 Amy Wetherby, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is the Laurel Schendel Professor in the Department of Communication Disorders at Florida State University. She has had over twenty five years of clinical experience and is an ASHA Fellow.
Dr. Wetherby has published extensively and presents regularly at national conventions on social and communicative profiles of children with autism spectrum disorders and early identification of communication disorders in infants and toddlers. She served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee for Educational Interventions for Children with Autism and is the Executive Director of the Florida State University Center for Autism and Related Disabilities. Dr. Wetherby is the Project Director of the FIRST WORDS Project funded by a U.S. Department of Education Field-Initiated Research Grant on improving early identification of young children at-risk for language and reading difficulties and autism spectrum disorders, a Model Demonstration Grant on early intervention of children at-risk for autism spectrum disorders, and a Doctoral Leadership Training Grant specializing in autism.
Friday, October 27, 2006 - 10:30 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
Concurrent Sessions - Session 15 - First Words: Early Identification and Practical Communication Intervention Strategies
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Symposium 2006 
