The 2015 ASHA convention in Denver, Colorado was an exciting opportunity to come together to talk and learn. We were thrilled to see PSU Alums: Dr. Ji Young Na, Dr. Nimisha Muttiah, and Dr. Jennifer Thistle!
Some of their more recent efforts were profiled at ASHA, including:
— “Communication About Emotion During Book Reading by Parents & Children With Down Syndrome Using AAC”
— Collaborating to Provide Children With Complex Communication Needs Access to the Power of Communication”
— “How Background Color Influences Multi-Symbol Constructions in Adults: Implications for Aided Language Modeling” [Handout]
–“A Scoping Review of Supports for Children with Complex Communication Needs in Inclusive Education”
— “A Low-Tech Visual Scenes Display (VSD) AAC Intervention for Young Children with Complex Communication Needs”
— “An Effective AAC Training for Special Education Teachers Based in a Low-Resource Country“