This article provides an overview of early intervention and AAC over the 30-year period
since the founding of the journal Augmentative and Alternative Communication in 1985. It …

Documented variability in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention
outcomes makes it difficult for clinicians to select systems most likely to be effective for …

Syftet är öka kunskapen om hur yrkesverksamma i förskolan säger sig använda TAKK,
tecken som alternativ kompletterande kommunikation, i förskolans undervisning. Vidare …

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 …

Purpose: Ensuring equitable access to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
intervention services for children with complex communication needs (CCN) is crucial …

Understanding the characteristics of students with complex communication needs and
significant cognitive disabilities is an important first step toward creating the kinds of …

Abstract Language acquisition theories differ in the importance they assign to production as
a learning mechanism. This review summarizes some of the theoretical issues linked to this …

Background The use of technology to assist in the communication, socialization, language,
and motor skills of children with Down's syndrome (DS) is required. The aim of this study …

Contradictory reports of play strengths and weaknesses for children with autism spectrum
disorders (ASD) persist in the literature. We compared the play of 19 children with ASD to 19 …

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 …