Specializes in child language development and disorders. Her research interests include metrics related to language services for children in school-settings, EBP in schools, and the efficacy of language interventions. As a clinical practitioner, she provided speech and language services to children and adults in public school and medical settings for over ten years, and administered local and statewide programs for children with and without disabilities prior to beginning her doctoral studies. Dr. Hoffman regularly presents on topics related to the academic success of children with language deficits including response to intervention, narrative assessment, literature-based language intervention, dynamic assessment, and information processing issues. She has developed and produced award-winning products that use multimedia technologies to support secondary education in communication sciences and disorders and is always seeking new ways to support pre-professionals and practitioners. Dr. Hoffman joined the University of Virginia in the fall of 2007 where she is an associate professor in the Communication Disorders Program at the School of Education and Human Development.