Qualifications 

• B. Comm Path

• MA(AAC)

• PhD (AAC) (University of Pretoria)

Introduction 

My research focuses on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and early communication interventions for children with developmental disabilities, with a particular focus on how communication can be supported in linguistically and culturally diverse, resource-constrained contexts. My work brings together AAC system design, early communication development and intervention, multilingualism and implementation science. I am particularly interested in how young children learn to combine words to express increasingly complex meanings, and how understanding these processes can inform the design of more equitable AAC systems.

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6152-5551

Publications

• Terblanche, C., Pascoe, M., & Harty, M. (2025). Challenges, perceptions and implications of AAC use in South African classrooms: An exploratory focus group study. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 41(1), 47-65, https://doi.org/10.1177/02656590241311063

• Terblanche, C. C., Pascoe, M., & Harty, M. (2025). Do you like my voice? Stakeholder perspectives about the acceptability of synthetic child voices in three South African languages. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 60(1), e13152, https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.13152

• Terblanche, C., Schnoor, T. T., Harty, M., & Tucker, B. V. (2025). The development of synthetic child speech in three South African languages. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 41(4), 333–344. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2374312

• Du Plessis, C. D., Hampton, L. H., & Harty, M. (2024). Enhanced Milieu Teaching in resource-constrained settings: Stakeholder-informed adaptation guidelines. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 71(1), e1–e10. https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v71i1.989