College of Education
Dwight Irvin Research Group
Led by Dwight Irvin · Special Education, School Psychology and Early Childhood Studies
What we study
The Irvin Lab studies how young children with disabilities experience language environments in schools and homes, using advanced measurement methods. They also explore ways to improve communication skills in these settings.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Longitudinal Peer Social Networks and Early Language Development
This project examines how classroom experiences influence young children's language development.
Validation of an Outcome Measure of Early Social-communication for Young Children with ASD
This study develops and tests a measure for assessing early social-communication skills in children with autism.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Variation in Young Children’s Preschool Language Environments: The Role of Classroom Social Networks
2026 · Early Education and Development
Examines how social networks affect children's talk in preschool classrooms.
- Peer Talk in the Preschool Classroom: Are the Experiences of Children With Language Difficulties Distinctive?
2026 · Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Compares talk between children with language difficulties and their peers in preschool.
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- Exploring discrete speech units for privacy-preserving and efficient speech recognition for school-aged and preschool children
2025 · International Journal of Human-Computer Studies
- Ecobehavioral Assessment and Analysis
2025 · Education and Treatment of Children
- Advances in Measuring the Intersection of Talk and Contextual Features on the Early Childhood Playground
2025 · Topics in Early Childhood Special Education
Uses sensors to track talk and movement on a playground for young children.
Plain-language summaries are AI-written and reviewed by us; check the paper for details.
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