Claire Selin, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Human Development & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University
Contact Info
Biography —
Claire Selin is a 2021 graduate of the Child Language Doctoral Program and is a postdoctoral research fellow with the Child Maltreatment Solutions Network at Pennsylvania State University. Claire's overall goal is to identify deep root-cause risk factors of language disorders and to improve the validity of diagnostic practices in speech-language pathology. Her primary research is focused on how adversity exposure (e.g., maltreatment, trauma) and stress influence language acquisition. Claire is a practicing speech-language pathologist and values research that is ecologically valid, relevant, and translatable for non-scientific audiences. She has contributed to multiple policy briefs disseminated to state and federal legislators on topics such as disentangling neglect and poverty, access to speech therapy and teletherapy, and improving literacy instruction in public education. She has recent publications in the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association journals as well as Child Abuse & Neglect.
Education —
Selected Publications —
Selin, C., & Jackson, Y. (In Press). Adversity effects on nonword repetition skills: A proxy measure of language and reading ability. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105919
Alvarado, C., Selin, C., Herman, E. A., Ellner, S., & Jackson, Y. (In Press). Methodological inconsistencies confound understanding of language measurement in the child maltreatment population: A systematic review. Child Abuse & Neglect. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105928
Herd, T., Haag, A., Selin, C., Palmer, L., S. S., Strong-Jones, S., Jackson, Y., Bensman, H. E., & Noll, J. G. (In Press). Individual and social risk and protective factors as predictors of trajectories of post-traumatic stress symptoms in adolescents. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00960-y
Selin, C., Rice, M. L., & Jackson, Y. (2022) Adversity exposure, syntax, and specific language impairment: An exploratory study. Journal of Speech, Language, & Hearing Research, 65(9), 3471-3490. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_JSLHR-21-00578
Girolamo, T., Rice, M.L., Selin, C., & Wang, S. (2022). Teachers’ educational decision-making for children with specific language impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(3), 1221-1243. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-20-00366
Selin, C., Rice, M.L., Girolamo, T., & Wang, S. (2022). Work setting effects on speech-language pathology practice: Implications for identification of children with specific language impairment. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32(2), 854-880 https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJSLP-21-00024
Selin, C., Rice, M.L., Girolamo, T., & Wang, S. (2019). Speech-language pathologists’ clinical decision-making for children with specific language impairment. Language, Speech, Hearing Services in Schools, 50(2), 283-307. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_LSHSS-18-0017
Selected Presentations —
Peer-Reviewed: National
Ellner, S., Selin, C., & Panlilio, C. (2023). Verbal and nonverbal intelligence development in children with maltreatment histories. Paper Submission. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Ellner, S., Selin, C., & Panlilio, C. (2023). Language skills predicting later reading achievement for welfare-involved children. Paper Submission. American Educational Research Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL.
Selin, C. (2022). Child maltreatment and language acquisition: What we know so far. One-Hour Seminar. American Speech-Language-Hearing Annual Convention. New Orleans, LA.
Selin, C., & Jackson, Y. (2022). Nonword repetition performance in an adversity-exposed preschool sample. Poster Presentation. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. Madison, WI.
Selin, C., Balthazar, C.H., & Scott, C.M. (2019). Sentence-combining: Evidence-based method for descriptive assessment & progress monitoring of complex sentences. One-Hour Seminar. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention. Orlando, FL.
Selin, C., Balthazar, C.H., & Scott, C.M. (2019). Sentence-combining: A tool for identifying complex sentence deficit patterns across sentence types and subtypes. Poster Presentation. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. Madison, WI.
Selin, C., Rice, M.L., Girolamo, T.G., & Wang, C. (2019). Clinic- and school-based SLPs report different practice patterns relevant to the identification of SLI. Poster Presentation. Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders. Madison, WI.
Awards & Honors —
ASHA: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; KU: University of Kansas; PSU: Penn State University; SRCLD: Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders
2023 Research-to-Policy Collaboration Scholar Award, PSU
2022 Protégé, Pathways Program, ASHA (Mentor: Dr. Carol Hammer)
2019 Research Mentoring-Pair Travel Award, ASHA (Mentor: Dr. Melanie Schuele)
2019 Research Excellence Initiative Award, KU
2017 Student Research Travel Award, ASHA
2017 Graduate Scholarly Presentation Travel Award, KU
2017 Mabel L. Rice Child Language Doctoral Program Fund Student Award, KU
2017 Student Travel Award, SRCLD
2016 Schiefelbusch Child Language Scholarship, KU
Memberships —
American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology
American Educational Research Association
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Illinois Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Society for Research in Child Development
The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect