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.

Perspectives of Parents of Children with Cerebral Palsy on Integrating AAC into Everyday Life (O'Neill & Wilkinson, 2018)

2018-11-26 by David McNaughton

At the 2018 ASHA Conference, O’Neill and Wilkinson (2018) presented their findings on the perspectives of parents of children with cerebral palsy on how AAC technologies support their child’s participation in everyday life.

ASHA 2018 Presentations by PSU Faculty and Students

2018-11-12 by David McNaughton

Penn State faculty and students will present 16 AAC studies at the ASHA 2018 Convention in Boston, MA.

Jessica Gormley receives ASHFoundation Doctoral Scholarship

2018-10-17 by David McNaughton

Jessica Gormley has been awarded the New Century Scholars Doctoral Scholarship from the American Speech Language Hearing Foundation.

Effect of a Training using Video VSDs On Peers’ Interpretations of Presymbolic Communication (Holyfield et al., 2018)

2018-10-02 by David McNaughton

Holyfield et al. (2018) investigate the impact of an AAC training on typically-developing peers’ interpretations of presymbolic communication from students with multiple disabilities.