Ashley Brien, PhD, CCC-SLP, is an ASHA certified speech language pathologist. She received her MS in Communication Sciences and Disorders and her PhD in Interprofessional Health Sciences from the University of Vermont. She has instructed many courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels in the areas of autism, social cognition, augmentative and alternative communication, disability, and research methods. Additionally, she provides intervention in speech, language, AAC, and social communication to children and adolescents and their families. Dr. Brien’s research focuses on the development, implementation, and social validity of family-centered interventions to support social learning and episodic memory in individuals with autism. She has also designed intervention materials to support social cognition and communication in a variety of populations with social learning challenges. She has written about her work in several peer-reviewed articles and presented her findings nationally and internationally. She is also co-author of the book Supporting Social Learning in Autism: An Autobiographical Memory Program to Promote Communication and Connection.
