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Author:

Davis, Rhonda

Title:

REFLECTIONS OF NINE PARTICIPANTS REGARDING THEIR EXPERIENCES OF BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN AND USING AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION ACROSS THEIR LIFESPAN AT HOME, SCHOOL, VOCATION, AND COMMUNITY

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

augmentative and alternative communication
African American
AAC systems
phenomenology
discrimination
barriers
supports
recommendations
school
home
vocation
employment
community

File:

Download final_edits_phenomenology_proposal3.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Member
Carol Hammer, Committee Member
Keith B Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Sennott, Samuel Charles

Title:

Empowering children with complex communication needs to use iPad based AAC during shared storybook reading

Graduate Program:

Special Education

Keywords:

iPad
augmentative and alternative communication
aided language stimulation
AAC modeling
augmented input
communication

File:

Download 1-Sennott_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Linda Mason, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Linda Mason, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
David Lee, Committee Member
Pamela S Wolfe, Committee Member
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Member

Author:

Muttiah, Nimisha A

Title:

Evaluating an AAC Training for Special Education Teachers based in a Low-Resource Context

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

communication partner training
augmentative and alternative communication
developing countries
quasi-experimental designs

File:

Download Dissertation_Final-4_13_15.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn D R Drager, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Dr David Mc Naughton, Committee Member
Krista M Wilkinson, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
Dr Juan Bornman, Special Member

Author:

Caron, Jessica Gosnell

Title:

Effects of Adapted Instruction on the Acquisition of Letter-correspondences and Sight Words by Pre-adolescent/adolescent Learners with Complex Communication Needs and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

literacy
augmentative and alternative communication
autism spectrum disorder
letter-sound correspondence
sight words

File:

Download Jessica_Caron_Dissertation_2015_Final_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Catherine Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Member
Dr David Mc Naughton, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member

Author:

Elam, Amanda Lynee

Title:

Semantic Processing in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

Graduate Program:

Psychology

Keywords:

event-related potentials
N400
augmentative and alternative communication
semantic processing
language
Down syndrome

File:

Download AElam_Diss_160413_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Rick Owen Gilmore, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Krista M Wilkinson, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Rick Owen Gilmore, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Koraly Elisa Perez Edgar, Committee Member
Stephen Jeffrey Wilson, Committee Member

Author:

Therrien, Michelle Christine

Title:

TEACHING COMMUNICATIVE TURN TAKING USING THE IPAD© TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INTERACTION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH CCN AND THEIR PEERS

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

social interaction
peer interaction
augmentative and alternative communication
autism spectrum disorder
mobile technology
intervention

File:

Download Therrien_Dissertation_Dec2_2016.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Catherine Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Krista M Wilkinson, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Yorke, April M

Title:

The Effects of Explicit Instruction in Letter-sound Correspondences with Children with Complex Communication Needs in Pairs with Peers

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

complex communication needs
augmentative and alternative communication
autism spectrum disorder
reading
ALL curriculum
explicit instruction
letter-sound correspondences
literacy
intellectual disability
developmental delay
cortical visual impairment

File:

Download Dissertation_4-11-17b_Final_grad_school_edits___Yahoo_.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice C. Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janice C. Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn D.R. Drager, Committee Member
Carol A. Miller, Committee Member
David B. McNaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Hoorn, Megan Elizabeth

Title:

“IF YOU USE YOUR AAC FROM THE BEGINNING OF A RELATIONSHIP, IT WILL BE NORMAL FOR YOU AND YOUR PARTNER, EVEN DURING SEX”: PEOPLE WHO USE AAC AND SEXUALITY

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

sexuality
sex
AAC
augmentative and alternative communication
complex communication needs
speech-language pathology
disability
relationships

File:

Download megan_hoorn_thesis_final_4.3.2017.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Light, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jessica Gosnell Caron, Committee Member

Author:

Holyfield, Christine Elizabeth

Title:

Effect of an AAC app-based video training on peers' accuracy identifying communicative behaviors in presymbolic middle schoolers with multiple disabilities

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

augmentative and alternative communication
multiple disabilities
communication partner intervention
developmental disability
mobile technology

File:

Download Christine_Holyfield_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Kathryn D R Drager, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member

Author:

Karnezos, Julia Lb

Title:

THE EFFECT OF A CHECKLIST ON SCHOOL TEAMS’ PLANS FOR AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION ASSESSMENTS

Graduate Program:

Communication Sciences and Disorders

Keywords:

AAC
augmentative and alternative communication
assessment
school
checklist

File:

Download Karnezos_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Janice Catherine Light, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Janice Catherine Light, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathryn D R Drager, Committee Member
Carol Anne Miller, Committee Member
David Brent Mcnaughton, Outside Member