MSC01 1195
Speech-Language-Hearing Center
1700 Lomas Blvd. NE Suite 1300
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-4453
Fax: (505) 277-0968
Dr. Patterson has a bachelor's degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of California at Santa Barbara, a master's degree in Communicative Disorders from the University of New Mexico, and a doctoral degree in Educational Linguistics from the University of New Mexico. Her research, teaching, and clinical expertise are in child language development and disorders. Previous clinical experience includes providing assessment and intervention services to middle school students in Albuquerque Public Schools, participating in interdisciplinary team evaluations for infants, toddlers, and preschool children and their families, and supervising graduate students at the UNM Speech, Language and Hearing Center. Her major research focus is language development and assessment of young children from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Patterson, Janet L. (in press). Teacher Perceptions of Preschool Children’s Communication in a Bilingual Setting. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders.
Patterson, Janet L. & Pearson, Barbara Z. (in press). Bilingual Lexical Development, Assessment, and Intervention. In B. Goldstein (Ed.), Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers, 2nd edition. Brookes.
Dale, P. and Patterson, J. (November 30, 2009). Early identification of language delay. In Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. http://www.child-encyclopedia.com.
Patterson, J. & Rodriguez, B. (2005). Designing assessments for multilingual children. In Ball, M.J. (Ed.). Clinical sociolinguistics (230 - 241). Maden, MA: Blackwell.
Patterson, J. & Pearson, B. (2004). Bilingual Lexical Development: Influences, Contexts, and Processes . In B. Goldstein (Ed.), Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers. (77 - 104). Baltimore, MD : Brookes.
Patterson, J. (2004). Comparing bilingual and monolingual toddlers' expressive vocabulary size: Revisiting Rescorla and Achenbach (2002). Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 47, 1213 - 1215.