Projects

Begin Date End Date Title
09-01-2025 08-31-2026 The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
11-01-2019 10-31-2025 KiDDS: K-12 Individuals with Development Disabilities: Preparing Personnel to Serve Children with High-Intensity Needs with a Focus on Cultural and Linguistic Diversity
12-01-2019 12-31-2022 Training pre-school to support peer interaction for children with complex communication needs

Network

Barton-Hulsey, Andrea
Asoc Professor
Communication Disorders
Root, Jenny
Asoc Professor
CEHHS Office of Research
Schatschneider, Chris
Professor
Learning Systems Institute
Whalon, Kelly -- INACTIVE EXPERT
Asoc Professor
Communication Disorders
Wood, Carla
Professor
Communication Disorders

Research Terms

Research Terms
Behavioral Sciences
Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Developmental Psychology
Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Communication Development
Research Keywords
Augmentative And Alternative Communication (Aac)
Developmental Disability
Language Development
Language Disorders

Publications

Recent Publications:

"A Systematic review of AAC interventions using speech generating devices for autistic preschoolers"

2025 ▪ Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Michelle C.S. Therrien,Kelly Whalon,Débora Nunes,Peter Marti,Ashley Sellers


"We All Need at Least One Friend Who Understands What We Do Not Say: A Scoping Review of Friendship and Augmentative and Alternative Communication"

2025 ▪ American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Erinn H. Finke,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Jamie Azios,Jenessa McElfresh


"Examining the Family-Centeredness of Speech-Language Pathologists Working With Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication"

2024 ▪ American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Elizabeth E. Biggs,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Diana Abarca,Mollie Romano,Andrea Barton-Hulsey,Sara C. Collins


"AAC & Literacy: A Scoping Review of Print Knowledge Measures for Students who use Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication"

2023 ▪ Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Sara C. Collins,Andrea Barton-Hulsey,Christy Timm-Fulkerson,Michelle C. S. Therrien


"Augmentative and Alternative Communication Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Contextual Determinants of the Parent–Speech-Language Pathologist Partnership"

2023 ▪ American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Andrea Barton-Hulsey,Sara C. Collins,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Elizabeth E. Biggs,Mollie Romano,Brianna Coltellino


"Aphasia and friendship: Stroke survivors’ self-reported changes over time"

2023 ▪ Journal of Communication Disorders

Elizabeth B. Madden,Lauren Bislick,Sarah E. Wallace,Michelle C.S. Therrien,Rachel Goff-Albritton


"Views of Speech-Language Pathologists on Telepractice for Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication"

2023 ▪ Intellectual and developmental disabilities

Elizabeth E. Biggs,Sarah N. Douglas,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Melinda R. Snodgrass


"Caregiving and Friendship"

2023 ▪ Topics in Language Disorders

Elizabeth B. Madden,Michelle Therrien,Lauren Bislick,Sarah E. Wallace,Rachel Goff-Albritton,Ana Vilfort-Garces,Christopher Constantino,Lucinda Graven


"Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Friendships: Considerations for Speech-Language Pathologists"

2022 ▪ Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups

Michelle Therrien,Zach Rossetti,Jørn Østvik


"A scoping review of the playground experiences of children with AAC needs*"

2022 ▪ Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Michelle C. S. Therrien,Andrea Barton-Hulsey,Sandy Wong


"Augmentative and alternative communication services during the COVID-19 pandemic: impact on children, their families and service providers"

2022 ▪ Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Michelle C. S. Therrien,Elizabeth E. Biggs,Andrea Barton-Hulsey,Sara C. Collins,Mollie Romano


"Preparedness, Training, and Support for Augmentative and Alternative Communication Telepractice During the COVID-19 Pandemic"

2022 ▪ Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools

Elizabeth E. Biggs,Elizabeth Burnett Rossi,Sarah N. Douglas,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Melinda R. Snodgrass


"Voices From the Field: Strategies for Effective Telepractice for Children With Autism Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication"

2022 ▪ Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups

Elizabeth E. Biggs,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Melinda R. Snodgrass,Sarah N. Douglas


