Helen Buhler

Professor, Program Director, Communication Disorders

School of Health and Natural Sciences

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Classes Taught

CMDS 264 Normal Speech/Lang Development, CMDS 525 Speech Sound Disorders, CMDS 611 Research Colloquium I, CMDS 612 Research Colloquium II.

Education

Fordham University

Ph.D. Language, Literacy and Learning

Long Island University

M.S. Speech Language Pathology

Duquesne University

B.S. English

Bio

Dr. Helen Buhler is Professor and Program Director of the Graduate and Undergraduate Communication Disorders Program at Mercy College. Dr. Buhler has 40 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist. She teaches both and undergraduate and graduate courses and is a clinical supervisor of graduate students at the Mercy College Speech and Hearing Center. She earned the Teaching Excellence Award at Mercy College in September 2006.

Dr. Buhler is a research project mentor for over 44 graduate student research projects. She has been a Team Leader for student research team at Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Training Developmental Disabilities (LEND) at Westchester Medical’s Institute of Human Resources(WIHD). She is founder of the Speech Team for Healing the Children Northeast craniofacial cleft lip/palate team where she provides speech- language therapy services to children and their families and trains community outreach members. She has traveled on several missions to Peru, Bangkok, India and Columbia.

Prior to coming to Mercy Dr. Buhler worked in pediatric private practice for 23 years, was a speech language pathologist at Haldane Elementary School, Cold Spring, NY and Program Director at Suffolk Developmental Center in Melville, NY. Dr. Buhler. Dr. Buhler has presented over 40-45 state and national lectures and workshops on her research and various topics in pediatric speech language pathology.

CV

Program Director/Professor, Communication Disorders Program
Mercy College
2006 - Present Program Director for both graduate and undergraduate Communication Disorders Program, Professor and Clinical Supervisor, Research Mentor
Assistant Professor, Communication Disorders Program
Mercy College
2000 - 2006 Associate Professor/ Undergraduate and Graduate Course Instructor, Clinical Supervisor, Research Mentor
Associate Professor, Communication Disorders Department
Mercy College
2006 - 2009 Coordinator of undergraduate communication disorders program, Instructor, Clinical Supervisor, Research Mentor

Articles

Buhler, H.C. & Schlisselberg, G. 2009 Guide to starting an academic program in communication sciences and disorders (CSD) ASHA Website Online Chapter

Buhler, H.C., Chute. P, DeCora, A., & De Thomasis, B. 2007 Phonological process use in young children with cochlear implants Volta Review 107 (1) 55-74 0042-8639

Buhler, H.C., Hubschman, K. & Warner C. 2007 Comparability of APP-R and KLPA-2: Preliminary Observations. Comprehensive Issues in Communication Disorders and Sciences Comprehensive Issues in Communication Disorders and Sciences (34) 12-17

Professional Accomplishments

Awards

Teaching Excellence Award, Mercy College 2006

Public Events

CD Scholarship Event: Sounds in Motion Workshop Co-Chaired Fund Raising Event for the Communication Disorders Program Scholarship Fund. This fund allows eligible student additional monies to attend graduate school. Mercy College Lecture Hall 2016
Bilingualism- Presented by Genny Morales and Shari Berkowitz Co-Chaired Fund Raising Event for the Communication Disorders Program Scholarship Fund. This fund allows eligible student additional monies to attend graduate school. Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY 2015

Grants

Enhancing Teaching and Service through Interdisciplinary Medical Mission Participation. Healing the Children Northeast The purpose of these grants is to fund participation in a surgical cleft palate repair mission to Columbia, Bangkok, Lima, Peru and Pune, India 2016
Total Grant Award

$18,000.00
US Department of Health and Human Services Scholarships Funding for CD Graduate and Undergraduate Programs 2011
Total Grant Award

$58,000.00
Carvel Foundation Katie Koppinger grant approved to purchase a new audiometer, TalkBack system for video-monitoring clinic equipment speech, and language therapy supplies for bilingual and monolingual children 2015
Total Grant Award

$30,000
NYC Board of Education Scholarship Gloria Schlisselberg, Monique Colbere, Janet Partenza NYC Board of Education Scholarship 2014-2015 $67,925 in scholarships granted 2015
TD Bank Grant Phil Keefe TD Bank Grant Money will be used to purchase a $50,000 audiological suite for improved audiological services 2017
Total Grant Award

$50,000.00
Carvel Foundation Grant Carvel Foundation Grant Money will be used to purchase a $50,000 audiological suite for improved audiological services 2017
Total Grant Award

$10,000.00

Presentations

Buhler, H.C.Research Presentation: Home Environment Influence on Language Development Using LENA Software November, 2016 New York State Speech Language Association Annual Conference, Saratoga, NY

Medical mission- Provided SLP services accompanied by two graduate students November, 2016 Medical Mission, Santa Marta, Colombia

Medical Mission Cleft palate surgical repair, Provided SLP services to 74 children and adults, and their families. Two Mercy College CD graduate students also attended and were trained in therapy. January, 2017 Medical Mission, Ujjain, India

Buhler, H.C. Presentation: Four generations in the workplace: How to survive and respect each other's culture April, 2017 Mercy College Staff Workshops, Dobbs Ferry, NY

http://youtu.be/ziLugLP9uns

Contact Information

G 15B

555 Broadway

Dobbs Ferry

10522

914-674-7743

HBuhler@mercy.edu

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Helen Buhler

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Education

Bio

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Professional Accomplishments

Awards

Public Events

Grants

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