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Rebecca Rolland on 'The Art of Talking with Children'

On the podcast: Rebecca Rolland ’17 shares her journey from creative writing student to speech pathologist to author.

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Episode notes

Whether you're a parent, teacher, or simply someone who will one day encounter a child, Rebecca Rolland ’17 has advice for how to respond to kids, and most importantly, how to listen. Amanda McGregor interviews our guest.

Find a transcript of this episode below.

About our guest

Rebecca Rolland is a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and serves on the faculty at Harvard Medical School. She is also an oral and written language specialist in the Neurology Department of Boston Children's Hospital. As a nationally certified speech-language pathologist, she has worked clinically with populations ranging from early childhood through high school and has provided teacher professional development. In addition to a master's in Creative Writing from Lesley, she has an Ed.D. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, an M.A. in English from Boston University, and a B.A. in English from Yale.

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