Support for AAC use in preschool, and growth in language skills, for young children with developmental disabilities

RM Barker, S Akaba, NC Brady… - Augmentative and …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Little is known about how AAC use in preschool may impact language development for
children with complex communication needs (eg, children with autism, cerebral palsy, Down …

[PDF][PDF] Teaching partners to support the communication skills of young children who use AAC: Lessons from the ImPAACT program

J Kent-Walsh, C Binger, M Malani - Early Childhood Services, 2010 - researchgate.net
The source of this problem stems, at least in part, from a lack of systematic instruction.
However well intentioned, spending 5 or 10 minutes showing a partner how to use a new …

Measuring AAC interventions for individuals with severe developmental disabilities

R Sevcik, MA Romski, L Adamson - Augmentative and Alternative …, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
This paper considers the issue of efficacy as it relates to augmentative and alternative
communication (AAC) interventions for children with severe developmental disabilities. First …

Common questions about AAC services in early intervention

CJ Cress, CA Marvin - Augmentative and alternative …, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
Children and adults with developmental delays have benefited from the use of augmentative
and alternative communication (AAC) systems to develop language skills necessary for …

Facilitating vocabulary in toddlers using AAC: A preliminary study comparing focused stimulation and augmented input

PL Solomon-Rice, G Soto - Communication Disorders …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Toddlers benefiting from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) often
demonstrate delayed expressive vocabulary. However, a paucity of AAC intervention …

A critical synthesis of barriers and facilitators to the use of AAC by children with autism spectrum disorder and their communication partners

C Donato, E Spencer, M Arthur-Kelly - Augmentative and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this review was to critically synthesize barriers and facilitators to the use of AAC
systems by children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their communication partners …

“Let's go star fishing”: Reflections on the contexts of language learning for children who use aided AAC

J Light - Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1997 - Taylor & Francis
A full account of language development must consider not only the child's characteristics
and skills but also the environment for language learning. The language learning …

Integrating AAC instruction into regular education settings: Expounding on best practices

S Calculator, C Jorgensen - Augmentative and Alternative …, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
This article begins with a brief review of the special communication needs of children with
severe disabilities. Next, practices that have been found to optimize these children's …

Using the iPad to facilitate interaction between preschool children who use AAC and their peers

MCS Therrien, J Light - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Social interaction is one of the key components of education, yet children with complex
communication needs often face social isolation in the classroom, rarely interacting with …

“When I first got it, I wanted to throw it off a cliff”: The challenges and benefits of learning AAC technologies as described by adults who use AAC

T Rackensperger, C Krezman… - Augmentative and …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Seven individuals (aged 21–41 years) with cerebral palsy and who used speech generating
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices participated in a focus group …