Background
Sparks, Shirley Nichols was born on December 2, 1933 in Omaha. Daughter of Paul Victor and Norma Louise (James) Nichols.
speech and language pathologist
Sparks, Shirley Nichols was born on December 2, 1933 in Omaha. Daughter of Paul Victor and Norma Louise (James) Nichols.
Bachelor, University Iowa, 1955. Master of Science, Tulane University, 1971. Postgraduate, University Michigan, since 1988.
Speech clinician New Orleans Public Schools, 1957-1958, Educational Service Unit 3, Omaha, 1972-1973. Speech pathologist Crippled Children's Hospital, New Orleans, 1958-1959. Private practice, 1959-1964.
Principal Cottage School for Preschool Deaf, 1964-1965. Instructor University Nebraska, Omaha, 1973-1976. Instructor speech and language pathology Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1976-1979, assistant professor, 1979-1984, associate professor, 1984-1991, associate professor emeritus, since 1991.
Speech pathologist First Step, Santa Clara, California, since 1994. Consultant Project EARLY, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1990-1991.
Consultant Interagy. Coordinator Council, Van Buren County, Michigan, 1990-1992, China Association for Blind and Deaf, Beijing, 1985. Fellow American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (certified clinical competence, chairman committee on prevention speech, language and hearing problems 1988-1990). Member Michigan Speech and Hearing Association (secretary 1978-1979, vice chairman communicative disorders prevention and epidemiology study group 1988-1989).
Married Robert Dean Sparks, September 5, 1954. Children: Steven, Ann, John.