Joanne P. Lasker,
Ph.D.
Department of
Communication Disorders
Selected Publications
Lasker, J. P. & Garrett, K. L. (in press) Using
the Multimodal Communication Screening Test for Persons with Aphasia (MCST-A)
to guide the selection of alternative communication strategies for people with
aphasia. Aphasiology.
Lasker, J. P., LaPointe,
L.L. & Kodras, J. (2005). Helping a professor with aphasia resume teaching through multimodal approaches.
Aphasiology, 19(3/4/5), 399-410.
Bedrosian, J., Lasker, J., Speidel,
K., & Politsch, A. (2003) Enhancing
the written narrative skills of an AAC student with autism: evidence-based
research issues. Topics in Language Disorders, 23(4), 305-324.
Lasker, J. P. (2002). Categorical
assessment of persons with aphasia. Perspectives on Augmentative and
Alternative Communication, 11(1), 14-20.
Lasker, J. P., & Bedrosian, J. L. (2001). Promoting acceptance of
augmentative and alternative communication by adults with acquired
communication disorders. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 17(3),
141-153.
Lasker, J., & Beukelman, D. R. (1999). Peers’ perceptions of storytelling by an adult with aphasia.
Aphasiology, 13(9-11), 857-869.
Wood, L., Lasker, J., Siegel-Causey,
E., Beukelman, D. R., Ball, L. J. (1998) Input framework for augmentative and
alternative communication. Augmentative
and Alternative Communication 14(4), 261-267.
Lasker, J., Hux, K.,
Garrett, K. L., Moncrief, E. M., & Eischeid, T. J. (1997) Variations on the Written Choice
communication strategy for individuals with severe aphasia. Augmentative and
Alternative Communication, 13, 108-116.
Invited Chapters
Garrett, K. L. & Lasker, J. P. (2005). AAC for adults with severe aphasia
(pp. 467-504). In D. Beukelman & P. Mirenda
(Eds.), Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Augmentative and
Alternative Communication: Supporting Children and Adults with Complex
Communication Needs.
Lasker,
J. P. & Bedrosian, J. L. (2000). Acceptance of AAC by adults with acquired disorders
(pp. 107-136). In D.
Beukelman, K. Yorkston, & J. Reichle (Eds.), Augmentative
Communication for Adults with Neurogenic and
Neuromuscular Disabilities.
Stuart,
S., Lasker, J. P., & Beukelman, D. R. (2000). AAC messaging for adults (pp.
25-54). In D. Beukelman, K. Yorkston, & J. Reichle (Eds.), Augmentative Communication for Adults with Neurogenic and Neuromuscular Disabilities.
Web-based Materials and Creative Products
Lasker,
J. P. & Garrett, K. L. (2005, May). Measuring potential to use alternative communication strategies:
Dependent vs. independent communicators. Paper presented at the Clinical Aphasiology Conference. Abstract retrieved September 2,
2005, from http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/archive/00001593/
Garrett, K.L. &
Lasker, J. P. (2005, January). Multimodal screening test for
persons with aphasia. Retrieved September 2, 2005, from http://aac.unl.edu/screen/screen.html
Lasker, J. P.
(2004, December). 2004
Medicare speech generating device fee schedule. Retrieved
September 2, 2005, from http://www.sgdfunding.org/codes.html
Lasker,
J. P. & Medicare Implementation Team. (2001-2004). Materials
for Medicare funding of AAC technology. Retrieved September 2, 2005,
from http://aac-rerc.com/pages/medicare/MCgeneral.htm
Updated January, 2006