Nicole Romano, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, Speech-Language Pathology

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Health Professions, 4140 CC

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Ph.D., Penn State University, 2026

M.S., Penn State University, 2019

B.S., Penn State University, 2017

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)

Communication, language and literacy intervention for students with multiple disabilities

Romano, N., Caron, J., Redmon, S., Babb, S., and Solis, C. (2026). Service providers’ experiences and challenges in teaching writing to students using Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) in three schools. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00104
Romano, N., Caron, J., and Solis, C. (2026). Effects of an adapted alphabetic principle and phonemic awareness intervention to improve Spelling for adolescents who use or need Augmentative and Alternative Communication. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 35(4), 1544-1567. https://doi.org/10.1044/2026_AJSLP-25-00252
Caron, J. G., Babb, S., Stokes, H., Holyfield, C., and Romano, N. (2025). "It's a lot of collaboration": Related service providers supporting literacy instruction for learners who use augmentative and alternative communication. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_LSHSS-24-00034
Romano, N., Solis, C. and Caron, J. (2026). Effects of a heart word instructional teaching method on the spelling of high-frequency words for students who use or need Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). [Under Review].
Caron, J., Babb, S., O’Neill Zimmerman, T., and Romano, N. (2026). Understanding Implementation Determinants of Literacy Instruction for Students who use AAC: Perspectives of School SLPs. [Under Review].

Romano, N., Caron, J., Solis, C., and Burke, G. (2025, November). Improving encoding: Effects of daily phonemic awareness instruction for adolescents who use AAC. [Poster Presentation]. American Speech-Language and Hearing Association Convention, Washington, D.C.
Caron, J., Solis, C., Romano, N., and Babb, S. (2026, January). Using video-lesson modeling to support reading for students who use AAC. [Technical Session]. Assistive Technology Industry Association Annual Conference, Orlando, FL.
Redmon, S., McNaughton, D., Armendariz, K., Patenaude, D., Romano, N., and Steffen, K. (2025, August). The AAC Learning Center: Sharing knowledge, building capacity and assessing impact [Poster Presentation]. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Conference, Arlington, VA.
Romano, N., Caron, J., Redmon, S., and Babb, S. (2024, December). “Making sure it’s their words, not ours”: Teaching writing to individuals who use AAC. [Poster Presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Seattle, WA.
Caron, J., Barwise, A., Brush, L., Lamb, M., Romano, N., and Babb, S. (2022, November). Improving Early Literacy Skills Through Structured Literacy Approaches for Individuals Who Use AAC. [1-hour Virtual Presentation]. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, New Orleans, LA.