Stephen Camarata

Professor
Vanderbilt University

Stephen Camarata is professor of hearing and speech sciences and of psychiatry at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. His expertise includes assessment and treatment of communication skills in children with autism and other developmental differences. He has published more than 100 papers on this topic and is the author of “Late Talking Children: A Symptom or a Stage” and writes for Psychology Today.

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