Abigail Delehanty

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Certified Member
• Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA), Member
• ASHA Special Interest Group 1: Language Learning and Education, Member
• ASHA Special Interest Group 10: Issues in Higher Education, Member
• International Society for Autism Research, Member
• Licensed to practice Speech-Language Pathology in the state of Pennsylvania
• Cornell University’s Center for Teaching Innovation, Certificate in Inclusive Teaching

‡Student authors supervised or co-supervised

‡Catao, M., O’Connor, K., Ricciardi, M., Marra, L., & Delehanty, A. (2022, November 17 – 19). Student family navigators promoting social communication outcomes for infants and toddlers from lower-income families. [Poster session]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.            asha2022-asha.ipostersessions.com/Default.aspx?s=3E-C6-2F-E8-ED-5D-C5-5E-8D-5D-4D-3B-04-00-79-A6

Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2022, November 17 – 19). Coordinated social communication in toddlers with and without autism during a home observation. [Poster session]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
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Romano, M., Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., Eugenio, J., Abarca, D., Trivedi, B., & Brown, J. (2022, November 17 – 19). Family routines within caregiver-implemented early interventions: A scoping review. [Poster session]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, New Orleans, LA.
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Delehanty, A., Hooker, J., Dillon, J. C., & Wetherby, A. M. (2022, May 11 – 14). Associations among motor speech, arm and hand control, social communication, and language skills in toddlers with and without autism spectrum disorder. [Poster session]. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

Hooker, J., Delehanty, A., Nottke, C., & Wetherby, A. M. (2022, May 11 – 14). The 16 early signs checklist: a brief observational screener to improve detection of early signs of autism in very young children. [Poster session]. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.

Delehanty, A. & Wetherby, A. (2021, November 18 – 20). Sequential analysis of parent-child communication during a home observation for toddlers with and without autism. [Paper presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C.

‡Hoehl, M., Rubino, L., Beck, D., Lorio, C., Rusiewicz, H., & Delehanty, A. (2021, November 18 – 20). Peer relationships in school-age individuals with communication disorders: A scoping review. [Poster session]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C.

Romano, M., Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., Eugenio, J., Abarca, D., Trivedi, B., & Brown, J. (2021, September 20 – 24). Family routines in caregiver implemented interventions: Where we stand, where we are headed. [Poster session]. 37^th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families of the Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children, A Virtual Event.

‡Delehanty, A., Hoehl, M., & Wetherby, A. M. (2020, November 19 – 21). Rate of communication and gesture use in toddlers with and without autism spectrum disorder across everyday activities at home. [Poster session]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled)

Hooker, J., Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2020, May 6 – 9). Parent-reported social communication skills of children with autism, language delay, and typical development early and late in the second year of life. [Poster session]. International Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. (Conference canceled)

Wetherby, A. M., Hooker, J., Nottke, C., Delehanty, A., Chambers, N., Sohl, K., & Woods, J. (2020, May 6 – 9). The global reach of Autism Navigator^® and Baby Navigator™ using mobile technology to improve early detection of autism and access to care. [Poster session]. Society for Autism Research Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. (Conference canceled)

Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Romano, M. (2020, February 27 – 29). An examination of procedures used to teach interactive shared book reading practices to parents of infants and toddlers. [Poster session]. Conference on Research Innovations in Early Intervention, San Diego, CA.

Delehanty, A., Lohr, K., & Wetherby, A. M. (2019, November). Try your hand: What gestures do toddlers with autism use during everyday activities at home? Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.

Lorio, C., Yates, A., Delehanty, A., & Romano, M. (2019, November). Parent-child shared book reading with children birth-3 years old: A scoping review. Poster accepted for presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.

Wetherby, A. M., Delehanty, A., Hooker, J., & Woods, J. J. (2019, November). Late Bloomer, Language Delay, or Autism at 18 Months: How Can We Tell Them Apart? Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.

Wetherby, A. M., Hooker, J., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. J. (2019, November). Imagine 167 Hours a Week: Maximizing the Impact of the SLP Between Early Intervention Sessions. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Orlando, FL.

Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2019, May). Associations among child gestures and measures of social communication and autism symptoms in toddlers with and without autism spectrum disorder during a home observation. Paper presented at the International Society for Autism Research 2019 Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Wetherby, A. M., Delehanty, A., Nottke, C., Chambers, N., Schrader, E., Davis, I., & Woods, J. (2019, May). The global reach of Autism Navigator® mobile technology to improve early detection. Poster presented at the International Society for Autism Research 2019 Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Bryant, M., Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. J. (2018, November). Graduate student clinicians' use of reflection during a telepractice "summer camp" for children with ASD. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Delehanty, A., Morgan, L., & Wetherby, A. M. (2018, November). Late talker or autism spectrum disorder? Early measures of expressive vocabulary and social communication. E-poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Montgomery, T., Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2018, November). Investigation of narrative production abilities in three- and four-year-old children. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Wetherby, A. M., Holland, R., Moore, J., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. J. (2018, November). From milestones to meaningful outcomes: Changing developmental trajectories of infants and toddlers with autism. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Wetherby, A. M., Zenko, C., Delehanty, A., Hooker, J., Morgan, L., & Woods, J. J. (2018, November). The Extenders: Innovative Service-Delivery Options to Improve Outcomes of Individuals with Autism Across the Lifespan. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA.

Delehanty, A., Lorio, C., & Woods, J. (2018, October). Coaching parents via telepractice to use visual supports with preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder. Poster presented at the 34th Annual International Conference on Young Children with Special Needs and Their Families of the Division of Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children, Orlando, FL.

Bratek, E., Kurtz, M., Perez, T., Rishell, J., Thompson, L., Travis, E., Viteri, T., Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. J. (2017, November). Coaching parents of preschoolers with ASD to participate in a telepractice summer camp. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Delehanty, A., Lorio, C., & Woods, J.J. (2017, November). Training graduate student clinicians to use telepractice for coaching caregivers of preschoolers with ASD. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Hooker, J. L., Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2017, November). Five years later: Outcomes of a community sample of children diagnosed with autism at three. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. J. (2017, November). Parent and provider perceptions of a telepractice "virtual summer camp" for preschoolers with ASD. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Wetherby, A. M., & Delehanty, A. (2017, November). Mobilizing community systems to improve early detection of autism using innovative technologies to bridge research-to-practice. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Los Angeles, CA.

Delehanty, A., Lee, J., Cortese, J., & Woods, J.J. (2017, May). Early social communication milestones and autism spectrum disorder: Using social media to engage families. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, San Diego, CA.

Delehanty, A., Warrick-Imrisek, J., Rich Wiseman, N.D., Jones-Ellis, D., Barnes, S., North, C., & Wetherby, A. M. (2017, May). Using tailored e-mail messages about social communication milestones and autism spectrum disorder to engage professionals in Autism Navigator® for Primary Care. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, San Francisco, CA.

Evans, A., Delehanty, A., Grinker, R., Mazzatenta, S., Brown Speights, J., Walton-Walker, T., & Wetherby, A. M. (2017, May). Cross-cultural family perspectives on early detection of ASD. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, San Francisco, CA.

Turchi, R., Brown Speights, J., Delehanty, A., Mazzatenta, S., Andracchio, L., Kaiser, E., & Wetherby, A.M. (2017, May). Physicians' perspectives on early screening and diagnosis of ASD: Challenges and solutions in diverse communities. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, San Francisco, CA.

Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2017, February). Social communication milestones and autism spectrum disorder: Using Autism Navigator® to engage families and professionals. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Austin, TX.

Fredman, T., Sauermilch, W., & Delehanty, A. (2017, February). Thinking about a PhD? Your journey starts here. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Austin, TX.

Cripe, J., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. (2016, November). Supporting social communication opportunities for adolescents with ASD through interprofessional education: A pilot study of Project PALS. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Delehanty, A., Guthrie, W., & Wetherby, A. M. (2016, November). Verbal and nonverbal outcomes of toddlers with and without early language delays, global developmental delays, and autism spectrum disorder. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Delehanty, A., Imrisek, J., Woods, J. J., & Wetherby, A. M. (2016, November). Early social communication delays and autism spectrum disorder: Using Autism Navigator® to engage professionals. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Philadelphia, PA.

