The effects of telepractice to support family members in modeling a speech-generating device in the home

SN Douglas, EE Biggs, H Meadan, A Bagawan - American Journal of Speech …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Family members are an integral support for children with complex communication
needs (CCN). However, there is limited research exploring “whole family” intervention to …

Ecological systems for students who use AAC: Stakeholders' views on factors impacting intervention and outcomes

EE Biggs, RE Hacker - … and practice for persons with severe …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Although substantial evidence demonstrates the effectiveness of augmentative and
alternative communication (AAC) intervention for students with severe disabilities who have …

School-based speech-language pathologists: Confidence in augmentative and alternative communication assessment

EJ Sanders, TA Page, D Lesher - … , Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine confidence levels and identify predictors
of increased confidence of school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) relative to …

“Everyone deserves AAC”: Preliminary study of the experiences of speaking autistic adults who use augmentative and alternative communication

AL Donaldson, endever* corbin, J McCoy - Perspectives of the ASHA Special …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Autistic adults use a variety of communication methods, including both speech and
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); however, there has been limited, if any …

[HTML][HTML] Communicative interaction with and without eye-gaze technology between children and youths with complex needs and their communication partners

YH Hsieh, M Borgestig, D Gopalarao… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Use of eye-gaze assistive technology (EGAT) provides children/youths with severe motor
and speech impairments communication opportunities by using eyes to control a …

Risk of COVID-19 and major adverse clinical outcomes among people with disabilities in South Korea

JW Choi, E Han, SG Lee, J Shin, TH Kim - Disability and Health Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Evidence regarding the risk of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the major
adverse clinical outcomes of COVID-19 among people with disabilities (PwDs) is scarce …

Supporting aided augmentative and alternative communication interventions for individuals with complex communication needs via telepractice: A tutorial

J Simacek, S Wattanawongwan, J Reichle… - Perspectives of the ASHA …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose People who experience complex communication needs often benefit from
interventions involving augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). However …

[HTML][HTML] Ethical considerations in communicating Alzheimer's disease neuroimaging biomarker test results to symptomatic individuals

DA Wilkenfeld, SL Orbell, JH Lingler - Neurotherapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
This article examines ethical issues associated with the return of AD neuroimaging results to
cognitively symptomatic individuals. Following a review of research on patient and study …

A modeling-guided case study of disordered speech in minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder

KV Chenausky, A Brignell, AT Morgan, AC Norton… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose Understanding what limits speech development in minimally verbal (MV) children
with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is important for providing highly effective targeted …

An initial investigation into the feasibility of the communication matrix professional development program for educational professionals working with students with …

ED Quinn, A Cook, J Wiedrick, C Rowland - Language, Speech, and Hearing …, 2021 - ASHA
Purpose The goal of this study was to investigate the initial feasibility of the Communication
Matrix Professional Development Program (CMPDP), an online program created to help …