Sally's research interests are focused around access to the curriculum and to literacy learning for children who use augmentative and alternative communication. Sally is working with the Better Start Literacy Approach team to assist with the adaptation of the assessment and instructional approach for children with complex communication and learning needs. In addition, she is partnering with colleagues from Griffith University in Australia (Marleen Westerveld, Jessica Paynter) on research exploring the literacy learning profiles of children on the autism spectrum. Sally and her colleague Elizabeth Doell also have an established research partnership. Their research is focused on the development of valid and authentic tools for profiling and monitoring language, communication, learning, participation, and wellbeing as well as the development of resources for supporting teachers to enhance language and learning at the universal classroom level.
