Marymount Manhattan Professor Publishes New Text

The book serves as an essential reference source for parents, teachers, special educators, researchers, academics, and other professionals seeking relevant information on the emerging technological advances available for individuals on the autism spectrum by bringing together relevant theoretical frameworks and empirical research concerning such technologies.

The book was published in March 2014 and is available via IGI Global.

About Dr. Silton
Nava R. Silton, Ph.D. received her B.S. from Cornell University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Fordham University. Silton has worked at Nickelodeon, Sesame Workshop, and Mediakidz. She has taught both undergraduate and graduate psychology courses at Fordham University, Hunter College, Touro College and began a tenure-track line in the Department of Psychology at Marymount Manhattan College in the fall of 2011. She was a Postdoctoral Templeton Fellow at the Spears Research Institute at the Healthcare Chaplaincy from 2009-2010 and she has conducted research at the Autism Seaver Center at Mount Sinai Hospital and at Sesame Street Workshop. Her primary research interests include determining how best to enhance typical children’s sensitivity to children with disabilities, how to teach social emotional and cognitive skills to children on the spectrum through technology and looking at the interface between religion and health. She is currently producing a children’s television show and comic book series to teach about disabilities and to promote a stop bullying platform in the schools.

Published: March 03, 2014