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Congratulations to Kelsey Mandak!

2017-05-23 by David McNaughton

Kelsey Mandak Kligman Fellow

Celebrating this wonderful recognition of Kelsey’s work!

Filed Under: Graduate Student Research, News Tagged With: Doctoral students, family-centered services, Leadership Project

Congratulations to Jessica Gormley!

2017-05-11 by David McNaughton

Jessica Gormley Close Up

Dr. Janice Light extends, “This national award is wonderful recognition of Jessica Gormley’s research, teaching, service and outreach accomplishments to date!”

Filed Under: Children, News Tagged With: AAC Global Initiative, Leadership Project

Colloquium presents: "AAC in Low- and Middle-Income Nations"

2017-04-25 by David McNaughton

Jessica Gormley

Colloquium is a weekly opportunity for the Penn State AAC community to discuss a broad range of topics including research updates, clinical case profiles, and areas of special interest.

Filed Under: Children, News, Presentations Tagged With: AAC Global Initiative, collaboration, Colloquium, Leadership Project, sustainability

Video Visual Scene Displays to enhance participation in community activities– Presentation

2017-04-05 by David McNaughton

vVSD Screenshot

Video VSDs provide an innovative AAC interface by using videos of daily events with embedded VSDs to enhance participation in dynamic interactions.

Filed Under: Children, Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, News, Presentations, Uncategorized Tagged With: ASD, Leadership Project, mentored research experience, RERC on AAC, VSDs

Effects of AAC app on single-word reading of preschoolers with ASD — Presentation

2017-04-05 by David McNaughton

Maggie Lamb & Kelsey Mandak

This poster session at PSHA 2017 described an investigation of the effects of dynamically displaying text within graphics-based AAC software to support the transition from graphic symbols to single-word reading.

Filed Under: Autism, Children, Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, News Tagged With: Leadership Project, literacy, Masters students, mentored research experience, RERC on AAC

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