The DuBard School for Language Disorders was established in 1962 and is a clinical division of the USM Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences.

The school was designed to serve children with severe language-speech
disorders, including developmental aphasia and childhood apraxia of speech, deafness and hearing impairments, as well as those with the written language disorder of dyslexia.

Guidance and counseling for parents and families of the children also are provided. The school is a practicum site for university students majoring in speech-language pathology, audiology, or deaf education. It also serves as an observation and practicum site for those in nursing, human performance and recreation, science education, and social work.

Individualized instruction is vital in the early years.

The mission of the DuBard School for Language Disorders at The University of Southern Mississippi is to bring the gift of oral and written language to individuals with severe communication disorders through use of the DuBard Association Method in direct clinical services and professional training.

The language of academic subjects is a key component.