Education:
M.S., Brooklyn College - 1997 (Speech-Language Pathology)
B.A., Brooklyn College - 1994 (Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology)
Areas of Expertise:
Sass-Brown's professional specialties include the early intervention populations, with focus on behavioral feeding disorders. She works with individuals who have intact feeding systems but have difficulty eating due to sensory disruptions or behavioral circumstances. Additionally, she emphasizes the use of family based interventions which incorporate natural environments and materials are the most successful for children to learn and grow.
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
Received the Honored Faculty Member Award from BCNSSLHA at the 2017 graduation event. (Awards and Honors) 2017
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
Spoke to members of Heaven Can Wait Animal Rescue about research and practice with use of therapy dogs for communication skill development in children with autism. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
Professional Leadership
Served as candidate interviewer for graduate admissions for the SLP Masters Program for academic year 2021 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021
Served on the undergraduate curriculum committee to review the articulation agreement for our program with Kingsborough Community College (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2021
Co-Chair of the Undergraduate Curriculum Review Committee- Worked to improve curriculum and update it to be more contemporary and aligned with nationwide best practices. Submitted to Faculty Council for implementation in 2020 (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2019
Member of Graduate Admissions Committee- served as file reader for 2019 admissions (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2019
Member of the Comprehensive Exam Committee to administer, score, review, and re-formulate the exam (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2019
Ongoing Faculty Mentor of the "Communicating with Our Community" volunteer outreach program for undergraduate students which coordinates, places and monitors student volunteer work at 20+ charity and not-for-profit programs around NYC (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Ongoing service as Faculty Advisor to BCNSSLHA, the undergraduate student organization, which sponsored events targeting graduate school applications, related field explorations, specialties in the field of SLP, and holiday and graduation events (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Ongoing service as Faculty Mentor to the Graduate Student Organization which coordinated events like new student orientation,"Health and Wellness for Students", Resume writing and job interviewing seminars, and holiday and graduation events. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Ongoing service as the Undergraduate Faculty Advisor to the CSD program. Held mandatory new majors meetings, served as liaison for transfer students and freshman, and composed the CSD informational brochure and curriculum maps for the department (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2019
Faculty adviser, Graduate Peer Mentor Program in SLP. Advise second-year graduate students in a mentorship role with the new first-year graduate students. Implemented a community service program for the mentors and mentees to establish a collaborative relationship. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2017
Member, Departmental Committee for Graduate School Admissions; file reader and candidate interviewer. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Member, Departmental Committee for Undergraduate Curriculum Review fpr Speech Language Pathology/Audiology. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2017
Member, Departmental Committee for Establishment of a Mentoring Program for New Faculty. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Member, Departmental Committee for Grade Appeals. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2014
Community Activities
Coordinated multidisciplinary discussion groups in Tammy's Toddlers Daycare between speech pathologists, special educators, occupational therapists and physical therapists. Topics included cross-disciplinary interventions, classroom incorporations and parent/caregiver involvement. 2017
Ongoing adviser to the Pre-Literacy and Comprehension Program, a group of college students who volunteer for several hours per week in summer camps and play groups with children ages two to five. They introduce books and various language-based activities targeting emergent literacy skills in small groups of pre-schoolers. They then target future activities based on small group performances and tailor the program to each individual group. 2016
Serves as Faculty Advisor to the Communicating With Our Community Volunteer Program, a community service program for the SCAS Department's undergraduate students. The program is currently partnered with 28 local charities 2016
Volunteer work with Heaven Can Wait Animal Rescue. Served as animal foster, rescuer, placement coordinator and screener for rescue dogs to be admitted to training programs for service/therapy purposes. 2014
Other Professional Activities
Adapted the New Majors Meeting for distance learning environment, Recorded a PowerPoint video presentation of the meeting to be emailed to students to view in place of the live in person meetings 2020
Graduate Department representative, Undergraduate Open House, Brooklyn College. Spoke to interested parties about the academic program in SLP and led tour of facility. 2014
