Dr. Kristien Meuris

Research Interests

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
• AAC service delivery, assessment and diagnostics with a special focus on “feature matching”
• AAC for early communicators, unaided and low-tech AAC
• Multimodality and modality switching in interactions with AAC-users
• Interactions between AAC-users and their communication partners
• Critical elements of AAC instruction: modeling of language and communication, video-based supports, partner strategies in AAC, coaching and training of communication partners
• AAC and inclusion

Research projects

• Systematic review: unaided AAC interventions for people with intellectual / developmental disabilities
• Conversation analysis of interactions between AAC-users and their communication partners: focus on unaided AAC, multimodality and modality switching

Classes

• Seminar 849814: Preparation and follow-up of the psychodiagnostic internship
• Seminar 350141: Central ideas of politics and education for people with intellectual disabilities: normalization, participation, self-determination, inclusion
• Seminar 350171 / 325712: Communication and technology in people with severe and multiple disabilities

Memberships

• American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
• Gesellschaft für Unterstützte Kommunikation e. V. (GesUK)
• International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IASSIDD)
• International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (isaac)
• Potsdamer Zentrum für empirische Inklusionsforschung (ZEIF)