Nancy C. Brady

Assistant Professor

Phone: (785) 864-0762 (office)
Phone: (785) 864-0530 (lab)
Fax: (785) 864-3974
nbrady@ku.edu

B.A., 1980, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A., 1984, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1993, University of Kansas

Research Interests

Dr. Brady studies beginning language acquisition in individuals with disabilities, including autism, fragile X syndrome, and Down syndrome. Her work has been sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and United States Office of Education

Recent Publications

Brady, N. (2007). Augmentative and alternative communication in children with Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome. In J. Roberts, R. Chapman, and S. Warren (Eds.) Speech and Language Development and Intervention in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome (pp. 225-274). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Brady, N., Bredin-Oja, S., & Warren, S. (2007). Prelinguistic communication in children with Down syndrome or fragile X syndrome: Development and interventions. In Speech and Language Development and Intervention in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome (pp. 173-192). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Brady, N., Skinner, D., Roberts, J., & Hennon, E. (2006). Communication in young children with fragile X syndrome: A qualitative study of mothers' perspectives. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 15, 353-.

Brady, N., Steeples, T., & Fleming, K. (2005). Effects of prelinguistic communication levels on initiation and repair of communication in children with disabilities. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 48(5), 1098-1113.

Brady, N., Marquis, J., Fleming, K., & McLean, L. (2004). Prelinguistic predictors of language growth in children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research, 47(3), 663-667.