Rose Jaffery

Degrees

Contact Info

Biography

Project:

• VIABLE

Related Experience:

• Graduate Assistant in the Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) program (Aug. 2009 – Present)
• Graduate Research Assistant on Project VIABLE (Aug. 2008 – Present)
• Research Assistant in the University of Connecticut Department of Psychology for a project concerning the processes of language development in children with autism spectrum disorders (Sept. 2005 – July 2008)

Publications & Presentations

Publications

Casper, E. & Jaffery, R. (2009). What we know about interventions for children on the autism spectrum. Connecticut School Psychologist, 15, 5-11.

Tek, S., Jaffery, G., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2008). Do children with autism spectrum disorders show a shape bias in word learning? Autism Research, 1, 208-222.

Symposium Presentations

Naigles, L., Jaffery, G., Piotroski, J., & Fein, D. (2009, Apr). Young children with autism understand grammatical aspect. Symposium presentation at the Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.

Naigles, L.R., Jaffery, G., Piotroski, J., & Fein, D. (2009, Apr). Using eye-tracking measures to assess verb comprehension in toddlers with and without autism spectrum disorders. Symposium presentation at the Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, Colorado.

Chafouleas, S.M., Kilgus, S., & Jaffery, R. (2009, Mar). Direct Behavior Rating: Definition, procedures, and applications in school-based behavior assessment. Paper presentation at the 6^th International Conference on Positive Behavioral Support, Jacksonville, Florida.

Tek, S., Jaffery, G., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2008, Aug). The shape bias: Investigations of word learning with children with autism. Symposium presentation at the XI International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Poster Presentations

Jaffery, R., Boice, C., Ivey, A.L., Waite, S., Riley-Tillman, C., Christ, T.J., & Chafouleas, S.M. (2009, Aug). Impact of observation period duration on Direct Behavior Rating (DBR). Poster presentation at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Jaffery, G., Tek, S., Piotroski, J., Rodny, J., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2009, May). The shape bias: Investigations of word learning with children with autism. Poster presentation at the 8th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, IL.

Jara, S., Tek, S., Jaffery, G., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2009, May). Joint attention in young children with autism. Poster presentation at the 8th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research, Chicago, IL.

Jaffery, G., Roche, C., Tek, S., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2008, Jul). Grammatical strengths and difficulties in the language comprehension of young children with autism. Poster presentation at the XI International Congress for the Study of Child Language, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Jaffery, G., Roche, C., Tek, S., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2008, May). Comprehension tasks reveal grammatical weakness in young children with autism. Poster presentation at the 7th Annual International Meeting for Autism Research, London, England.

Tek, S., Jaffery, G., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2008, Feb). Predictors of language development in young children with autism. Poster presentation at the 36th Annual International Neuropsychological Society Meeting, Waikoloa, HI.

Tek, S., Jaffery, G., Swensen, L., Fein, D., & Naigles, L. (2007, May). The shape bias: Investigations of word learning in children with autism. Poster presentation at the 6th International Meeting for Autism Research, Seattle, WA.