Woolfolk Center for Language Disorders Research

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The Woolfolk Center for Language Disorders Research is a research center focused on better understanding individuals with language disorders across the lifespan.

Who We Help: Language disorders affect 2-3 children in every classroom but many of these children continue to go undetected and underserved. We are on a mission to change that! We are partnered with Austin-area schools and organizations to collect comprehensive clinical profiles of children with language disorders.

How We Help: We assess the child's language, speech, literacy, processing, and social skills and track their development over time. We then use those results to help the individual child and advance our research goals. The family and the school team receives a comprehensive report of testing results so they can better understand the child's strengths and difficulties.

Our Research: We use the data we collect to better identify clinical profiles of children and chart their longitudinal growth. We have successfully recruited and tested over 100 Austin-area children over the last 2 years! However, we need to test hundreds more children to answer important questions about diagnosis and treatment.

How YOU Can Help: Your donation will help us offer this study to more families, provide free speech and language screening events to our community and spread the information we learn from this project through conferences and trainings for clinicians and educators.

Your donation directly impacts our ability to do important work for individuals with language disorders. The research at the Woolfolk Center has the potential to make major strides in improving outcomes for individuals with language disorders across the country and to impacting policy to improve the education and rehabilitation of these individuals. Your donation big or small will help us toward making a larger impact for individuals who struggle to communicate. Thank you for supporting our work at the Woolfolk Center for Language Disorders Research.



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Updatesโ—
โ€‹Final Advocate Update

Advocates, you have until 10:00 p.m. CST to solidify your rankings. Good luck!

Gift Count Leaders

1. Luke Mastrian โ€“ 232

2. Soh Nishiyama โ€“ 116

3. David Griffin โ€“ 59

4. Jacob โ€“ 38

5. Rizky Pratama โ€“ 29


Dollars Raised Leaders

1. Soh Nishiyama โ€“ $19,672

2. Luke Mastrian โ€“ $18,338

3. David Griffin โ€“ $11,414.60

4. Randall Ford โ€“ $5,675

5. Mark Carella โ€“ $3,717


Winners will be announced on May 1.

35 days ago by Pablo Mora
Final Sprint

Longhorns, this is the final sprint of 40 Hours for the Forty Acres!

Make your final gift now and help push us across the finish line at 10:00 p.m. CST.

Competing on a leaderboard? Every gift and share can still change the standings and this is your last chance to claim advocate incentives.

35 days ago by Pablo Mora
Advocate Challenge Update #3

Final hour, Advocates! Nothing is locked in! Every share and every gift can still change the leaderboard. The top five advocates in each challenge earn extra match dollars for the designation of their choice.

Gift Count Leaders

1. Luke Mastrian โ€“ 231

2. Soh Nishiyama โ€“ 116

3. David Griffin โ€“ 59

4. Jacob โ€“ 38

5. Leonard Ali Wako Memon โ€“ 25

Dollars Raised Leaders

1. Soh Nishiyama โ€“ $19,672

2. Luke Mastrian โ€“ $18,288

3. David Griffin โ€“ $11,414.60

4. Randall Ford โ€“ $5,675

5. Mark Carella โ€“ $3,717

One final update will be placed on the 40 for Forty site at 9:30 p.m. CST.

35 days ago by Pablo Mora
Advocate Challenge Update #2

Hereโ€™s where things stand right now in our Advocate Challenges. Every share and every gift counts, nothing is locked in yet. Remember that the top five advocates for each challenge get additional match dollars for a designation of their choice.

Current Leaders

Advocate Challenge: Gift Count Highlighting the advocates who have generated the highest number of gifts so far:

1. Luke Mastrian - 189 gifts

2. Soh Nishiyama - 76 gifts

3. David Griffin - 48 gifts

4. Jacob - 27 gifts

5. Leonard Ali Wako Memon - 23 gifts

 

Advocate Challenge: Dollars Raised Highlighting the advocates who have generated the highest cumulative dollars so far:

1. Soh Nishiyama - $13,950

2. Luke Mastrian - $13,428

3. David Griffin - $9,695

4. Randall Ford - $5,475

5. Mark Carella - $3,567

 

Huge thanks to our advocates who are pushing hard and setting the pace. Leaders, defend your spot as we make our way to the 10:00 p.m. CST finish line!

36 days ago by Pablo Mora
Advocate Challenge Update #1

Weโ€™re excited to share a snapshot of the current standings in our two Advocate Challenges during 40 Hours for the Forty Acres. These rankings reflect where things stand right now and thereโ€™s still plenty of time to keep moving up! Remember that the top five advocates in each challenge get additional match dollars for a designation of their choice.

Advocate Challenge: Gift Count Highlighting the advocates who have generated the highest number of gifts so far:

1. Luke Mastrian - 156 gifts

2. Soh Nishiyama - 35 gifts

3. David Griffin - 26 gifts

4. Jacob - 18 gifts

5. Leonard Ali Wako Memon - 15 gifts


Advocate Challenge: Dollars Raised Highlighting the advocates who have generated the highest cumulative dollars so far:

1. Luke Mastrian - $8,943

2. Soh Nishiyama - $5,960

3. David Griffin - $4,945

4. Randall Ford - $4,375

5. Emily Quigley - $2,376

A huge thank you to everyone who has already stepped up as an advocate. Your outreach, enthusiasm, and commitment are powering 40 Hours for the Forty Acres.

Keep sharing your links, keep spreading the word, and keep up the great work, we canโ€™t wait to see how these leader boards shift as we approach the finish on April 30 at 10 p.m. CST!

36 days ago by Pablo Mora