Natacha Trudeau, Ph.D.

Full Professor and Director, School of Speech-Language Therapy and Audiology, Université de Montréal,
Health Science Associate Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal,
Researcher, CRIR–Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), Laurier Pavilion, CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal

Phone: 514 343-6111 (1643)

Fax: 514 343-2115

Email: natacha.trudeau@umontreal.ca

Education

B.Sc., Speech-Language Therapy, Université de Montréal, 1991
M.O.A., Speech-Language Therapy, Université de Montréal, 1993
Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences (Speech-Language Therapy), Université de Montréal, 1999

Research interests

Language development and evaluation in young francophone children; cognitive and linguistic mechanisms underlying the use of graphic symbols as a substitute for oral communication.

Research laboratory

CLEA Laboratory — Communication and Language in Children and Adolescent

Selected publications

Breault, C., Béliveau, M.J., Labelle, F., Valade, F. & Trudeau, N. (2019). Le trouble développemental du langage (TDL) : mise à jour interdisciplinaire. Neuropsychologie clinique et appliquée, 3(Automne 2019), 46-63. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Fourdain, S., St-Denis, A., Harvey, J., Birca, A., Carmant, L., Gallagher, A. & Trudeau, N. CINC Team (2019). Language development in children with congenital heart disease aged 12-24 months. European Journal of Paediatric Neurology, 23(3), 491-499. [doi] OPEN ACCESS

Kay-Raining Bird, E., Trudeau, N. & Sutton, A. (2016). Pulling it all together: The road to lasting bilingualism for children with developmental disabilities. Journal of Communication Disorders, 63, 63-78. [doi]

Trudeau, N., Sutton, A. & Morford, J.P. (2014). An investigation of developmental changes in interpretation and construction of graphic AAC symbol sequences through systematic combination of input and output modalities. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 30(3), 187-199. [doi]

Trudeau, N. & Sutton, A. (2011). Expressive vocabulary and early grammar of 16- to 30-month-old children acquiring Quebec French. First Language, 31(4), 480-507. [doi]

Research orientation

Axis 1: Sensory, Motor and Cognitive Functions and Activities

Research topic

Thème 1 : The person, their entourage and the community

Research Site

CRIR - Institut universitaire sur la réadaptation en déficience physique de Montréal (IURDPM), CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal