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Celebrating Dr. Nimisha Muttiah's successful Dissertation Defense!

2015-02-26 by David McNaughton

Celebrating the milestones of PhD scholars: We are thrilled for Nimisha, and of the incredible impact she will have!

Filed Under: Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, News Tagged With: AAC, Doctoral students, research, school-age, service delivery, training

Teaching Active Listening Skills to Pre-Service SLPs — Publication

2014-11-14 by David McNaughton

Both participants and parents of children who use AAC described the post-instruction interactions more positively than the pre-instruction interactions, suggesting that the pre-service SLPs benefited from the instruction.

Filed Under: Children, Faculty Research, News, Uncategorized Tagged With: active listening, Leadership Project, school-age, service delivery

Just-in-Time Technology and VSDs: Adolescents with Severe Disabilities — Presentation

2014-08-04 by David McNaughton

The results of this study contribute to the existing literature that suggests higher expectations for adolescents with severe developmental disabilities with appropriately designed interventions and opportunities for increased communication.

Filed Under: Adults, Children, Faculty Research, Graduate Student Research, News, Presentations Tagged With: "just-in-time" programming, AAC, beginning communicators, Children's Communicative Competence, graduate student, research, school-age, service delivery, visual scene display

Now Available: “All Children Can and Should Have the Opportunity to Learn” — Publication

2014-05-30 by David McNaughton

The goal of this study was to identify and understand the strategies that teachers have used to support and facilitate the inclusion of children with ASD who use AAC.

Filed Under: Children, Faculty Research, News, Publications, Uncategorized Tagged With: AAC, autism spectrum disorders, inclusion, school-age

Spring 2014 comes to a close, but the participants on the Children's Communicative Competence Project are taking off!

2014-05-12 by David McNaughton

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A wide range of learning opportunities are designed to prepare future SLPs to provide high quality evidence-based services to children who have complex communication needs.

Filed Under: Children, News, Presentations Tagged With: Children's Communicative Competence, Colloquium, literacy, Masters students, school-age

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