The International Adoption Clinic (IAC) is an interdisciplinary collaboration between Saint Louis University's Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic and the Center for Counseling and Family Therapy. We provide resources and services to internationally adopted children and their families. The program also provides an on-site clinical practicum for graduate students. Faculty members from the departments of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) and Counseling and Family Therapy (CFT) direct the program and provide clinical instruction for these graduate students.

Currently, we provide a developmental assessment of speech, language, and social-emotional development, and hearing competency with annual developmental check-ups. We use this assessment to provide families with specific feedback on both strengths and growth areas. This feedback may contain recommendations for follow-up services, which may include communication treatment, hearing services, support groups, social-emotional development education, and counseling.

The IAC is located on the ground floor of McGannon Hall at 3750 Lindell Blvd., within the CSD department. Diagnostic evaluations and services are provided in the speech-language-hearing clinic, which includes a preschool classroom. This classroom includes a large multi-purpose room with learning centers, a fully equipped kitchen, a restroom facility, laundry facility, and outdoor playground equipped with recreational equipment. A family support group and other family services will be provided in the Center for Counseling and Family Therapy in a nearby building located at 3740 Lindell Blvd., phone (314) 977-2505.

IAC Contact:
Deborah Hwa-Froelich, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Email: hwafroda@slu.edu

• For more information, please contact the IAC at (314) 977-4128.
  

• Mailing Address:
  Saint Louis University Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
  Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic-IAC
  3750 Lindell Boulevard, Suite 32
  St. Louis, MO 63108