Skye Adams

South Africa

Areas of Specialty:

Children with neurogenic communication disorders (ASD, CP and TBI)
Pediatric Dysphagia and oral motor disorders
Autism and feeding difficulties (prevalence and intervention)
Language development (including development of complex language structures)
Developing contextually relevant and appropriate intervention for the developing world
Clinical training of SLP students
Transformation of teaching and learning within the higher education sphere

Population of Focus:

Children and adolescence from diverse backgrounds with multiple disability.
Children and their families focusing on family centered care

Age Range:

Infancy – adolescence

Weblink: https://www.wits.ac.za/staff/academic-a-z-listing/a/skyeadamswitsacza/

Motto:

‘Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savour their songs’

– Nelson Mandela