What is CLIP? CLIP was created when Dr. Stephen Camarata and colleagues applied for, and received, a grant from the National Institutes of Health in the amount of $5 million for the purpose of establishing a Program Project to study the efficacy of commonly used treatment programs for children with language impairment. Upon awarding the grant, NIH designated the project as the National Center

for the Study of Child Language Intervention. Because of the size of the grant and the number of faculty and staff associated with it (see left sidebar on letterhead for list of faculty), it no longer seemed appropriate to refer to it as the "Camarata Project," and the project is now referred to as the Child Language Intervention Program, or CLIP. As you can see, CLIP is divided into three separate clinics, two of which are housed at the Kennedy Center (TAG and MTP), and one of which is housed at Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson (TEL) (as noted at the bottom of the letterhead). Dr. Camarata is the Project Director over all three clinics, and is the Principal Investigator for TEL. In addition, the Scottish Rite Center is still in operation, and is also considered to be a part of CLIP (as noted at the bottom of the letterhead).

What are the clincal services provided free of charge to families by CLIP?

• Screenings at Mother's Day Out programs and preschool programs (year-round),
• Complete diagnostic evaluations (scheduled within one month of parent contact), and,
• Non-experimental, individualized language intervention under the direction of speech-language pathologists for children whose needs can be met by any of the programs under CLIP.

• Hearing within normal limits in at least one ear
• Articulation disorder is not a disqualifying factor
• Developmental delay is not a disqualifying factor
• Behavioral diagnosis, such as ADHD, and/or use of medication to manage behavior are disqualifying factors.