Geralyn R. Timler is a Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders and Director of the Social Communication and Language Evaluation (SCALE) Lab at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Her clinical research interests focus on examination of peer conflicts tasks, narrative and conversational pragmatic language analyses, parent report, and child self-report to describe the social communication profiles of children with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and developmental language disorder. She currently serves on the editorial board for Topics in Language Disorders and is a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Areas of Emphasis:

• Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Developmental Language Disorder
• Intellectual Disabilities
• Language/Learning Disabilities

Ages of Emphasis:

• Birth to Three
• Early Education (Ages 3–5)
• Early Elementary (Kindergarten to Grade 6)
• Middle School/High School (Grades 7–12)