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The Speech and Language Center at RSC
The Speech and Language Center at Russell Sage seeks to empower people with communication disorders and other speech needs.
The initial clinical program, the Aphasia Center at Russell Sage, will open on July 8, 2024, and will continue the pioneering legacy of the Communication Sciences and Disorders program at The College of Saint Rose, which announced that it will close at the end of June 2024.
The center is part of Russell Sage College, which has its own distinguished legacy in the health professions, with long-respected programs in Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Nutrition, and Mental Health Counseling and Community Psychology.
What Will The Center Do?
The center will host programs to address speech and language needs in the greater Capital Region and North Country.
To address workforce needs in the region, the faculty will work to start two degree programs pending state approval and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) accreditation:
Our Programs
Funders Sought
The current services offered by The Speech and Language Center at Russell Sage are underwritten by Russell Sage College as well as Medicaid Waivers and self-pay clients.
The College of Saint Rose has had numerous other clinical programs that Russell Sage College would like to develop in the years to come, but philanthropic support is necessary to bring The Speech and Language Center to its fullest potential and serve a greater spectrum of people with communication disorders in the Capital Region, North Country, and beyond.
If you’d like to discuss funding and naming rights opportunities, please contact:
Daniel Christopher
Contact Us
The Speech and Language Center
140 New Scotland Avenue,
Albany, New York
The parking lot for the center can be accessed off of Academy Road (at the traffic light).
Julie Hart, MS, CCC-SLP
Director of The Aphasia Center
Jack Pickering, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Director of The Gender-Affirming Voice Program