Penn State faculty and students will be presenting at the ASHA 2015 conference in Denver, Colorado. Please see below for links to downloads of presentations and/or handouts!
Thursday, November 12
- “Communication About Emotion During Book Reading by Parents & Children With Down Syndrome Using AAC” (Technical Research, 10:30a – 11a) – Ji Young Na, Krista Wilkinson
- “How Does Relocation Affect Military Families & Their Children With ASD?” (Poster, 11a – 12:30p) — Jennifer Davis & Erinn Finke
- “Applications of Tools of Neuroscience to Enhance AAC System Design for Individuals With Down Syndrome” (Seminar, 1:30p – 2:30p), — Krista Wilkinson, Robert Sainburg, Amanda Thomas, Christine Regiec, Emily Neumann, Jiali Liang
- “Effects of Explicit Instruction During Shared Book Reading on Receptive Vocabulary of Children With CCN” (Technical Research, 1:30p – 2p) – April Yorke, Janice Light
- “Classifying Research Foci: Applying the ICF Framework” (Poster, 3p – 4:30p) – Christine Holyfield, Kathryn Drager
- “Gaze Toward Social Interactions in Photographs by Individuals With Autism: Implications for AAC Design” (Poster, 3:30p – 4p) – Jiali Liang, Krista Wilkinson, Christine Regiec
Friday, November 13
- “Visual Attention to Video Games by Adolescents With & Without Autism Spectrum Disorder” (Technical Research, 9a – 9:30a) – Erinn Finke, Benjamin Hickerson, Krista Wilkinson
- Acquiring Communicative Competence on Social Media: Experiences of Students With Cerebral Palsy Who Use AAC (Poster, 10a – 11:30a ) – Jessica Caron, Janice Light
- AAC Intervention With Just-in-Time Technology & Visual Scene Displays With Adolescents With Severe Disabilities (Poster, 1p – 2:30p) – Kathryn Drager, Christine Holyfield, Jessica Caron, Chelsea Colonnello, Jessica Currall, Clark Knudtson, Mary Weaver, Janice Light
- A Systematic Review of Peer Interaction Interventions for Children Who Use Aided AAC (Poster, 4p – 5:30p) – Michelle Therrien, Janice Light
Saturday, November 14
- The Relationship Between Motor Development & Language Development Using the ICF Framework (Poster, 8a – 9:30a) – Michelle Therrien, Mari Therrien (Strawberry Fields Inc), Janice Light
- “Just-in-Time AAC Technology Effects on Communicative Turns of Young Children with Complex Communication Needs (Poster, 8a – 9:30a) – Merissa Ekman, Janice Light, Jessica Currall
- Effects of Parent Responsivity Training on Communication/Language of Children with CCN: A Systematic Review (Poster, 8a – 9:30a) – Beth Breakstone, Janice Light
- “A Social Interaction Intervention Using the iPad for Preschool Children with CCN” (Poster, 9:30a – 11a), — Michelle Therrien, Janice Light
- “Improving AAC Assessment in Schools: An Ecological Systems Approach” (Poster, 11a – 12:30p) – Julia Birmingham, Janice Light
- “A Scoping Review of Supports for Children With Complex Communication Needs in Inclusive Education” (Poster, 12:30 – 2p) – Michelle Therrien, Nimisha Muttiah, David McNaughton, Erica Bronstein, Sarah Dubrow, Francesca Livi, Sarah Rogers
- “A Low-Tech Visual Scenes Display (VSD) AAC Intervention for Young Children With Complex Communication Needs” (Seminar, 2:30p – 3:30p) – Nimisha Muttiah, Kathryn Drager, Bethany Beale, Hailey Bongo, Lindsay Riley
- “How Does Individual Interaction Style Impact Participation in Group Interventions for Young Adults With ASD?” (Seminar, 4p – 5p) – Megan Tobin (Nazareth College), Erinn Finke
- “An Effective AAC Training for Special Education Teachers Based in a Low-Resource Country” (Seminar, 4p – 5p) – Nimisha Muttiah, Kathryn Drager, David McNaughton, Kruthagna Nadini Perera
