WKU Speech Language Pathologist Receives Starfish Award

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (5/14/14) — Caroline Alexander Hudson, assistant director of Western Kentucky University’s Communication Disorders Clinic, received the Starfish Award from the Down Syndrome of South Central Kentucky May 8.
The Starfish Award is Down Syndrome of South Central Kentucky’s Educator of the Year honor and is given to a person who has worked to create positive change for individuals who have a diagnosis of Down syndrome.
Hudson, a WKU graduate and a speech language pathologist, created a social communication group that meets two times per week to work with young adults who have a diagnosis of Down syndrome. The group is a partnership between WKU’s CDC in the Suzanne Vitale Clinical Education Complex and The Buddy House.