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Graduate Student Research

Penn State graduate students in Communication Sciences and Disorders, and in Special Education, are involved in a wide variety of AAC research. Recent publications are listed in chronological order below.

ATIA 2023

2023-02-02 by David McNaughton

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Penn State faculty and students will present at ATIA 2023.

Filed Under: Adults, Autism, Children, Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, Presentations

ASHA 2022 Presentations by PSU Faculty and Students

2022-11-26 by Zhigao Liang

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Faculty and students presented at ASHA 2022 in New Orleans, LA.

Filed Under: Children, Design of AAC Systems, Faculty Research, Funded Projects, Graduate Student Research, Language and Communication, Literacy, News, Presentations

Social Interaction Interventions for Adolescents with Autism: A Meta-Analysis (Babb et al., 2021)

2022-04-29 by Emily Hansar Laubscher

Babb, S., Raulston, T., McNaughton, D., Lee, J., & Weintraub, R. (2021). Social interaction interventions for adolescents with autism: A meta-analysis. Remedial and Special Education, 42(5), 343-357. https://doi.org/10.1177/0741932520956362 Communicating with peers often poses challenges for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD); these social interactions, however, can be especially difficult during the teenage years. For many […]

Filed Under: Autism, Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, Publications, Transition, Uncategorized Tagged With: David McNaughton, Salena Babb

A Framework to Promote Family-Centered AAC Services (Coburn et al., 2021)

2022-04-29 by Emily Hansar Laubscher

Coburn, K., Jung, S., Ousley, C., Sowers, D., Wendelken, M., & Wilkinson, K. (2021). Centering the family in their system: A framework to promote family-centered AAC services. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 37(4), 229-240. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2021.1991471  Families are the most significant communication partners for an individual with complex communication needs. Even though family-centered approaches are recommended to support augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services for […]

Filed Under: Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, Publications

The Relation of Visual Attention to Stimulus Complexity and Functional Vision in Individuals With CVI: Implications for AAC (McCarty et al., 2021)

2022-04-29 by Emily Hansar Laubscher

McCarty, T. V., Sowers, D. J., Wolf, S. J., & Wilkinson, K. M. (2021). A preliminary study of the relation of visual attention to stimulus complexity and functional vision in individuals with Cortical Visual Impairment: Implications for augmentative and alternative communication. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 6(6),1603-1617. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-21-00112 Individuals with cortical visual impairment (CVI) can have […]

Filed Under: Design of AAC Systems, Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, Publications

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Recent Presentations and Publications

  • AAC Colloquium, Fall 2025 2025-09-07
  • Crossing the communication chasm (Cooper, 2025) 2025-06-26
  • Supporting Children’s Communication of Choices During Inpatient Rehabilitation (Gormley, McNaughton, & Light, 2023) 2025-05-27

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Recent Graduate Student Research

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Announcing the AAC Leadership Project (2022-2027)

We are pleased to announce that the AAC Leadership Project (2022-2027) has been funded by the U.S. Department of Education (H325D220021). The grant funds will be used to support doctoral students  who are interested in pursuing advanced degrees at Penn State University (in either Communication Sciences and Disorders, or Special Education) on the topic of […]

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