Dr. Shelley Bredin-Oja
Assistant Professor
Office: 104G
Email: shelley.bredin.oja@minotstateu.edu
Phone Number: 701-858-4340
Certification:
- CCC-Speech-Language Pathology through the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
- It Takes Two to Talk—The Hanen Centre, Toronto, Canada
- Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule-2, (ADOS-2) Research Reliable Certification—University of California, San Francisco
- Autism Diagnostic Interview-R (ADI-R) Research Reliable Certification—Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders, University of Missouri
Licensure:
- North Dakota State Board of Examiners in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology
Courses:
- CSD 221 Language Science in CSD
- CSD 530 Cleft Lip and Palate
- CSD 534 Adolescent Language Disorders
- CSD 538 Language and Literacy
- CSD 411/512 Clinical Practicum
- CSD 513 Assessment Practicum
- CSD 599 Thesis
Dr. Shelley Bredin-Oja joined the Minot State University faculty in Fall, 2021. Dr. Bredin-Oja earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Disorders at Minot State University in 1990. She completed her Master of Arts degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences at Washington State University in 1992 and her Doctor of Philosophy degree in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of Kansas in 2012. Dr. Bredin-Oja is a certified Speech-Language Pathologist and worked in the public schools and Part C Early Intervention programs before beginning her doctoral program. Prior to returning to Minot State University, this time as a faculty member, Dr. Bredin-Oja worked at the University of Kansas as an Associate Researcher in the Language Intervention Lab and the Fragile X Syndrome Research Lab. Her areas of interest include efficacy and effectiveness of early language intervention, syntactic development from childhood to adolescence, and families affected by fragile X syndrome. Dr. Bredin-Oja has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters and has presented at state, national, and international conferences.
