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Siva priya Santhanam
Assistant Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Education/Degree:
1 Communication Studies and Disorders (Bowling Green State University)
About
Siva priya Santhanam, PhD, CCC-SLP is an assistant professor in the Department of Speech, Language, Hearing Sciences at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Colorado. She is the developer of the Integrated Supports for Students with Autism spectrum disorders in College (ISSAC) program at her university. Her research interests include developing innovative methods of intervention to support communication in young children and adults with autism spectrum disorders.
Current Work
Dr. Samthanam's clinical and research work has focused on working children and young adults with autism and their families. She has also had six years of experience working in a multicultural/multilingual setting in India. She currently leads a project that focuses on developing resources in Spanish and English for parent coaching on parental responsiveness for families of children with autism.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Autism, multicultural/multilingual service delivery, transition and post-secondary supports for adults with autism