Day, T., Wetherby, A. M., Nottke, C., Delehanty, A., Iosif, A., & Ozonoff, S. (2016, May). Comparison of children with ASD at 3 years of age ascertained from community screening in primary care and a prospective sample of infant siblings. Poster presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Baltimore, MD.

Grinker, R., Delehanty, A., Wetherby, A. M., Evans, A., Brown, J., Stapel-Wax, J., Lord, C. (2016, May). Mobilizing community systems to tackle challenges of early detection of ASD in underserved populations. Paper presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Baltimore, MD.

Wetherby, A. M., Dow, D., Allgood, E., Slate, E., Delehanty, A., Day, T., & Rice, C. (2016, May). Social communication screening and parent concern at 9-21 months of age: Comparison of a large primary care sample and children later diagnosed with ASD. Paper presented at the International Meeting for Autism Research, Baltimore, MD.

Delehanty, A., Woods, J., Anderson, A., & Everhart, N. (2015, November). Supporting social communication opportunities for students with ASD through professional development: Project PALS. Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Farinas, A. C., Kiratzis, E., Long, C., Lopez, A., Misrahi, B., Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. J. (2015, November). Frequency and type of communication exchanges of tweens with ASD while using digital devices. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. (2015, November). PBIS for students with ASD and graduate student clinicians in speech-language pathology: Training, implementation, and feedback. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Denver, CO.

Hooker, J., Livers, A., Ramassini, M., Rippon, E., Rogers, A.M., Woods, J., Delehanty, A., & Cripe, J. (2014, November). Self-determination and social competence intervention for tweens with ASD. Poster presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention, Orlando, FL.

Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2022). Coordinated social communication in toddlers with and without autism spectrum disorder during a home observation. Autism and developmental Language Impairments, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415221121089

Gaines, R., Korneluk, Y., Quigley, D., Chiasson, V., Delehanty, A., & Jacobson, S. (2022). QuickStart for toddlers with autism spectrum disorder: A preliminary report of an adapted community-based early intervention program. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 7. https://doi.org/10.1177/23969415221138699.

Romano, M., Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., Eugenio, J., Abarca, D., Trivedi, B., & Brown, J. (2022). Family routines in caregiver-implemented early interventions: A scoping review. Journal of Early Intervention, 44(4), 371-392. https://doi.org/10.1177/10538151211062206

Bradshaw, J., McCracken, C., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Delehanty, A., Day, T. N., Federico, A., Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C., Klin, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2021). Early social communication development in infants with autism spectrum disorder. Child Development, 92(6), 2224-2234. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13683

Delehanty, A. & Wetherby, A. M. (2021). Rate of communication, gesture use, and developmental outcomes in toddlers with and without autism spectrum disorder during a home observation. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(2), 649-662. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-19-00206

Bradshaw, J., McCracken, C., Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Delehanty, A., Day, T. N., Federico, A., Klaiman, C., Saulnier, C., Klin, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (in press). Early social communication development in infants with autism spectrum disorder. Child Development.

Gaines, R., Korneluk, Y., Quigley, D., Delehanty, A., & Vismara, L. (2021). Act early autism project: The feasibility of an early pathway to care for toddlers at risk of autism spectrum disorder. Canadian Journal of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, 45(2), 113-130. https://cjslpa.ca/files/2021_CJSLPA_Vol_45/No_2/CJSLPA_Vol_45_No_2_2021_1201.pdf

Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Romano, M. (2021). Parent-child shared book reading with infants and toddlers: A systematic review. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/0271121421998793

Pileggi, M., Brane, N., Bradshaw, J., Delehanty, A., Day, T., McCracken, J., Stapel-Wax, J., & Wetherby, A. (2021). Early observation of red flags in 12-month-old infant siblings later diagnosed with autism. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 30(4), 1846-1855. https://doi.org/10.1044/2020_AJSLP-20-00165

