Dr. Caroline Musselwhite

FAVORITE TIP

Don't be a shut in. Go out and about!Think of how you learn! Do you do it in lessons? Or in life! So don't stop at teaching language to a person. Help them use it. Go out and about in the community. Have the buy things, say hi to people, tell you which direction they want to go next. Your child will learn more. And, even better, you'll both have fun!

Dr. Caroline Musselwhite

AT Specialist / Southwest Superstar!

Biography

Dr. Caroline Musselwhite is an assistive technology specialist with more than 30 years of experience working with children and adolescents with severe disabilities, in a variety of settings, including Head Start, developmental day programs, and the public schools. She has also taught courses at several universities, including West Virginia University, and Western Carolina University. 

Dr. Musselwhite has authored a number of textbooks and “how-to” books on a range of topics, including Emergent LiteracySuccess, Communication Programming for Persons with Severe Handicaps, and Reading Activities Project for Older Students (R.A.P.S.). She has also authored a number of software programs (Write to Talk, Social Scripts) and books (Learning to Work) for youth with disabilities. She has presented thousands of workshops throughout the world, and is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC).

Honors include: Foundation Fellowship (West Virginia University), Educator of the Year (Association for Retarded Citizens, North Carolina), Honors of the Association, (North Carolina Augmentative Communication Association), and DiCarlo Outstanding Clinician Award (North Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association), and ISAAC Fellow.