Abigail Delehanty

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Certified Member #12078279
• Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA), Member #45646
• Council of Academic Programs in Communication Sciences and Disorders (CAPCSD), Member
• Licensed to practice Speech-Language Pathology in the state of Pennsylvania
• ASHA Special Interest Group 1: Language Learning and Education, Member
• International Society for Autism Research, Member (2014-2022)
• The Penn State Autism and Developmental Disorders Collaborative (ASD@PSU), Stakeholder
• Team STEPPS® 3.0 – Complete Course (2024)
• CAPCSD Interprofessional Education and Practice Learning Community, Invited Member (2023)
• Mental Health First Aid Training (2025)

‡Student authors supervised or co-supervised

National and International Peer-Reviewed Presentations

‡Catão, M., & Delehanty, A., Baumann, B., & Senekkis, P. (2025, November 20-22). Chew on it: A pilot study of a multimodal assessment of mastication protocol. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C.

‡Delehanty, A., Granto, E., & Catão, M. (2025, November 20-22). Promoting early identification of speech motor delays in autistic toddlers using a novel clinical assessment. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C.

Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., Romano, M., Brown, J., & Lanker, O. (2025, November 20-22). Speech-language pathologists’ knowledge and use of caregiver coaching practices across work settings. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C.

‡Tuddenham, S., & Delehanty, A., Marra, L., Snyder, S., & Tichenor, S. (2025, November 20-22). An implementation study of phonological awareness assessment tasks in d/Deaf and hard of hearing students. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, D.C

‡Granto, E., Catão, M., & Delehanty, A. (2025, April 7-9). Promoting early identification of speech motor delays in autistic toddlers using a novel clinical assessment. [Poster presentation]. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Rees, N., Marchionda, F., & Delehanty, A. (2025, April 7-9). How do toddlers on the autism spectrum explore and use objects during toy play in the home environment? [Poster presentation]. National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Bandosz, M., & Delehanty, A. (2024, December 5-7). How do toddlers on the autism spectrum communicate during play with traditional and electronic toys? [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA.

‡Catão, M., & Delehanty, A. (2024, December 5-7). Exploring social communication and language use in infants and toddlers by age and type of children’s book. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA.

Romano, M., Delehanty, A., Brown, J., Lorio, C., & Woods, J. (2024, December 5-7). Practical strategies to help caregivers choose family routines as interaction contexts in early intervention. [Paper presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA.

‡Sgarbossa, I., & Delehanty, A. (2024, December 5-7). Effects of an online training on the early signs of autism for undergraduate students. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Seattle, WA.

McCann, M., Manspeaker, S., DeIulius, E., & Delehanty, A. (2024, October 9-11). Building cultural humility and interprofessional socialization through interprofessional learning collaboratives. [Paper presentation]. International Teaching Learning Cooperative Lilly Conference, Traverse City, MI

Delehanty, A., Manspeaker, S., DeIulius, I., & McCann, M. (2024, September 25-October 1). Healthcare students’ perceived growth in cultural humility and interprofessional socialization following a grand rounds interprofessional workshop: A cross-sectional study of two cohorts. [Poster presentation]. Nexus Summit 2024, Virtual.

Delehanty, A., Lorio, C., Romano, M., Brown, J., Woods, J., & Wetherby, A. M. (2023, November 16-18). Social communication and parent verbal responsiveness across interaction contexts in toddlers with and without autism. [Poster session]. Annual Convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Boston, MA

DeIulius, E., Manspeaker, S., Delehanty, A., & McMann, M. (2023, October 17-19). Investigating interprofessional socialization and cultural humility among health care students. Paper [Concurrent presentation]. Association of Schools Advancing Health Professions Annual Conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

‡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.

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.

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.

Delhanty, 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.

Cripe, J., Delehanty, A., & Woods, J. (2016, November 17-19). Supporting social communicationopportunities for adolescents with ASD through interprofessional education: A pilot study of Project PALS. [Poster session]. 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., & 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.

‡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.

