Conferences

The relationship between story enjoyment and comprehension in autistic and non-autistic school-age children 

Dunlap, A. , Karbakhsh, M., Fleming, K., & Davidson, M.M. (2026, November). The relationship between story enjoyment and comprehension in autistic and non-autistic school-age children. Poster presentation accepted to the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association annual convention. Indianapolis, IN.

Evaluating aspects of social communication as predictors of reading comprehension in school-age autistic children

Davidson, M.M., Fleming, K.K., Karbakhsh, M., & Gottstein, T. (2026, June). Evaluating aspects of social communication as predictors of reading comprehension in school-age autistic children. Poster accepted to the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

A pilot study of production and comprehension of mental state verbs in narratives by school-aged autistic children

Karbakhsh, M., Tigner, L., & Davidson, M.M. (2026, June). A pilot study of production and comprehension of mental state verbs in narratives by school-aged autistic children. Poster accepted to the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI. 

Autistic students’ IEP team case studies: Developing feasible recruitment & qualitative methods

Hugh, M.L. & Davidson, M.M. (2026, March). Autistic students’ IEP team case studies: Developing feasible recruitment & qualitative methods. Oral presentation accepted to the Badar-Kauffman Conference. Kent, OH. 

Practice-based evidence: Envisioning opportunities for moving clinical practices into research

Davidson, M.M., Schliep, M., Brosseau-Lapré, F., Baylor, C., Chow, J., & Oshita, J. (2025, November). Practice-based evidence: Envisioning opportunities for moving clinical practices into research. Oral presentation presented at the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association annual convention. Washington D.C., USA. 

Socioemotional inferencing in more and less social texts for autistic school-age children

Davidson, M.M., Fleming, K.K., Thiemann-Bourque, K., & Gottstein, T.L. (2025, June). Socioemotional inferencing in more and less social texts for autistic school-age children. Oral presentation presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Developmental shifts in spoken and written language comprehension interventions for autistic youth: A systematic review

Karbakhsh, M.* & Davidson, M.M. (2024, November). Developmental shifts in spoken and written language comprehension interventions for autistic youth: A systematic review. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Seattle, WA.

Elevate inclusive shared story time in public libraries: A speech-language pathologist and librarian collaboration

Davidson, M.M., Barton-Hulsey, A., Learman, A., & Wood, J. (2024, November). Elevate inclusive shared story time in public libraries: A speech-language pathologist and librarian collaboration. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Seattle, WA.

Elevate to evidence-based assessment

Davidson, M.M., Boada, K., Vermiglio, A., Reed, N., Baylor, C., Brosseau-Lapré, F., and Schliep, M. (2024, November). Elevate to evidence-based assessment. Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Seattle, WA.

More and less social listening comprehension: A pilot study

Davidson, M.M., Hutto, R., & Fleming, K.K. (2024, May). More and less social listening comprehension: A pilot study. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.

Bias in evidence-based assessment and what do we do about it?

Boada, K.L. Mahendra, N., Speights, M. Brosseau-Lapré, F., Davidson, M.M., Schliep, M., Utianski, R., & Vermiglio, A. (2023, November). Bias in evidence-based assessment and what do we do about it? Presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Boston, MA. 

Top 10 reasons why you need to know implementation science (IS)

Davidson, M.M., Block, M., Potocknik, A., & Bridges, M. (2023, September). Top 10 reasons why you need to know implementation science (IS). Presented at the Kansas SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association annual meeting. Overland Park, KS. 

Supporting individuals with communication disorders in libraries: Librarian readiness for inclusive practices

Lerman, A., Wood, J., Davidson, M.M., & Barton-Hulsey, A. (2023, April). Supporting individuals with communication disorders in libraries: Librarian readiness for inclusive practices. Presentation presented at the Implementation Science IS for All virtual conference. 

Comprehension of more and less social stories: A pilot study in autistic school-age children

Davidson, M.M. & Gottstein, T. (2023, March). Comprehension of more and less social stories: A pilot study in autistic school-age children. Presentation presented at the Autism Across the Lifespan conference. Kansas City, KS. 

Reframe your thinking to get started in implementation science: Challenges and opportunities

Davidson, M.M., Heilman, J., Romano, M., Binger, C., Kent-Walsh, J., Douglas, N. Feuerstein, J., & Caron, J. (2022, November). Reframe your thinking to get started in implementation science: Challenges and opportunities. Presentation presented virtually at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. New Orleans, LA. (Virtual presentation).

