Trina M. Becker
  • 600 Lincoln Avenue, 2nd floor Human Services Building, Eastern Illinois University

    61920 Charleston

    United States

Personal profile

About

Instructor since 2002 and tenured since 2010. Mrs. Becker is the Director of the Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic.  In addition, she supervises students in clinical practicum for CDS 4900 and 5900, as well as diagnostic practicum, CDS 5910. Mrs. Becker is an active member of the Illinois Speech-Language Hearing Association (ISHA), and currently serves as the Continuing Education Administrator of ISHA. Mrs. Becker teaches CDS 2000 Introduction to Communication Disorders, CDS 3100 Phonological Assessment and Remediation, CDS 4815 Augmentative and Alternative Communication, and CDS 5090 Advanced Clinical Techniques. She specializes in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and has done presentations at the local, state and national level on this topic. She has also co-chaired undergraduate and graduate research projects related to AAC. Previously, she worked full-time for a special education co-op providing speech-language therapy for children with special needs.

Contact Information

Office: 2312 - Human Services
Phone: 2175818497

Education/Academic qualification

M.S., Eastern Illinois University

… → 1998

B.A., Eastern Illinois University

… → 1997

Research Interests

  • Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
  • Literacy
  • Supervision

Disciplines

  • Communication Sciences and Disorders