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Nancy Brady, Ph.D.

Nancy Brady studies the development of communication and language in young children and in individuals with developmental disabilities. Her research has focused on describing development of gestures and prespeech vocalizations, beginning augmentative communication use, and negotiaitions of conversational breakdowns.


Research Interest

Prelinguistic communication

Communication interventions for children with developmental disabilities

Augmentative communication

Communication development in children with autism, fragile X syndrome and deaf-blindness


Major Honors

Chairperson: National Joint Committee for the Communication Needs of
Persons with Severe Disabilites

Associate Editor American Journal of Speech Language Pathology 2000-2003

Associate Editor, Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
2006-present


Recent Publications

Brady, N. (2007). Augmentative and alternative communication in children with Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome. In J. Roberts, R. Chapman, and S. Warren (Eds.) Speech and Language Development and Intervention in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome (pp. 225-274). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

Brady, N. Bredin-Oja, S., & Warren, S. (2007). Prelinguistic communication in children with Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome: Development and interventions. In Speech and Language Development and Intervention in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome (pp. 173-192). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Brady, N., Skinner, D., Roberts, J., & Hennon, E. (2006) Communication in young children with fragile X syndrome: A qualitative study of mothers’ perspectives. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 15, 353-.

Brady, N., Steeples, T., & Fleming, K. (2005). Effects of prelinguistic communication levels on initiation and repair of communication in children with disabilities. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 48(5), 1098-1113

Brady, N., Marquis, J., Fleming, K., & McLean, L. (2004). Prelinguistic predictors of language growth in children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 47(3), 663-667

 


Presentations

Communication Assessment Strategies for Individuals with Severe Disabilities
Western Carolina University
March 22, 2006


Posters

Improving Maternal Responsivity to Children with FXS

Increased Communication in Deaf-Blind Children After Adapted PMT Intervention

Evidence-Based Communication Interventions for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Longitudinal effects of low intensity early communication intervention

How does maternal responsivity relate to communication skills in young children with fragile X syndrome? (ASHA 2006)

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Associate Professor, Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies, University of Kansas


Ph.D., University of Kansas, Developmental Child Psychology,

M.A., University of Minnesota, Communications Disorders,

B.A., University of California, Speech & Hearing Science,


Contact:

The Schiefelbusch Institute for Life Span Studies
3008 Dole
1000 Sunnyside Avenue
Lawrence,KS 66045
785-864-0762
nbrady@ku.edu