Wetherby, A. M., Guthrie, W., Hooker, J., Delehanty, A., Day, T., Woods, J. J., Pierce, K., Manwaring, S., Thurm, A., Ozonoff, S., Petkova, E., & Lord, C. (2021). The Early Screening for Autism and Communication Disorders (ESAC): Field-testing an autism-specific screening tool for children 12 to 36 months of age. Autism. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/13623613211012526

Wickstrom, J., Dell’Armo, K., Salzman, E., Hooker, J., Delehanty, A., Bishop, S., Tassee, M., Wetherby, A., Pierges, T., Damiano, D., Rauch, A., & Thurm, A. (in press). Systematic review: Recommendations for rehabilitation in autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability from clinical practice guidelines. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation.

Delehanty, A., Lee, J., Hooker, J. L., Cortese, J., & Woods, J. J. (2020). Exploring message framing to engage parents in early screening for autism spectrum disorder. Patient Education and Counseling, 103(12), 2525-2531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2020.06.024

Morgan, L., Delehanty, A., Cleary, J., Schatschneider, C., & Wetherby, A. M. (2020). Measures of early social communication and vocabulary production to predict language outcomes at two and three years in late talking toddlers. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51, 366-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.12.005

Schrader, E., Delehanty, A., Casler, A., Petrie, E., Rivera, A., Harrison, K., Paterniti, T., Sebastian, L., Nottke, C., Sohl, K., Levy, S.E., & Wetherby, A. M. (2020). Integrating a new online autism screening tool in primary care to lower the age of referral. Clinical Pediatrics, 59(3), 305-309. https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922819900947

Chambers, N., de Vries, P., Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2018). Feasibility of Autism Navigator® training in South Africa. Autism Research, 11(11), 1511-1521. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2018

Delehanty, A., Stronach, S., Guthrie, W., Slate, E., & Wetherby, A. M. (2018). Verbal and nonverbal outcomes of toddlers with and without autism spectrum disorder, language delay, and global developmental delay. Autism and Developmental Language Impairments, 3, 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/2396941518764764

Wetherby, A. M., Woods, J., Guthrie, W., Delehanty, A., Brown, J. A., Morgan, L., Holland, R., Schatschneider, C., & Lord, C. (2018). Changing developmental trajectories of toddlers with autism spectrum disorder: Strategies for bridging research to community practice. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 61(11), 2615-2628. https://doi.org/10.1044/2018_JSLHR-L-RSAUT-18-0028

Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. J. (2016). Digital platforms and supervisory feedback to graduate student clinicians. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 1(11), 18-34. https://doi.org/10.1044/persp1.SIG11.18

Book Chapter

Woods, J. J., Wetherby, A. M., Delehanty, A., Kashinath, S., & Holland, R. (2021). Early social interaction. In P. A. Prelock, & R. J. McCauley (Eds.), Treatment of autism spectrum disorder (pp. 287-314). Baltimore: Brooks Publishing.

• 2021 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University
• 2021 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Academic & Research Mentoring Network, Pathways Program Protégé
• 2021 National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program, Selected for Funding
• 2018 Florida State University Fellows Society, Member
• 2018 Outstanding Doctoral Student, School of Communication Science and Disorders, Florida State University
• 2016-2019 American Speech-Language Hearing Association Award for Continuing Education (ACE)

Duquesne University Students as Family Navigators to Improve Social-Communication Outcomes in Children from Minority and Underserved Communities (Charles Henry Leach II Fund for Duquesne University). PI: Abigail Delehanty, Co-I: Lori Marra, $16,850. 2021-2022.

Effects of Technology-Supported Social Communication Growth Charts Intervention to Improve Outcomes of Toddlers with Communication Delays – Preliminary Study (NIH NIDCD R21 DC018128 01A1). PI: Amy Wetherby; Co-I: Abigail Delehanty. $355,080; Subaward to Duquesne University, $88,301. 2020-2022.

Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Scholar Award, $15,000. 2018-2019.

Florida State University Dissertation Research Grant, $1,000. 2018-2019.