State and Regional Peer-Reviewed Presentations

Baumann, B., Brophy, T., Allen, M., Delehanty, A., & Rusiewicz, H. (2025, March 20-22). Clinical accommodations: Upholding standards while creating equal access in CSD. [Paper presentation]. Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Catão, M., & Delehanty, A., Baumann, B., & Senekkis, P. (2025, March 20-22). Chew on it: A pilot study of a multimodal assessment of mastication protocol. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Rees, N., Marchionda, F., & Delehanty, A. (2025, March 20-22). How do toddlers on the autism  spectrum explore and use objects during toy play in the home environment? [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
* Recipient: Award for Meritorious Poster Presentation

‡Tuddenham, S., & Delehanty, A., Marra, L., Snyder, S., & Tichenor, S. (2025, March 19). An implementation study of phonological awareness assessment tasks for literacy development in d/Deaf and hard of hearing students. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Bandosz, M., & Delehanty, A. (2024, April 10-13). Patterns of parent-child communication during play with traditional and electronic toys. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Catão, M., & Delehanty, A. (2024, April 10-13). Exploring social communication and language use in infants and toddlers by age and type of children’s book. [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
* Recipient: Award for Meritorious Poster Presentation

Delehanty, A., & Wetherby, A. M. (2017, February 23-25). Social communication milestones and autism spectrum disorder: Using Autism Navigator® to engage families and professionals. [Paper presentation]. Annual Convention of the Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Austin,TX.

Fredman, T., Sauermilch, W., & Delehanty, A. (2017, February 23-25). Thinking about a PhD? Your journey starts here. [Paper presentation]. Annual Convention of the Texas Speech-Language Hearing Association, Austin, TX.

Duquesne University Presentations

‡Catão, M., & Delehanty, A., Baumann, B., & Senekkis, P. (2025, March 19). Chew on it: A pilot study of a multimodal assessment of mastication protocol. [Poster presentation]. Duquesne University Graduate Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Granto, E., Catão, M., & Delehanty, A. (2025, April 2). Promoting early identification of speech motor delays in autistic toddlers using a novel clinical assessment. [Poster presentation]. Duquesne University Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Rees, N., Marchionda, F., & Delehanty, A. (2025, April 2). How do toddlers on the autism spectrum explore and use objects during toy play in the home environment? Duquesne University Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Tuddenham, S., & Delehanty, A., Marra, L., Snyder, S., & Tichenor, S. (2025, March 19). An implementation study of phonological awareness assessment tasks for literacy development in d/Deaf and hard of hearing students. [Poster presentation]. Duquesne University Graduate Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.
*Recipient: Award for Graduate Research, Rangos School of Health Sciences

DeIuliis, E., Delehanty, A., Henderson, K., Cryzer, T., & Manspeaker, S. (2024, December 12). Interprofessional Education and Practice in the Rangos School of Health Sciences. [Paper presentation]. In-person workshop with Zoom webinar.

Delehanty, A. (2024, October 18). Supporting Ethical Decision Making in Speech-Language Pathology using Generative AI. [Poster presentation]. Duquesne University Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law Tech Ethics Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Catao, M., & Delehanty, A. (2024, April 17). Exploring social communication and language use in infants and toddlers by age and type of children’s book. [Poster presentation]. Duquesne University Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.

‡Ricciardi, M., O’Connor, K., Catão, M., Marra, L., & Delehanty, A. (2023, March 13-17). Student family navigators promoting social communication outcomes for infants and toddlers from lower-income families. [Poster session; selected for live oral presentation]. Duquesne University Graduate Research Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA.
*Recipient: Award for Graduate Research, Rangos School of Health Sciences

‡Bloom, A., & Delehanty, A. (2020, April 21). Autism across the lifespan: Embracing and redefining disability. [Poster session]. Duquesne University Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium, Pittsburgh, PA. 

Invited Research and Instructional Presentations

Spring 2025: Delehanty, A., Marra, L., Catão, M., O’Connor, K., & Ricciardi, M. (2025, March 19). Student family navigators promoting language development in infants and toddlers from lower-income families. CETR Journal Club. [Webinar]. Duquesne University.

Fall 2024: DeIuliis, E., Manspeaker, S., Crytzer, T., Henderson, K., & Delehanty, A. (2024, December 12). Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice Faculty Information Session. [Webinar]. Rangos School of Health Sciences.

