Dr. Pat Mirenda earned her doctorate in behavioral
disabilities from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. For 8
years, she was a faculty member in the Department of Special
Education and Communication Disorders, University of
Nebraska–Lincoln, USA. From 1992 to 1996, she provided a variety of
training, research, and support services to individuals with severe
disabilities through CBI Consultants, Ltd., in Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada. She is now Professor in the Department of
Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education at the
University of British Columbia, Canada. From 1998 to 2001, she was
editor of the journal Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
In 2004, she was named a Fellow of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association and was awarded the Killam
Teaching Prize at the University of British Columbia. In 2008, she
was named a Fellow of the International Society for Augmentative
and Alternative Communication. Dr. Mirenda is the author of
numerous book chapters and research publications; she lectures
widely and teaches courses on augmentative and alternative
communication, inclusive education, developmental disabilities,
autism, and positive behavior support. Her current research focuses
on describing the developmental trajectories of young children with
autism and factors that predict the outcomes of early
intervention.
Teresa Iacono, Ph.D.,Associate Professor and
Senior Research Fellow, Director of Research, Centre for
Developmental Disability Health Victoria, Monash University, 270
Ferntree Gully Road Building 1, Notting Hill, Victoria, 3166,
Australia Dr. Iacono earned her doctorate in Special Education and
Communication Disorders at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA.
She is a speechlanguage pathologist, having received her B.App.Sc.
and M.App.Sc. degrees in speech pathology in Australia. For 9 years
she was an academic member of Macquarie University, where she
co-convened a Masters in Communication Disorders within the
Department of Linguistics and taught within the Institute of Early
Childhood; she also held an honorary position within Macquarie
University Special Education Centre. Her clinical, teaching, and
research work has focused on developmental disabilities and complex
communication needs. In her position at the Centre for
Developmental Disability Health Victoria, this focus has extended
to physical and mental health issues of adults with developmental
disabilities. Dr. Iacono is the author of chapters and research
publications concerning communication and health and well-being in
developmental disabilities. She was editor of the journal
Augmentative and Alternative Communication from 2002 to 2004. In
2007, she was a recipient of the inaugural National Health and
Medical Research Council (Australia) Ethics Award for her work
addressing ethical concerns of including people with developmental
disabilities in research.
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