Jennifer Kent-Walsh

Jennifer Kent Walsh, PhD, CCC SLP, FLASHA Honoree, ASHA Fellow, NAP Fellow, is a Pegasus Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Senior Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Excellence in the College of Health Professions and Sciences at the University of Central Florida. She also directs the FAAST Assistive Technology Demonstration Center and the Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Lab. In collaboration with Cathy Binger and their research team, Dr. Kent Walsh develops and evaluates interventions that improve language and communication outcomes for children with developmental disabilities who use AAC. Her work includes direct language interventions, as well as development and validation of language measurement techniques and indirect interventions with children’s communication partners, including parents, peers, and service providers. Her research has been widely published and funded by local, state, and federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.

ASHA Financial Disclosures: The authors disclose they have the following financial or other interests in objects or entities mentioned in this paper: Funding support from the National Institutes of Health R01DC021160

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