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Annotation only; August 2012

Truly responsive to the call for manualized interventions with an evidence base and structure that can be implemented by those working with young children with autism spectrum disorders who are struggling to say their first words . . . A significant contribution to the field. --Patricia Prelock, Ph.D., CCC-SLP University of Vermont (04/18/2012)

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Ioanna Tsiouri, Ph.D., Psychologist/Behavior Analyst, is currently working as a psychologist and behavior analyst in the Psychiatric Department of the University Hospital of Larisa in Greece. Her primary clinical research experience has been with nonverbal preschool children with autism spectrum disorders and their language development. Rhea Paul, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is a professor and founding director of the speech-language pathology graduate program at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, an affiliate at Haskins Laboratories, and Professor Emerita at Southern Connecticut State University. She received her B.A. from Brandeis University, her masterâ (TM)s degree in reading and learning disabilities from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and her Ph.D. in communication disorders from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has been a principal investigator on research projects on language disorders and autism funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, the National Institute of Child Health and Development, the National Alliance for Autism Research, Autism Speaks, the Meyer Memorial Trust, and the Oregon Medical Foundation, and was a principal investigator at the Yale Autism Center of Excellence. She is the author of more than 100 refereed journal articles, 50 book chapters, and ten books. Along with colleague Donia Fahim, she hosts the podcast Let's Talk about Super Special Kids and Cake on iTunes and Spotify, aimed at supporting parents of children with disabilities. In 1996, she received the Editor's Award from the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and was awarded the inaugural Ritvo/Slifka Award for Innovative Clinical Research by the International Society for Autism Research in 2010. She has been a fellow of the American Speech-Language Hearing Association since 1991 and received Honors of the Association in 2014. Elizabeth Schoen Simmons, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a Ph.D. candidate in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Connecticut. She received her B.A. in communication disorders and M.S. in speech-language pathology from Southern Connecticut State University. She is a National Science Foundation fellow and recipient of a predoctoral training grant funded by the National Institute of Health to evaluate language processing using eye tracking and electroencephalography in late talking toddlers. Ms. Simmons has authored peer-reviewed publications and book chapters on various topics in communication disorders. Moira Lewis, M.S., CCC-SLP, is a certified speech-language pathologist working in clinical research at the Marcus Autism Center, an affiliate of Childrenâ (TM)s Healthcare of Atlanta. She leads social-communication assessment procedures within longitudinal research protocols designed to investigate early emergence of autism and diagnostic stability throughout development.

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