Skye Adams
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