At the 2019 ATIA Conference, McNaughton et al. shared progress updates on the many research, development, and training activities of the RERC on AAC.
Archive | Presentation
Cognitive Demands Checklist for AAC (Fried-Oken, et al., 2019)
At the 2019 ATIA Conference, Fried-Oken and colleagues discussed the Cognitive Demands Checklist for AAC—a tool to help identify the attention, memory, and executive function demands of different AAC technologies.
Training SLPs to provide adapted literacy instruction (Caron et al., 2019)
At the 2019 ATIA Conference, Caron and colleagues shared findings from a study in which SLPs were trained in adapted literacy instruction from online modules.
Using video VSDs to increase independence (Babb et al., 2019)
At the 2019 ATIA Conference, Babb and colleagues shared how the use of video VSDs during vocational tasks could support adolescents with CCN.
Using Visual Scene Displays to Teach Early Literacy Skills (Bhana et al., 2019)
At the 2019 ATIA Conference, Bhana et al. discussed how video VSD technology can be used to teach early literacy skills.
Training pre-service SLPs to use family-centered behaviors (Mandak et al., 2018)
At the 2018 ASHA Conference, Mandak et al. presented their findings on an online training designed to improve the family-centered skill sets of pre-service SLPs.
RERC on AAC at ATIA 2019
Many RERC Partners are scheduled to present at the ATIA 2019 Conference in Orlando, FL.
Hospitals as a language learning context for children with complex medical needs (Gormley et al., 2018)
At the 2018 ASHA Conference, Gormley and colleagues presented a case study of the language learning contexts observed during a hospital stay of a child with CCN.
Visual attention during search for a target on an AAC Display (O’Neill et al., 2018)
At the 2018 ASHA Conference, O’Neill and colleagues presented a study on the visual attention of individuals with developmental disabilities when viewing AAC displays.
Effects of video VSDs on modes of communication (Starr et al., 2018)
At the 2018 ASHA Conference, Starr and colleagues shared their findings on the effects of video VSDs on communication turns.