Ph.D. - Psychology
Syracuse University - 1969
Robert Stillman
Professor
Associate Dean of Graduate Education
Research Interests: Developmental factors in the transition from preverbal to verbal communication in young children with ASD
Professional Preparation
B.S. - Psychology
Union College, Schenectady, New York - 1964
Union College, Schenectady, New York - 1964
Research Areas
Research Interests
My research relates to the cognitive and interpersonal factors influencing communicative development in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD.) The work is primarily qualitative and explores sources of diversity in preverbal and early verbal skills. An on-campus preschool program for children with ASD, staffed by graduate students, serves as a laboratory for observational and intervention studies.
Publications
Rowland, C., Stillman, R., and Mar, H, (In press). Assessing young children with deafblindness. AER Journal: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness. In press - Publication
Chen, D., Mar, H., Rowland, C. & Stillman, R. (2009) Assessing Communication and Learning in Young Children who are Deafblind or Have Multiple Disabilities. Oregon Health and Sciences Center. Portland, OR. 2009 - Publication
Chen, D., Rowland, C., Stillman, R., Mar, H. (2009). Authentic practices for assessing the communication skills of young children with sensory impairments and multiple disabilities. Early Childhood Services: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Effectiveness. 3, 323-338. 2009 - Publication
Aldridge, M.A., Stillman, R.D., & Bower, T.G.R. (2001). Newbom categorization of vowel-like sounds. Developmental Science, 4, 219-232. 2001 - Publication
Yellin, W. M. & Stillman, R.D. (1999). Otoacoustic emissions in nonnal-cycling females. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 10, 400-408. 1999 - Publication
Stillman, R., Snow, R., & Warren, K. (1999). AI used to be good with kids.@ Encounters between speech-language pathology students and children with PDD. In: D. Kovarsky, J. Duchan, & M. Maxwell (Eds.), The Social Construction of Language Incompetence. Hillside, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 1999 - Publication
Stillman, R., Williams, C., & Linam, A. (1997). Communications directed to students with severe and profound disabilities. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities. 12,130-141. 1997 - Publication
Prickett, G.L., Perrault, S., Stillman, R. D., Linam, A., and Williams, C. (1995). Deaf-blindness and communication. In: K.M. Huebner, J .G. Prickett, T.R. Welch, and E. Joffee (Eds.). Hand in Hand (pp. 61-90). New York: AFB Press. 1995 - Publication
Appointments
Program Head
The University of Texas at Dallas [2005–Present]
The University of Texas at Dallas [2005–Present]
Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [1996–Present]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1996–Present]
Associate Dean
The University of Texas at Dallas [1992–Present]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1992–Present]
Director
The University of Texas at Dallas [1985–Present]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1985–Present]
Associate Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [1979–1996]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1979–1996]
Consultant
The University of Texas at Dallas [1979–1984]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1979–1984]
Program Head
The University of Texas at Dallas [1978–Present]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1978–Present]
Assistant to the Dean
The University of Texas at Dallas [1977–1978]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1977–1978]
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at Dallas [1973–1979]
The University of Texas at Dallas [1973–1979]
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School [1972–1979]
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School [1972–1979]
Projects
Student clinicians' efforts to regain attention of children with PDD.
1996–1996 Snow, R., Kunkel, F., & Stillman, R. (1996). American Speech Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA.Reciprocity in interactions with young children.
1995–1995 Linam, Angela C. and Stillman, Robert D. (1995). American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.Does children's sociability affect the quality of therapy they receive?
1995–1995 Baker, L., Snow, R., Warren, K., and Stillman, R. (1995). American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.Students' experiences in home-based behavior modification programs.
1996–1996 Snow, R., Warren, K., and Stillman, R. (1996). Texas Speech Language-Hearing Association, Dallas, TX.I used to be good with children: Encounters between speech-language pathology students and children with PDD.
1995–1995 Stillman, R. (1995). Language and Social Interaction in Communication Sciences and Disorders Roundtable. Brown's Summit, NC.Additional Information
Assessment Instruments
- Stillman, R., Neilon, M., & McGlothlin, J. (2005). Callier Early Childhood Autism Spectrum Profile (CIDS)-R
- Stillman, R. Neilon, M., McGlothlin, J., & Dauphinee, H. (2001). Callier Early Childhood Autism Spectrum Profile.
- Stillman, R.D. and Williams, C. (1990). Assessing teacher efforts to regain attention. Teacher training and video coding manual.
- Stillman, R.D. and Williams, C. (1990). Assessing the effects of teacher communications. Teacher training video coding manual.
- Stillman, R.D. and Williams, C. (1990). Assessing forms and intentions of teacher communications. Teacher training video coding manual.
- Stillman, R. and Battle, C. (1985). Callier-Azusa Scale, H-Edition (revised). University of Texas at Dallas.
- Stillman, R. and Battle, C. (1983). Callier-Azusa Scale, H-Edition. University of Texas at Dallas.
- Stillman, R.D. (Ed.) (1978). The Callier-Azusa Scale (G). The University of Texas at Dallas. (Also translated into Chinese, French, Spanish, and Portugese).
- Stillman, R.D. (Ed.). (1977). The Callier-Azusa Scale (F). The University of Texas at Dallas.
- Stillman, R.D. (Ed.) (1975). The Callier-Azusa Scale. Callier Center for Communication Disorders, Dallas.
- Stillman, R.D. (Ed.) (1974). The Callier-Azusa Scale. Callier Center for Communication Disorders, Dallas.
Dissertations Chaired
- Behroze Vachha, Ph.D in Human Development and Communication Sciences, 2002. Dissertation title: Language differences in children with myelomeningocele and shrmted hydrocephalus.
- Angela C. Linam, Ph.D. in Human Development and Communication Sciences, 1997. Dissertation title: Reciprocity in interactions with children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders.
- Michelle Aldridge, Ph.D. in Human Development and Commrmication Sciences, 1997. Dissertation title: Ontology of the vowel space.
- Wende Yellin, Ph.D. in Human Development and Commtmication Sciences, 1995, Dissertation title: Otoacoustic emissions in normal cycling females.
- Robin Alvares. Ph.D. in Htunan Development and Communication Sciences, 1993. Dissertation title: Mothers' use of and preverbal infants' responses to signals of communicative failure.
- Carolyn J. Semmler. Ph.D. in Communication Disorders, 1984. Dissertation title: Brainstem auditory evoked potentials in very low birth weight neonates with intracranial hemorrhage.
- Noel K. Marshall. Ph.D. in Communication Disorders, 1981. Dissertation title: Circadian variations in the auditory brainstem response and its relationship to oral temperature.
Dissertations Co-Chaired
- Lori Betourne. Ph.D. in Human Development and Communication Sciences, 2003 (with Sandy Friel-Patti.) Dissertation title: ls specific reading disorder specific to reading?
- Alyssa Needleman. Ph.D. in Human Development and Communication Sciences, 1995 (with Carl Crandell). Dissertation title: Linguistic factors in speech perception for listeners with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss.
- H.S. Gopal. Ph.D. in Communication Disorders, 1987 (with Ann Syrdal). Dissertation title: Temporal aspects of tense and lax vowels in American English: Effects of speaking rate and postvocalic consonant voicing.