental Disabilities. Her research focuses on the relationship between communication competence and self-determination for persons with developmental disabilities; intensity levels of service delivery during early intervention for children with developmental disabilities; and the learning characteristics of school-age students with disabilities who participate in Alternate Assessments in public schools. Teaching areasEarly intervention; communication for persons with severe disabilities; pediatric dysphasia; oral-motor development, articulation and phonology. Publications
Kleinert, J., Gonzalez, L., Schuster, J., & Huebner, R. (2007). A comparison of syntax training for students with developmental disabilities utilizing clinician-directed versus self-determined session paradigms. Educational Training in Developmental Disabilities. 42, 65-84.8 Kleinert, J.& Effgen, S. (2005). Early intervention. In Meeting the Physical Therapy Needs of Children. Susan Effgen, Ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company. Kleinert, J. (1988). Innovative speech/language treatment techniques for the handicapped infant. Mini-Seminar selected by the American Speech/Language/Hearing Association for audio-taping for national distribution following the l988 ASHA Rosenwinkel-Marshalla, P., Kleinert, J., Robbins, R. (1980). A pre-speech sensori-motor model for the remediation of severe language disorders. Journal of the Illinois Speech/Hearing Association. Other Publications: Manuals Kleinert, J., & Harrison, E. (2007). Training Manual for Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills. Kentucky Youth Advocacy Project, University of Kentucky. Kleinert, J. (1990). Communication in Infancy: Assessment and Intervention. A manual for the Early Intervention Team Training Project, a federally funded grant with the Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky. Kleinert, J. (1989). Assessment strategies. In Communication Programming for Students with Severe and Multiple Handicaps. Pam Smith & Jane Kleinert, Eds. Kentucky Systems Change Project, University of Kentucky. Smith, P. and Kleinert, J. (Eds.) (1989). Communication Programming for Students with Severe and Multiple Handicaps. A product of the Kentucky Systems Change Project for Students with Severe Handicaps, U.S.O.E. Grant No. G008703061-88. PersonalJane and her husband Harold, who is the Executive Director of the Kentucky’s Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (HDI) also at UK, have three children; Matt, a 2nd year law student at UK, Coady, a junior at UK and Lauren, a freshman at Bellarmine University in Louisville. The Kleinerts have lived in Lexington since 1979.
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