Designing effective AAC displays for individuals with developmental or acquired disabilities: State of the science and future research directions

J Light, KM Wilkinson, A Thiessen… - Augmentative and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews research on the impact of AAC display variables on visual attention and
performance of children with developmental disabilities and adults with acquired conditions …

AAC assessment and clinical-decision making: The impact of experience

A Dietz, W Quach, SK Lund… - Augmentative and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
People with complex communication needs often require a comprehensive augmentative
and alternative communication (AAC) assessment to maximize participation in daily …

Building evidence-based practice in AAC display design for young children: Current practices and future directions

JJ Thistle, KM Wilkinson - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Each time a practitioner creates or modifies an augmentative and alternative communication
(AAC) display for a client, that practitioner must make a series of decisions about which …

Augmentative and alternative communication practices: A descriptive study of the perceptions of South African speech-language therapists

S Dada, Y Murphy, K Tönsing - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Speech-language therapists (SLTs) have direct contact with a wide variety of individuals
who require augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and they are therefore …

The decision-making process in recommending electronic communication aids for children and young people who are non-speaking: the I-ASC mixed-methods study

J Murray, Y Lynch, J Goldbart, L Moulam… - Health Services and …, 2021 - e-space.mmu.ac.uk
Background This project [Identifying Appropriate Symbol Communication (I-ASC)] explored
UK decision-making practices related to communication aid recommendations for children …

Framework for selecting vocabulary for preliterate children who use augmentative and alternative communication

A Bean, LP Cargill, S Lyle - American journal of speech-language pathology, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose Nearly 50% of school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) provide
services to school-age children who use augmentative and alternative communication …

What's important in AAC decision making for children? Evidence from a best–worst scaling survey

EJD Webb, D Meads, Y Lynch, N Randall… - Augmentative and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The choice of which AAC device to provide for a child can have long lasting consequences,
but little is known about the decision-making of AAC professionals who make …

The role of color cues in facilitating accurate and rapid location of aided symbols by children with and without Down syndrome

K Wilkinson, M Carlin, J Thistle - 2008 - ASHA
Purpose This research examined how the color distribution of symbols within a visual aided
augmentative and alternative communication array influenced the speed and accuracy with …

Professionals' decision-making in recommending communication aids in the UK: competing considerations

J Murray, Y Lynch, S Meredith, L Moulam… - Augmentative and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Existing research suggests the provision of communication aids for children with complex
communication needs can have significant positive impacts on health and quality-of-life. The …

The effect of aided language stimulation on the acquisition of receptive vocabulary in children with complex communication needs and severe intellectual disability: a …

Z Laher, S Dada - Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Aided language stimulation is an augmented input strategy that facilitates the expressive
and receptive language skills of persons who require augmentative and alternative …