Spring 2021-Spring 2023: Invited Speaker: Early Intervention (Undergraduate) Autism: Early identification and intervention, Illinois State University

Spring 2022: Beck, D., & Delehanty, A. (2022, March 16). How to…scoping review: Come to know this research method. [Webinar]. Duquesne University Gumberg Library; Center for Teaching Excellence.

Fall 2021: Delehanty, A. (2021, October 27). Sequential analysis of parent-child communication during a  ome observation for toddlers with and without autism. Presented at the University of Pittsburgh’s Iverson Lab.

Fall 2021: Delehanty, A., & Marra, L. (2021, October 8). Students in the Emerging Language Stage: Bridging Current Research to Practice. Presented to Speech-Language Pathologists employed by the Allegheny Intermediate Unit, Pittsburgh, PA.           

Fall 2021: Delehanty, A. (2021, October 6). No place like home: Observing social communication in the natural environment can promote earlier detection of autism. Presented to The Penn State Autism and Developmental Disorders Collaborative.

Fall 2019: Invited Speaker: Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders

Fall 2020: (Undergraduate) Developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder, Duquesne University

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.

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. 

Lorio, C., Delehanty, A., & Romano, M. (2022). A systematic review of parent-child shared book reading interventions for infants and toddlers.Topics in Early Childhood Special Education. 42(3), 222-233

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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 25(7), 2112-2123

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, 3(3), 110140.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Book Chapters
Lorio, C. M., Delehanty, A., Huerta, L., & Sienza-Duncan, K. (2025). The role of speech-language pathologists in special education: Research-based practices for students with disabilities. In Bakken, J. P. (Ed.), Handbook for educating students with disabilities. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.

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.

2025

• Duquesne University Creative Teaching Award:Interprofessional Education Collaborative Committee: Impact of the 2023 and 2024 Grand Rounds Interprofessional Workshop: Student Perceptions of Growth in Interprofessional Socialization and Cultural Humility. (Team: Drs. Elizabeth DeIuliis, Sarah Manspeaker, Abigail Delehanty and Susan Kelly)
• Meritorious Poster; Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention

2024

• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Innovative Teaching and Pedagogy (Team: Drs. Sarah Manspeaker, Elizabeth DeIuliis, Abigail Delehanty, and Michelle McCann)
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Academic & Research Mentoring Network, Lessons for Success Program Protégé
• Meritorious Poster; Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Students Preparing for Academic-Research Careers (SPARC) Award, Mentor (Michelle Catão, $1,000)
• National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program, Selected for Competitive Renewal (NIH NIDCD 2L30DC019783-02)
• Grefenstette Center for Ethics in Science, Technology, and Law - Tech Ethics Symposium. Faculty Poster Competition: Pedagogy and AI, $200

2023

• Duquesne University Presidential Faculty Summer Writing Award, $5,000
• Rangos School of Health Sciences Award for Graduate Research, Duquesne University Graduate Research Symposium

2022

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Academic & Research Mentoring (ARM) Network, PROGENY (PROmoting the Next GENeration of Researchers) Recipient for Undergraduate Student First-Author Poster Presentation

2021

• Dean’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship, John G. Rangos, Sr. School of Health Sciences, Duquesne University
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s Academic & Research Mentoring  Network, Pathways Program Protégé
• National Institutes of Health Loan Repayment Program, Selected for Funding (NIH NIDCD L30DC019783)

2016, 2024

• American Speech-Language Hearing Association Award for Continuing Education

2018

• Florida State University Fellows Society, Member
• Meritorious Poster Submission, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Annual Convention
• Outstanding Doctoral Student, School of Communication Science and Disorders, Florida State University

2023-2025
Promoting Early Identification of Speech Motor Delays in Autistic Toddlers Using a Novel Clinical Assessment (American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation New Century Scholars Grant). PI: Abigail Delehanty, $25,000.

2023-2025
Investigating Early Social Communication Trajectories of Late Talking Toddlers to Best Predict Language Outcomes for the NIH TALK Initiative (NIMH 3R01MH121364-05S1). PI: Amy M. Wetherby; Co-I/Consortium Lead Investigator: Abigail Delehanty. $572,142; Subaward to Duquesne University, $60,000.

2021-2022
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-PI: Lori Marra, $16,850.

2020-2023
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.