Reframing your thinking to teach evidence-based assessment

Davidson, M.M., Spencer, T.D., Mahendra, N., Boada, K.L., Utianski, R.L., Smith, S.L., Castilla-Earls, A., & Vermiglio, A. (2022, November). Reframing your thinking to teach evidence-based assessment. Presentation presented at the American Speech-LanguageHearing Association annual convention. New Orleans, LA. (Virtual presentation). 

Classifying and comparing items across parent-report social communication assessments for school-age children with ASD

Prehn, L. & Davidson, M.M. (2022, September). Classifying and comparing items across parent-report social communication assessments for school-age children with ASD. Poster presented at the Kansas Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Manhattan, KS. (Virtual presentation). 

Examining text socialness of children’s books using LIWC

Davidson, M.M. (2022, July). Examining text socialness of children’s books using LIWC. Presentation presented to the Society for Text and Discourse annual conference. (Virtual presentation). 

How do children with ASD comprehend more and less social texts?

Davidson, M.M. (2021, November). How do children with ASD comprehend more and less social texts? Presentation presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention.

Speech and language disorder treatment access: An initial benchmark

Davidson, M.M., Alonzo, C., & Stransky, M. (2021, November). Speech and language disorder treatment access: An initial benchmark. Presentation presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention.

A conversation with the CRISP Committee: Reviewing stakeholder perspectives of clinical practice research

Spencer, T., Davidson, M.M., Harold, M., Mahendra, N., Nicholson, N., Smith, S. Utanksi, R., & Wallace, S. (2021, November). A conversation with the CRISP Committee: Reviewing stakeholder perspectives of clinical practice research. Presentation presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. 

Uniting stakeholders: Partnerships in implementation science in CSD

Schliep, M. Alonzo, C., Barton-Hulsey, A., Binger, C., Bridges, M., Caron, J., Davidson, M.M., Douglas, N., Morris, M., Oshita, J., Quinn, E., & Olswang, L. (2021, November). Uniting stakeholders: Partnerships in implementation science in CSD. Presentation presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention.  

Systematic review: Interventions for spoken and written language comprehension in ASD

Davidson, M.M., Escobar, R., Roberson, A., & McEathron, S. (2020, November). 11431: Systematic review: Interventions for spoken and written language comprehension in ASD. Proposal accepted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. San Diego, CA (Convention cancelled). 

Treatment access and treating provider for children with speech and language disorders

Davidson, M.M., Alonzo, C., & Stransky, M. (2020, November). 11040: Treatment access and treating provider for children with speech and language disorders. Proposal accepted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. San Diego, CA (Convention cancelled). 

Framing implementation science in CSD: Determining and developing opportunities

Schliep, M.E., Barton-Hulsey, A., Binger, C., Caron, J., Davidson, M.M., Feuerstein, J., Morris, M. Alonzo, C., Bridges, M., Douglas, N., Oshita, J., & Olswang, L. (2020, November). 11097: Framing implementation science in CSD: Determining and developing opportunities. Proposal accepted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. San Diego, CA (Convention cancelled).  

How to make your research count for promotion and for practice: Discussion among clinical researchers

Harold, M., Spencer, T., Douglas, N., Smith, S., Davidson, M.M., Mahendra, N., & Wallace, S. (2020, November). 11818: How to make your research count for promotion and for practice: Discussion among clinical researchers. Proposal accepted to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. San Diego, CA (Convention cancelled).  

Imagining more: An open discussion and brainstorm on implementation science in communication sciences and disorders

Davidson, M.M., Schliep, M. Alonzo, C., Douglas, N., Feuerstein, J., Barton-Hulsey, A., Binger, C., Morris, M., Olswang, L., Oshita, J. (2019, November). Imagining more: An open discussion and brainstorm on implementation science in communication sciences and disorders. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Orlando, FL.

Reading across the autism spectrum

Davidson, M.M. & Barton-Hulsey, A. (2019, November). Reading across the autism spectrum. Oral presentation presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association annual convention. Orlando, FL.

Assessing the text socialness of children's fiction and nonfiction books

Bradshaw, J. & Davidson, M.M (2019, July). Assessing the text socialness of children's fiction and nonfiction books. Poster presented at the society for Text and Discourse annual meeting, New York, New York

The role of social communication in comprehension of social and nonsocial texts in adolescents with ASD

Davidson, M.M. (2019, June). The role of social communication in comprehension of social and nonsocial texts in adolescents with ASD. Poster presented at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI.