CORAL Lab

Congratulations to our Ph.D. student, Erica Gutmann on her first 1st author publication: “One Size Does Not Fit All: Conceptualizing Alternative Data Approaches to Improve Single-Language Developmental Language Disorder Screening for Multilingual Public School Students.”

The takeaway is clear: one-size-fits-all screening models do not serve linguistically diverse students. As multilingual populations continue to grow in schools, this paper provides a timely roadmap for creating more accurate, equitable, and prevention-focused identification systems for children with language needs.

This is an incredible milestone that speaks to her hard work and commitment to making meaningful contributions to our field. Excited to see all that you continue to accomplish, Erica!

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Proud of our CORAL Lab students for showing up and showing out at this year’s symposium 🐚 One poster took home the Dean’s Award — and every single one represented what this lab is about: rigorous research in service of real kids and real communities.

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month! Dyslexia affects how people process written language. Impacting reading, writing, and spelling, but it’s NOT related to intelligence. People with dyslexia are just as capable, creative, and driven as anyone else.

At CORAL, we’re dedicated to understanding and supporting individuals with language and literacy differences. Dyslexia is lifelong, but manageable. With the right support, students and adults can thrive in school, work, and beyond.

DLD is a hidden neurodevelopmental condition that affects how children understand and use language. It’s not linked to autism, hearing loss, or intellectual disability, yet it impacts about two children in every classroom influencing learning, literacy, and well-being.

At CORAL, we’re raising awareness this to support understanding and inclusion for individuals with DLD.

Use this link to learn more: https://radld.org/

Congratulations to our graduating CORAL Lab members! ✨We are so proud of them and eager to see where their journey leads!! ✨

So proud of Erica’s first SDSU S3 presentation! 🤩Great job sharing the important work you did this year on DLD screenings of multilingual learners in public schools. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Exciting updates from the CORAL Lab 🪸We’re thrilled to welcome new RAs to our team and share some of the new and ongoing projects detailed in our final slide. Our team has been working diligently these past couple of weeks and are looking forward to the rest of the spring semester!

This past Sunday, we had the opportunity to get together to celebrate all of the work we have done this semester on our research and community service projects! Cheers to a great fall semester 🪸

Swipe to learn about the various ways we can support children with Dyslexia ➡️