• Assessment Day: Questions About the Communication Development of Your Young Child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder
• “If They Could Only Tell Me What They Are Thinking.” The Need for Augmentative Communication for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
• A Message to Novices and Strangers to ASD: Look for Behavioral Communication
• Aiding Comprehension of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders During One-on-One Interactions
• Can Social Pragmatic Skills Be Tested?
• Communicative Functions or Purposes of Communication
• Comprehension of the Message: Important Considerations for Following Directions
• First Steps and the Journey to a Diagnosis of ASD for a Child under Three
• Functional Categories of Delayed Echolalia
• Functional Categories of Immediate Echolalia
• Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Preparation for Emergencies
• Infusing Language/Communication Instruction into the Preschool Classroom: Extension Theme Learning Based on Finding Nemo
• Initial Guidelines for Developing a Communication Intervention Plan for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Significant Limitations in Communication Ability
• Is There a Speech Language Patholgist on Your Behavior Support Team?
• Long and Short Term Strategies for Reducing Specific Repetitive Questions
• Successfully Using PECS with Children with ASD
• Meeting the Challenge of Social Pragmatics with Students on the Autism Spectrum
• Opportunity to Communicate: A Crucial Aspect of Fostering Communication Development
• Reading with Your School-Age Child: Building Vocabulary One Word at a Time
• Selected Bibliography: Literacy
• Social Communication and Language Characteristics Associated with High Functioning, Verbal Children and Adults with ASD
• Speech Pathology Assessment Resource List
• The 21st Century Speech Language Pathologist and Integrated Services in Classrooms
• The High Functioning Person with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A "Tourist" in His Native Country
• The Role of the School Speech Language Pathologist and the Student with Autism
• Using Activities of Daily Living to Foster Language/Communication Development
• Using Aided Language to Develop Skills with Augmentative Communication Displays
• Using a Visual Support to Enhance WH Question
• Visual Resources for Enhancing Communication for Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Other Disabilities
• Visual Schedules and Choice Boards: Avoid Misinterpretation of their Primary Functions
• Visual Supports: Sources for Symbols for Receptive and Expressive Communication
• What is the Picture Exchange Communication System or PECS?
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Communication

Below are training articles written by staff members of the Indiana Resource Center for Autism.  Click on the topics to  access linked articles to read online.  If you would like more information on the topics included in this section, contact Kristie Lofland, M.S., CCC-A, at Indiana Resource Center for Autism.  Kristie Lofland can be reached at klofland@indiana.edu or call (812) 855-6508.

Augmentative/Alternative Communication

Behavior & Communication

Comprehension & Literacy

Early Childhood (Birth to Age 5)

Social Skills/Language

Speech Language Pathologist

Visual Supports