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Current Research Partnership Activities

• Assessment of communication skills in preschool children with physical and multiple disabilities.
  This project is also being funded by a Speech Pathology Australia Clinician Research Grant awarded to Gayle Porter, and is a collaboration between the Cerebral Palsy Education Centre and the Communication Research Centre. Gayle and Teresa Iacono are coding data obtained using structured and unstructured sampling procedures to plot three preschool children's levels of communication over a year of early intervention within the CPEC program. Of particular interest are their responses to the scaffolds provided during interactions with a clinician, and their interactions with their parents.

  Conference Presentations:

  • Iacono, T., & Porter, G. Communication Assessment in Preschool Children with Physical and Multiple Disabilities (2006). Paper presented at the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Biennial Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany.
  • Iacono, T., & Porter, G. Communication Assessment in Preschool Children with Physical and Multiple Disabilities (2007). Paper accepted for the Agosci Conference, Melbourne.

• Determinants of Problem Behaviour in People with Intellectual Disability.
  The Communication Resource Centre is a research partner with the Centre for Developmental Disability Health Victoria, Noweyung Adults Services, Bairnsdale and East Gippsland Department of Human Services. The aim of the project is to investigate the extent to which environmental, physical and mental health, and communication difficulties contribute to behaviours in people with intellectual disability. This project is funded by a grant from beyondblue.

  Conference Presentation:

  • Iacono, T., Koritsas, S., Hamilton, D., & Davis, R. (2005). "Profiles of adults with intellectual disabilities and behaviour problems." Paper presented at the 1st Asia-Pacific Regional Congress of the International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID), Tapei, Taiwan, June.