Penn State faculty and students will present on 16 AAC research studies at the ASHA 2018 Convention in Boston, MA.
The scheduled presentation times are listed below. Links to downloads of presentations and/or handouts will be uploaded as they become available.
**Presentations in which faculty will be available to discuss the AAC Leadership Doctoral Program
Thursday: November 15, 2018
- **Visual Attention During Search for a Target Navigation Icon on an AAC Display (Poster, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM) – Tara O’Neill, Krista Wilkinson, Janice Light
- Effects of Video AAC Technology on Communication & Play in Autism: A Pilot Study (Poster, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM) – Emily Laubscher, Janice Light, David McNaughton
Friday: November 16, 2018
- Using Performing Arts to Strengthen Social-Communicative Skills in Individuals with Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities (Seminar, 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM) – Krista Wilkinson, Jim Ansaldo, Michele Dunleavy, Rachel Kasthurirathne, Medora Ebersole, Sam Tanner, Andrea McCloskey
- Exploring Child-Parent-Provider Communication on an Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit: A Descriptive Analysis (Technical Research, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM) – Jessica Gormley, Savanna Brittlebank-Douglas, Janice Light
- A Systematic Review of Language Comprehension Interventions for Beginning Communicators with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Poster, 1:00 PM – 2: 30 PM) – Emily Laubscher, Janice Light
- The EDEC tool for American, Mandarin Chinese, Native American, Spanish, Korean, and Mexican American children (Seminar, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM) – Krista Wilkinson, Ji Young Na, Jiali Liang, Gabriela Rangel-Rodríguez, Emma Crawford, Karla Armendariz
- **Investigating Daily Practices of AAC Modeling by SLPs Who Work With Individuals With ASD (Poster, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM) – Kaitlyn Clarke, Diane Williams
- Effects of an Online Training on Pre-Service SLPs’ Use of Family-Centered Behaviors (Technical Research, 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM) – Kelsey Mandak, Janice Light, David McNaughton
Saturday: November 17, 2018
- **AAC & Adapted Literacy Instruction: Closing the Research-to-Practice Gap through Online Training of Preservice SLPs (Poster, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM) – Jessica Caron, David McNaughton, Meghan O’Brien, Nora Eskin
- **Designing AAC Technologies to Fit into Family Life: Perspectives of Parents (Seminar, 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM) – Tara O’Neill, Krista Wilkinson
- **Supporting Individuals Who Use AAC Through SLP & Paraeducator Collaboration: A Survey of Paraeducators (Poster, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) – Nora Eskin, Jessica Caron
- Hospitals as a Language Learning Context for Children With Complex Medical Needs: Case Study (Poster, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) – Jessica Gormley, Talia Tedesco, Janice Light
- Re-examining Core Vocabulary for Children That Require AAC: A Developmental Perspective (Poster, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM) – Emily Laubscher, Janice Light
- Enriching Communication Within Vocational Tasks for Adolescents With CCN Using AAC Video Visual Scene Displays (Poster, 2:30 – 4:00 PM) – Salena Babb, David McNaughton, Janice Light, Kirk Wydner, Lucas Pierce
- **Effects of Video Visual Scene Display on Modes of Communication (Poster, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM) – Victoria Starr, Jessica Caron, Janice Light, David McNaughton
- Targeting Vocabulary for Beginning Communicators with Autism Spectrum Disorders (Technical Clinical, 3:45 PM – 4:15 PM) – Beth Davidoff, Janice Light