Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a retired Professor from the Yale Child Study Center, and is currently Professor and Chair of Speech-Language Pathology at Sacred Heart University. She is author of over 100 refereed journal articles, over 50 book chapters, and 9 books. Dr. Paul has served as Principal Investigator on grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation, Autism Speaks, and the Meyer Memorial Trust. She was President of the Connecticut Speech-Language Hearing Association (CSHA) from 2010-14. Winner of the National 1996 Editor’s Award of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and the Slifka Foundation Award for Clinical Research from the International Society for Autism Research in 2010, she received Honors of the Association in 2014 from the American Speech, Language, and Hearing Association. She was also awarded a Faculty Scholarship Award for her book, Let’s Talk: Navigating Social Communication Supports for Your Young Child with Autism., and hosts the Let’s Talk podcast for parents of children with disabilities. Dr. Paul lives in Milford, where her three children grew up. There she participates in the Eastbound Community Theater, volunteered with Big Sisters, and takes dance classes. She also enjoys practicing piano, hiking, studying French, and entertaining her granddaughter. Contact her via email.
