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Rebecca Alper
Rebecca Alper, PhD – Slide of the Week
Identifying modifiable sources of variability in early interaction quality is critical to determining intervention need, developing effective caregiver coaching, and improving outcomes.
Rebecca Alper on long-term impacts of early language skills
Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes.
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“Early language skills are one of the best predictors of academic, social, vocational outcomes,” said Rebecca Alper
Rebecca Alper, PhD – Slide of the Week
Using a community-based participatory research framework, we piloted Duet, a preventative, parent-implemented, early language intervention.
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Alper’s path to communication sciences was not straight forward. She initially started down the biotechnology path and sprinkled in some reproductive embryology research as well. It wasn’t until she started in a voice physiology lab seeking research with more direct human interaction that she found the path she wanted to be on.