U-M center celebrates 80 years of language and literacy

November 8, 2017
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017

EVENT: The University Center for Language and Literacy celebrates eight decades with an open house to showcase its history. Remarks begin at 4:30 p.m. Guest speakers and building tours will also be featured.

The center, which is part of the Mary A. Rackham Institute at the University of Michigan, offers specialized testing and evaluation, programs for children’s language and literacy development, aphasia recovery, academic success, and individual therapy for people of any age facing language and literacy challenges.

UCLL programs offer intensive, individualized and innovative treatment approaches with the goal of helping clients find meaningful ways to communicate. The programs place an emphasis on helping clients move toward independence through a life participation approach.

Anyone who wants to share a UCLL memory with a note or photos may send them to ucll@umich.edu.

PLACE: University Center for Language and Literacy, Victor Vaughan Building, 1111 E. Catherine St., Ann Arbor