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Grace Cristina Ferreira-Donati

Supervisor · Adastra Desenvolvimento e Comportamento Humano Ltda.

https://researchid.co/gracecf
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3Scopus Publications

Research Interests

Parent education; Autism; Applied Behavior Analysis

Biography

Clinical Speech Therapist graduated from USP Bauru (1999), with an in-depth study in Dyslexia and Learning Disorders and Improvement in Neuroscience and Learning. She is a specialist in Language from the Federal Council of Speech Therapy (2002). Master's degree (2006) and a doctorate (2016) in Education (Special Education) from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). She is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Speech Therapy at USP Bauru. Certified therapist by the Hanen Center (Canada) for the More Than Words Program and It Takes Two to Talk Program. She is a clinical speech therapist and founder of Adastra Serviços de Reabilitação, Desenvolvimento e Comportamento Humano Ltda. She works with children, adolescents and adults with communication disorders. She is the current coordinator of the Language Department of the Brazilian Society of Speech Therapy (SBFa). Nowadays obtaining international certification in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA).

Education

Graduated in Speech Therapy from USP Bauru (Brazil); Master's and Doctorate in Education (UNESP-Brazil); Post-doctorate from the Department of Speech Therapy at USP Bauru (Brazil); International Certification in Applied Behavior Analysis ongoing (QBA).

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. Babies With Pierre Robin Sequence: Neuropsychomotor Development
    Pediatric Neurology, 2023
  2. Translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Kaufman Speech Praxis Test for Children (KSPT) protocol
    Codas, 2021
  3. Questionnaire of information needs in language and alternative communication - (QNILCA-F) - Family version
    Revista Brasileira De Educacao Especial, 2017

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