Veronica Fleury

The goal of this project is to develop a shared reading intervention for preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) designed to be delivered by caregivers in their homes. A large portion of school-age learners with ASD experience reading difficulties. These deficits often emerge in preschool, making the early childhood years an optimal time to intervene and prevent future difficulties. Shared book reading interventions-where caregivers read aloud with children-are a well-studied ...

The Principal Investigator (PI) will conduct a program of research aimed at developing effective emergent literacy instruction for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) while participating in mentoring and training activities to develop knowledge and skills related to adaptive interventions, sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART) designs, publication, and grant funding. Findings from emerging research suggest that many children with ASD demonstrate early signs of rea...

This postdoctoral program trained six postdoctoral fellows in the development and evaluation of interventions for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and other special educational needs. The program was housed in the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, an interdisciplinary research center with faculty from early childhood education/early intervention, psychology, special education, speech and communication disorders, epidemiology, pediatrics, and public health.