Long Island University Professor Luis
Riquelme
Wins Child Advocacy Award from Latino Group
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Alka Gupta and Peg Byron
October, 2002 |
Brooklyn, N.Y. – Luis Riquelme, a speech-language
pathology expert at Long Island University's Brooklyn Campus,
is being honored for his work with communicatively impaired Latino
children. The ENLACE-Latino Children Educational Network will
present the Latino Children Advocacy Award to him at a ceremony
on November 15.
He is the first speech-language pathologist to receive the award
from the Latino service group. Past recipients have included leaders
of the New York State Association of Bilingual Education (NYSABE)
and politicians.
"I am very excited and humbled, "said Riquelme, an assistant
professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
at the Brooklyn Campus, "since I don't think of awards in
regards to work that needs to get done." He has been actively
involved for many years in setting appropriate standards at the
local and state level for training future bilingual professionals,
as well as in providing services to Latino children, especially
those who are communicatively impaired. "Right now, Latino
children are the largest ethnic minority in schools," he
said.
In addition to teaching, he is the co-owner of Riquelme &
Santo, the largest bilingual/Spanish speech-language pathology
group in New York City. He and his colleague Emilia Santo started
the practice 10 years ago to provide high quality services to
the communicatively and swallowing impaired adult and pediatric
population.
He is currently chair of the American Speech-Language-Hearing
Association's Multicultural Issues Board; past president of the
New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association (the first
person of color to assume this role); past co-chair/co-founder
of the Hispanic Caucus for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists;
and past treasurer of the Council of State Speech-Language-Hearing
Association Presidents.
Riquelme earned a B.A. from Long Island University, and a M.S.
from Columbia University. His clinical experience is in the area
of adult neurogenics, swallowing disorders and bilingualism, with
special emphasis on adolescent language disorders. His publications
have centered on the provision of services to Latino children
in schools and on improvement of those services.
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