School of Human Communication Sciences
Ms Karen Bloomberg
Adjunct Lecturer
Tel: 03 9479 1802
Fax: 03 9479 1874
Email: k.bloomberg@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
- B.App.Sc. (Com.Dis.)
- M.S. (Audiology and Speech Pathology)
- Fellow of Speech Pathology Association of Australia
Areas of Interest
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Augmentative Communication
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Complex communication needs
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Early communication skills, sign and gesture
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Key word sign and gesture
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Teaching, Clinics and Supervision
Research
- Translucency study of graphic symbol sets
- Picture It - "Partners in Communication Training using real
environments - Through Interactive Teaching"
- Key word signing - A study of the efficacy of training on communication
partners
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Publications
(2006) Brownlie, E., Basterfield, C. & Bloomberg, K. Let's play with
sign. Makaton Australia.
(2005) Cameron, M. Howell, I., Bloomberg, K. and Keesing, E. The Makaton
Vocabulary - Auslan Edition, CD ROM.
(2005) Iacono, T., Bloomberg, K. and West, D. A preliminary investigation
into the internal consistency and construct validity of the Triple C :
Checklist of Communication Competencies. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities, Sept. 2005, 30 (3), 139-145.
(2004) Perry, A., Reilly, S., Cotton, S., Bloomberg, K. & Johnson,
H. A demographic survey of people who have a disability and complex communication
needs. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 9 (3) 259-271.
(2004) Bloomberg, K., West, D., Johnson, H. InterAACtion - Strategies
for intentional and unintentional communicators Manual and CD ROM. Communication
Resource Centre, 830 Whitehorse Rd. Box Hill, 3128, Victoria, Australia
(2003) Bloomberg, K., West, D. & Iacono, T. PICTURE IT: an evaluation
of a training program for carers of adults with severe and multiple disabilites.
Journal of Intellectual and developmental Disability, Vol 28, No. 3, pp.
260 - 282.
(2002) Bloomberg, K., InterAACtion - Strategies for intentional and unintentional
communicators (Video) Communication Resource Centre, 830 Whitehorse Road,
Box Hill VIC 3128
(2001) Making the disability standards accessible for non-reading and
non-speaking clients. Australian Communication Quarterly, 3, 3
(1998) Triple C - Checklist of Communication Competencies
(1996) "prAACtically speaking"- functional communication stragegies:.
Manual, Yooralla Society of Victoria
(1993) The efficacy of intervention with severe and profoundly disabled
clients. ASSID 1995 Conference Proceedings
(1991) "Severe Communication Impairment Outreach Project".
Communication Matters, pp.15-19
(1991) Communication without speech: A guide for teachers and parents.
Edited by K. Bloomberg & H. Johnson, ACER
(1990) Augmentative Communication in Severe Impairment Cases, Chapter
15, The Exceptional Child, Edited by Susan R. Butler
(1990) A statewide demographic survey of people with severe communication
impairments, AAC, 6, 1
(1990) "The comparative translucency study of initial lexicol items
represented in five graphic symbol systems and sets" J.S.H.D.
(1988) Speech Pathology Services for people with a severe communication
impairment . AJHCD, 16, PP. 69-85
(1986) Unaided and Aided Resource Lists. Communication Outlook, Vol.
8, No. 3
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