Communication and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Project (CNDP)

The Communication and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Project

The CNDP is a group of multidisciplinary studies investigating the speech, language, and social-behavioral profiles that define different developmental disabilities. Specifically, our studies focus on autism spectrum disorders, fragile X syndrome, and Down syndrome and investigate the neuropsychological, genetic, and environmental features that may be associated with the behavioral and cognitive profiles of these different groups. Specific study goals include:

To understand the different strengths and weaknesses in speech, language, and social understanding across different groups and over development.
To define subtle language and neuropsychological profiles that may relate to the genes involved in autism and fragile X syndrome, among unaffected relatives.
To document the interactions between genes and environment in speech, language, and social development.

Molly Losh, Ph.D., Director and Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor of Allied Health Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
919-966-3854
molly.losh@unc.edu

Communication and
Neurodevelopmental
Disabilities
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Family studies of autism, fragile X syndrome, and Down syndrome

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The Communication and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Project