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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Bachelor in SpeechLanguage Therapy and Audiology at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1979), master's in Speech-Language Therapy by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (1990) and doctorate in Linguistics at Universidade de São Paulo (1995). Associate professor at School of Medicine - Universidade de Sao Paulo. Former president of the Brasilian SLP A Association (Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia - 2006-2009) and member of the International Issues Board of the American Speech-Languagem and Hearing Association (2011 -0 2014). Presently counselor of the Edutation Committee for SLP at The International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP). Has experience in Speech Therapy, Former chief-editor of the "Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia", "Jornal da Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia" and "CoDAS". Areas of expertize: speech-language pathology; autism; language disorders; diagnostic in language; SLP education. In 2015 received two major awards: the "Premio Merito Fonoaudiológico" by the Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia and the "ASHA Fellow" by the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The pragmatic assessment of the communicative abilities, as part of the procedures for speech-language diagnosis has developed in Brazil mostly since the publication of the Functional Communicative Profile (FCP - Fernandes, 2000) as part of the ABFW - test of children's language. This publication resulted in the increase on the number of studies involving different groups. However, it inv…
The purpose of the present research is to optimize the use of the data available at the Speech-and-Language in Autism Spectrum Disorders Research Laboratory, after 25 years of assessment and intervention with children and adolescents with ASD. The data about over 300 individuals regarding their functional Communicative Profile and social cognitive Performance may provide data to better s…
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For more than a year, the world has been facing a pandemic caused by the new Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In order to reduce the rate of contagion by the virus, many countries, including Brazil, have taken drastic measures, like isolation or physical distance. This measure caused an abrupt interruption in the continuity of non-drug therapies, a fundamental part of the care of people on the a…
The COVID-19 pandemic brought telehealth procedures to attention also in the area of speech-language pathology. It demanded social distancing and restrictions in activities that lead to adaptations and new solutions. Persons with ASD are usually enrolled in SLP services due to hteir communication and behavioral disorders. It was important to consider the impact of the interruption of thes…
Down syndrome is characterized by a genetic disorder of the 21 chromosome and is the most common cause of mental deficits. There are several different causes for the syndrome and not all affected persons present the same symptoms. The sole common characteristic is the mental deficit. Among the clinical findings there are speech-language disorders and the children with Down syndrome may pr…
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The purpose of the first study to map pragmatic abilities (such as communication initiative, communication interactivity, use of communicative means, functional diversity, discursive abilities and social-communicative adaptation) of children with child language disorders and children with typical development. The questions that were included in the questionnaire were based on existing pro…
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