Amy Donaldson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP just recently
joined the faculty as an Assistant Professor at Portland State
University. Prior to coming to PSU, Dr. Donaldson was a
Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences
at the University
of Washington and UW
Autism Center, where she was involved in a multi-site clinical trial of early
intensive behavioral intervention for toddlers with autism spectrum disorders
(ASD). Her research focuses on the
assessment and intervention of social communication skills of children with ASD
within the natural environment. Dr.
Donaldson is also interested in the development of early social-communicative
reciprocity and between children at risk for developing ASD and their parents,
and general social-communicative competence of young children.