"Augmentative and Alternative Communication Telepractice During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Survey of Speech-Language Pathologists"

2021 ▪ American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Elizabeth E. Biggs,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Sarah N. Douglas,Melinda R. Snodgrass


"Aphasia and Friendship: The Role and Perspectives of Speech-Language Pathologists"

2021 ▪ American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Michelle C. S. Therrien,Elizabeth B. Madden,Lauren Bislick,Sarah E. Wallace


"Friendship in aphasia (Therrien et al., 2021)"

2021 ▪

Michelle C. S. Therrien,Elizabeth B. Madden,Lauren Bislick,Sarah E. Wallace


"Aztreonam-Avibactam Susceptibility Testing Program for Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacterales in the Antibiotic Resistance Laboratory Network, March 2019 to December 2020"

2021 ▪ Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Amelia Bhatnagar,Sandra Boyd,Sarah Sabour,Janine Bodnar,Elizabeth Nazarian,Nadine Peinovich,Christine Wagner,Bradley Craft,Paula Snippes Vagnone,Justin Simpson,Victoria N. Stone,Michelle Therrien,Allen Bateman,Danielle Lower,Jennifer Y. Huang,Stephanie Gumbis,David Lonsway,Joseph D. Lutgring,Maria Karlsson,Allison C. Brown


"Teacher-Implemented AAC Intervention to Support Peer Interaction in an Inclusive Preschool Classroom: A Pilot Study"

2021 ▪ Inclusion

Michelle C. S. Therrien


"How to Recruit, Support, and Retain Speech-Language Pathologists in Public Schools"

2020 ▪ Journal of School Leadership

Kelly Farquharson,Michelle Therrien,Andrea Barton-Hulsey,Ann F. Brandt


"RouTEAM: Home and School Partnerships to Support Communication for Children with Complex Communication Needs"

2020 ▪ Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Sarah E. Ivy,Michelle C. S. Therrien,Kelly Whalon,Mert Bilgin,Sarah Cox,Nanette Hammons


"Perspectives and experiences of adults who use AAC on making and keeping friends"

2019 ▪ Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Michelle C. S. Therrien


"Effectiveness of Voice Therapy on Muscle Tension Dysphonia: A Scoping Study"

2019 ▪

Mallory Aryn Meuser,Richard Morris,Shannon Hall-Mills,Jay Rayburn,Michelle Therrien


"Peer interaction for children with CCN and ASD (Therrien & Light, 2018)"

2018 ▪

Michelle C. S. Therrien,Janice C. Light


"Promoting Peer Interaction for Preschool Children With Complex Communication Needs and Autism Spectrum Disorder"

2018 ▪ American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Michelle C. S. Therrien,Janice C. Light


"TEACHING COMMUNICATIVE TURN TAKING USING THE IPAD© TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INTERACTION FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH CCN AND THEIR PEERS"

2016 ▪

Michelle Christine Therrien


"Using the iPad to facilitate interaction between preschool children who use AAC and their peers"

2016 ▪ Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Michelle C. S. Therrien,Janice Light


"Systematic Review of the Effects of Interventions to Promote Peer Interactions for Children who use Aided AAC"

2016 ▪ Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Michelle C.S. Therrien,Janice Light,Lauramarie Pope


"Teaching Communicative Turn Taking Using the IPAD© to Promote Social Interaction for Preschool Children with Complex Communication Needs and Their Peers."

2016 ▪ ProQuest LLC eBooks

Michelle Christine Stephen Therrien


"Elementary School–Located Influenza Vaccine Programs"

2012 ▪ The Journal of School Nursing

Valerie Williams,Matthew D. Rousculp,Mark Price,Theresa Coles,Michelle Therrien,Jane Griffin,Kelly Hollis,Seth Toback


Contact

Name: Michelle C Stephen Therrien  
Title: Asoc Professor
University: Florida State University
College/School: College Of Comm & Inform
Home Department: Communication Disorders
Address: 201 W BLOXHAM ST
TALLAHASSEE, FL
Email:
ORCID: ORCID icon https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-3594