Pat Mirenda

Professor
Department of Educational Counselling and Psychology, and Special Education (ECPS)

Dr. Mirenda’s research focuses on augmentative and alternative communication, autism spectrum disorder, inclusive education, instructional techniques for students with significant learning challenges, and positive behavior support. Currently, she is involved in a Canada-wide study of developmental trajectories in children with autism; and studies of the relationship between bilingual language exposure and language development in young children with autism.

Contributions:

Beukelman, D., & Mirenda, P. (2013). Augmentative and alternative communication: Supporting children and adults with complex communication needs (4th ed.) Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Mirenda, P., & Iacono, T. (Eds.) (2009). Autism spectrum disorders and AAC. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
Ohashi, J. K., Mirenda, P., Marinova-Todd, S., Hambly, C., Fombonne, E., Szatmari, P., Bryson, S., Roberts, W., Smith, I., Vaillancourt, T., Volden, J., Waddell, C., Zwaigenbaum, L., Georgiades, S., Duku, E., Thompson, A., and the Pathways in ASD Study Team (2012). Comparing early language development in monolingual- and bilingual-exposed young children with autism spectrum disorders. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 6, 890-897.

Keywords:

Autism spectrum disorder; Augmentative and alternative communication; Positive behaviour support; Inclusive education.
pat.mirenda@ubc.ca
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