Salena Babb

Salena BabbSalena Babb is a Ph.D student in the Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education. Her research interests include implementing augmentative and alternative communication within community, vocational, and social settings for adolescents with severe disabilities and complex communication needs. Specifically, she is interested in communication opportunities that occur during those activities and how to provide communication supports for both the individual with complex communication needs as well as the communication partner.

Prior to entering the Ph.D program, Salena worked as a high school autism support teacher teaching activities of daily living, vocational, and transition skills. She received her bachelor’s degree in Special Education K-12 from Penn State University.

Dissertation Chair: Dr. David McNaughton

Recent Publication Activities

Babb, S., McNaughton, D., Light, J., & Caron, J. (2020). “Two friends spending time together”: The impact of video visual scene displays on peer social interaction for adolescents with autism spectrum disorders. (Submitted for publication)

Babb, S., Jung, J., Ousley, C., McNaughton, D., & Light, J. (2020). Personalized AAC intervention to increase participation and communication for an adult with Down syndrome. (Submitted for publication)

Boyle, S., McNaughton, D., Light, J., Babb, S., & Chapin, S., (2020). The effects of shared e-Book reading with dynamic text and speech output on the sight word recognition skills of young children with developmental disabilities. (Submitted for publication).

Babb, S., Raulston, T., McNaughton, D., Lee, J., & Weintraub, R. (in press). Social interaction interventions for adolescents with autism: A meta-analysis.  Remedial and Special Education

McNaughton, D., & Babb, S. (in press). Supporting participation and communication in employment and volunteer activities for adolescents with complex communication needs. In B. Ogletree (Ed.), Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Challenges and Solutions. Plural Publishing: San Diego, CA.

McNaughton, D., Babb, S., & Holyfield, C. (in press). Adolescents and adults with Down syndrome: Supporting communication and participation with AAC. In K. Wilkinson and L. Finestack (Eds.) Multi-modal augmentative and alternative communication for individuals with Down syndrome across the lifespan. Brookes: Baltimore, MD.

Babb, S., McNaughton, D., Light, J., Caron, J., Wydner, K., & Jung, S. (2020). Using AAC video visual scene displays to increase participation and communication within a volunteer activity for adolescents with complex communication needsAugmentative and Alternative Communication, Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/07434618.2020.1737966

Babb, S., Gormley, J., McNaughton, D., & Light, J. (2018). Enhancing independent participation within vocational activities for an adolescent with ASD using AAC video Visual Scene Displays. Journal of Special Education Technology, 34, 120-132.

Chapin, S., McNaughton, D., Boyle, S., & Babb, S. (2018). Effects of peer support interventions on the communication of preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review. Seminars in Speech and Language, 39, 443-457 .

Recent Presentation Activities

Babb, S., Wydner, K., Pierce, L., McNaughton, D., & Light, J. (2019, February). Increasing independence with AAC video visual scene displays. Presentation at the annual conference of the Assistive Technology Industry Association Orlando, Florida.

Babb, S., McNaughton D., & Light., J. (2018, November). Enriching communication within vocational tasks for adolescents with CCN using AAC video visual scene displays. Poster presented at the annual conference of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, Massachusetts.

Additional InformationSalena Babb (from AAC.PSU.EDU)

Email: babb.salena@gmail.com

 

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