2025 Research, Application, and Dissemination Awards
GIRI HEGDE RESEARCH AWARD
Grace Lafo, MS, CF-SLP
Advisor Dr. Lesley Shawler, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Using Behavioral Skills Training to Train Clinicians to Conduct an AAC Assessment
Lori Mastrogiacomo, MA, BCBA, LBA
Advisor Dr. Mary Jane Weiss, Endicott College
Effects of Contingent Parentease and Vocal Imitation on Vocalizations of Infants at Risk for Autism
BARBARA ESCH APPLICATION AWARD
Whitney Trapp, MS, BCBA
Advisor Dr. Alice Shillingsburg, University of Nebraska Medical Center/ Munroe Meyer Institute
Use of Asynchronous Training to Teach Clinicians to Deliver Direct Instruction to Children with Autism
NIKIA DOWER DISSEMINATION AWARD
Kennedy Cloe, BS
Advisor Dr. Lesley Shawler, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Teaching Traveling to Speech Generating Device: An Extension
Grace Lafo, MS, CF-SLP
Advisor Dr. Lesley Shawler, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Using Behavioral Skills Training to Train Clinicians to Conduct an AAC Assessment
Lori Mastrogiacomo, MA, BCBA, LBA
Advisor Dr. Mary Jane Weiss, Endicott College
Effects of Contingent Parentease and Vocal Imitation on Vocalizations of Infants at Risk for Autism
BARBARA ESCH APPLICATION AWARD
Whitney Trapp, MS, BCBA
Advisor Dr. Alice Shillingsburg, University of Nebraska Medical Center/ Munroe Meyer Institute
Use of Asynchronous Training to Teach Clinicians to Deliver Direct Instruction to Children with Autism
NIKIA DOWER DISSEMINATION AWARD
Kennedy Cloe, BS
Advisor Dr. Lesley Shawler, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
Teaching Traveling to Speech Generating Device: An Extension