Teaching preschoolers with Down syndrome using augmentative and alternative communication modeling during small group dialogic reading

ED Quinn, AP Kaiser, JR Ledford - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2020 - ASHA
Purpose This study evaluated the effect of aided augmentative and alternative
communication modeling (AAC-MOD) on the communication skills of children with Down …

Personalized early AAC intervention to build language and literacy skills: A case study of a 3-year-old with complex communication needs

J Light, A Barwise, AM Gardner… - Topics in language …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Personalized augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention refers to an
approach in which intervention is tailored to the individual's needs and skills, the needs and …

The ComAlong communication boards: parents' use and experiences of aided language stimulation

A Jonsson, L Kristoffersson, U Ferm… - Augmentative and …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This study evaluated parents' use and experiences of the ComAlong communication boards,
which were provided to them during a parental course on communication development …

Investigating a multimodal intervention for children with limited expressive vocabularies associated with autism

NC Brady, HL Storkel, P Bushnell, RM Barker… - American Journal of …, 2015 - ASHA
Purpose This study investigated a new intervention package aimed at increasing expressive
word learning by school-age children with autism who have limited expressive vocabularies …

Teaching children who use augmentative and alternative communication to ask inverted yes/no questions using aided modeling

J Kent-Walsh, C Binger, C Buchanan - American Journal of Speech …, 2015 - ASHA
Purpose This study investigated the effects of a direct intervention program involving aided
modeling and the presentation of contrastive targets on the aided production of inverted …

Designing augmentative and alternative communication applications: The results of focus groups with speech-language pathologists and parents of children with …

JB Boster, JW McCarthy - Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to gain insight from speech-language pathologists
(SLPs) and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) regarding appealing …

A survey of American speech-language pathologists' perspectives on augmentative and alternative communication assessment and intervention across language …

T Kovacs - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The aim of the study was to collect information about American speech-language
pathologists' preprofessional training, practice, self-perceived competence, adequacy of …

Exploring preschool teachers' and support staff's use and experiences of assistive technology with children with disabilities

D Tamakloe, JS Agbenyega - Australasian Journal of Early …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
THIS QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY explored the professional philosophies and experiences
of preschool teachers and their support staff regarding the use of assistive technology …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of two treatments for childhood apraxia of speech: Methods and treatment protocol for a parallel group randomised control trial

E Murray, P McCabe, KJ Ballard - BMC pediatrics, 2012 - Springer
Abstract Background Childhood Apraxia of Speech is an impairment of speech motor
planning that manifests as difficulty producing the sounds (articulation) and melody …

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 …