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Talks:

• December, 2024. American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention. Seattle, WA. "Elevating Critical Thinking On Gestalt Language Processing and Natural Language Acquisition in Autism: Clinical Imperatives." (Bronwyn Hemsley, co-presenter).
• November, 2024. A Systematic Review of Evidence on 'Gestalt Language Processing' and 'Natural Language Acquisition' Approaches for Children or Adults: Clinical Implications of an Empty Review & Cautions for Clinicians and Parents." SCOPE 21 webinar. Speech Pathology Applied Behavior Analysis (Bronwyn Hemsley, Lucy Bryant, and Howard Shane, co-presenters).
• October, 2024. "How to prevent LLMs from doing your students’ assignments." ResearchED, Wilmington, DE. (Catherine Johnson, co-presenter).
• November, 2023. American Speech Language Hearing Association Convention. Boston, MA. "Conceptualizing and Upholding a Communication Bill or Rights for Individuals Who Are Minimally Speaking." (Bronwyn Hemsley, Howard Shane, and Ralf Schlosser, co-presenters).
• October, 2023. Festival of Education. Potomac, MD. "The basic ingredients of an autism-friendly classroom."
• April, 2023. Drexel University Chapter, Student Council for Exceptional Children. "Autism Basics." Watch
• February. 2023. Special conference on the resurgence and rebranding of Facilitated Communication. Drexel University School of Education."What we know about language and literacy acquisition in autism".
• January, 2023. Drexel University Chapter, Student Council for Exceptional Children. "Let's talk about Autism.".
• October, 2022. ResearchED Conference, Frederick, MD. "What does 'it' mean? Boosting reading comprehension in students with and without autism."
• August, 2020. ResearchED Conference, virtual. "Evidence-Supported Instructional Practices: Using intuitive 'information-integration' learning to teach language to autistic and L2 students online." Watch
• May, 2020. Talk on Facilitated Communication for The Reading League. Watch
• November, 2019. ResearchED Conference, Phila, PA. "Facilitating Un-facilitated Communication in Autism: How systematic instruction and implicit learning can unlock what's locked inside."
• October, 2018. ResearchED Conference, Phila, PA. "Writing Wrongs." ResearchED Conference, 2018, Philadelphia. With Catherine Johnson.
• November, 2017. ResearchED Conference, NY, NY. "Showing vs. Telling: issues of efficacy and equity in fostering and assessing math skills."
• October, 2012. Keynote Address, Lehigh Valley Early Care and Education Professional Development Day. "Growth, Gears and Gadgetry: Nurturing Young Scientists in Preschool."
• February, 2012. TEDx Talk, Enola PA. "Helping the World by Helping Our STEM Kids." Watch
• October, 2010. New England Conferences on the Gifted and Talented. "Addressing the Needs of Mathematically Gifted Left-brainers" and "How About a Nice Game of Chess?".

Interviews:

• February, 2025. "The falsity of facilitated communication." 502 Conversations with Brian Kerby. Watch
• January, 2025. "Unravelling The Telepathy Tapes." Conspirituality Podcast (episode 241). Listen
• October, 2024. "Grit, mindset, and other 'learning styles'." 502 Conversations with Brian Kerby. October, 2024. Watch
• June, 2024. "Autism and evidence-based math instruction". Chalk and Talk, Episode 28. Listen.
• September, 2020. Panel discussion hosted by Tatyana Elleseff, SLP. "Facilitated Communication, Holding on to a Fantasy" Watch
• July, 2020. Interview with Susan Gerbic and Janyce Boynton on Facilitated Communication in Autism. Watch
• October, 2013. Interview on School Reform News. Listen
• June, 2013. Interview on The Inclusive Class Podcast. Listen
• January, 2012. Interview on Harrisburg Public Radio, Radio Smart Talk.
• October, 2010. Interview on BAM radio with Rae Pica. Are Schools Effectively Teaching Collaboration? Listen
• March, 2010. SENG Newsletter. Improving Self-Confidence & Social Skills Read the interview
• January, 2010. Nurturing the Nurturers. Interview with Tina Cahill on webtalkradio.net. Listen
• November, 2009. Gifted Exchange. The Left-Brain Child. Read the interview
• November, 2009. The Parents Journal with Bobbi Conner: A Little Help for the Socially Reluctant Child. Listen
• September, 2009. Exceptional Parent and Child. Left Brained, Left Behind? Read the interview

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