Recent Publications

Love, M., McCollum, M., & Quach, W. (In press). Facilitating interprofessional collaboration to support AAC users: A feasibility and impact study. The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship.

Lund, S., Chung, Y.S., Rackensberger, T., Pentland, A., Castillo, A., Williams, G., & Quach, W. (2024). Listen up! Perspectives of people of color who use augmentative and alternative  communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1–13.  https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2407798 

Lund, S., Quach, W., Weissling, K., McKelvey, M., (2024). Augmentative and alternative   communication assessment for children on the autism spectrum: Protocol development and content validation. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1-16.    https://doi.org/10.1044/2024_LSHSS-23-00127

Barton-Hulsey, A., Boesch, M., Chung, Y.S., Caswell, T., Sontag, A.S., Quach, W. (2023). Emergency and Disaster Preparedness for Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Supported Planning Using a Toolkit. American Journal of  Speech Language Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00086

McKelvey, M., Weissling, K. S. E., Lund, S. K., Quach, W., & Dietz, A. (2022). Augmentative  and Alternative Communication Assessment in Adults With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Results of Semi-Structured Interviews. Communication Disorders Quarterly, 43(3), 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1177/15257401211017143

Lund, S., Weissling, K., Quach, W., McKelvey, M. (2021). Finding a voice for individuals    with ASD who are minimally verbal through comprehensive communication assessment. Perspectives ASHA SIGs (SIG 2). https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_PERSP-20-00227

Grants

Co-PDs: Choi, E.A, Tsai, P.T., Quach, W. (2024-2029). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Project INCLUDE (Integrating Neurodiversity & Cultural-Linguistic Understanding and Differences in Education). Funded for $1,250,000

Quach, W. (2019) R13 grant (subcontractor), the National Institutes of Health, 19th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC). Funded for $39,999

PD: Quach, W. (2015-2020). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Project Tapestry –Preparing Culturally Competent Speech-Language Pathologists to Deliver High Quality Services to Children with Disabilities. Funded for $1,250,000.

Co-PDs: Quach, W., & McCullough, J. (2015-2020). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Project EPICS: Educating Pacific Island Clinicians in Speech-Language Pathology. Funded for $1,250,000.

Co-PIs: Lund, S., Quach, W., McKelvey, M., & Weissling, K. (2013-2016). U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research Field Initiated Program. Optimal Augmentative and Alternative Communication Technology for Individuals with Severe Communication Disabilities: Development of a Comprehensive Assessment Protocol, Funded for $573,103

PD: Quach, W. (2012-2017). U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, Project AACES – Augmentative and Alternative Communication in Educational Settings, Funded for $1,250,000

Awards

2014 Outstanding Achievement Award 2014, California Speech-Language Hearing Association, District 4.

2013 SJSU Student Research Award 2013, Low-Tech, Eye-Movement-Accessible AAC and Typical Adults, Swift, S. & Quach, W.

2012 Outstanding Student Thesis Award 2012-2013, Low-Tech, Eye-Movement-Accessible AAC and Typical Adults, Swift, S. & Quach, W.

2011 Editor's award for the Most Significant Student Article published in 2010, Augmentative and Alternative Communication AAC Journal.