Brenda C. Seal, Ph.D.

CCC-SLPAssociate Professor

Courses Currently Taught:

Undergraduate courses in:
  • Anatomy & Physiology of Speech and Hearing
  • Sign Language II
  • Neuroanatomy

    • Graduate courses in:
  • Autistic Disorder
  • Supervising in students Aural Rehabilitation practicum assignments

    • Recent Publications:

  • Seal, B.C. (In Press). Working with Educational Interpreting, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in the Schools.
  • Seal, B.C. (1999). Educational Interpreters Document Efforts to Improve. RID Views.
  • Seal, B.C. (1998). Best Practices in Educational Interpreting. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  • Seal, B.C., Rossi, P., and Henderson, C. ( In Press. July, 1998.) Speech-language pathologists in schools for the deaf: A survey of scope of practice, service delivery, caseload, and program features. American Annals of the Deaf.
  • Seal, B.C., & Bonvillian, J.D. (1997). Sign language and motor functioning in students with autistic disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 27, 437-465.
  • Seal, B.C. (1997). Educating students who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. In L. Power-deFur & F. Orelove (Eds.).     Inclusive education: Practical implementation of the least restrictive environment, 259-272. Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
  • Seal, B.C., & Bonvillian, J.D. ( 1996). Hand preference in young deaf children of hearing parents. Sign Language Studies.

    • Current Grant Project:

  • Evaluating educational interpreters: Effects of differential diagnostic-prescriptive training and assessment on VQAS test performance, Virginia Department of Education, June 1, 1997-June 30, 1999.

    • Certifications:

  • CCC-SL (speech-language) by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
  • CED from the Council on Education of the Deaf
  • CSC as an interpreter from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc.


    • Courses Currently Teaching:
    (click on link for syllabus)

    CSD 208
    CSD 415
    CSD 421/520
    CSD 490/501

    CSD 208 - Cadaver Review



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    Last Reviewed: 18 March 1999
    Information Publisher: Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders
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    James Madison University
    Harrisonburg, VA 22807
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