Western Michigan University.(Shirley Sparks retired from American Speech and Hearing Association)(Brief Article)

Shirley Sparks, associate professor emerita, Western Michigan University (WMU) after six years as adjunct associate professor at Santa Clara University, early childhood special education, Santa Clara, CA. Sparks is an ASHA associate and a member of the original Board of Specialty Recognition in Child Language. During her 15 years at WMU she published and was a of frequent occurrence speaker on the subjects of genetics, fetal alcohol syndrome and early intervention. In the mid-80s she was chosen by the agency of ASHA to be one of four speakers to give a series of talks around the country upon the then new ...