Past research:
Early Language Delay; funded by a New Investigator Grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation
Language Development in Children Acquiring AAC as a First Language; funded by the Oregon Medical Foundation
Language Development in Late-Talking Toddlers; funded by National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders
Current Research:
Auditory Preferences in Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Relations to Language Development; in collaboration with Yale Child Study Center, funded by the Studies to Advance Autism Treatment and Research Program of the National Institutes of Health
Receptive and Expressive Prosody in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders; in collaboration with Oregon Graduate Institute, funded by National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders
Pragmatics and Prosody in High-Functioning Speakers with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Development of Assessment Tools; in collaboration with Yale Child Study Center, funded by National Institute of Child Health and Development
Literacy Practices in Connecticut Preschools; in collaboration with Zigler Center for Child Development and Social Policy, funded by the School of Graduate Studies, SCSU
I conduct my research on autism spectrum disorders at the Yale Child Study Center. Please see their web site (www. autism.fm) for further information.