Presentation

Video VSDs for a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Slowey et al., 2018)

April 3, 2018 by David McNaughton

At the 2018 PSHA Convention, Slowey et al presented their findings on the effect of a video visual scene display on communicative turns for a child with ASD.

SmartPredict: AAC app that integrates partner knowledge into word prediction

March 3, 2018 by David McNaughton

Fried-Oken et al presented on a new AAC app at ATIA 2018

Multimodal Input to Enhance Access to Technology (Fager, 2018)

March 3, 2018 by David McNaughton

Susan Fager presented on technologies that integrate multimodal access strategies at ATIA, 2018

Update on the RERC on AAC (2018)

February 9, 2018 by David McNaughton

The partners in the RERC on AAC presented an update on research and development activities at ATIA 2018

Online supports for preservice and inservice instruction in AAC (McNaughton et al., 2018)

February 9, 2018 by David McNaughton

David McNaughton and Chris Klein presented on the development of an AAC MOOC at ATIA 2018

Alternative access for persons with physical disabilities (Koester et al, 2025)

This paper addresses two main questions: “How well do existing alternative access methods meet users’ needs? And what is the best way to choose the “right” access method(s) for a given individual?”

Koester, H., Koch Fager, S., Gormley, J., Jakobs, E., Johnsen, K., & Brumberg, J. (2025). Supporting effective alternative access for individuals with physical disabilities: state of the science, emerging technologies, and future research directions. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2499676

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Video VSDs for a Child with Autism Spectrum Disorder (Slowey et al., 2018)

SmartPredict: AAC app that integrates partner knowledge into word prediction

Multimodal Input to Enhance Access to Technology (Fager, 2018)

Update on the RERC on AAC (2018)

Online supports for preservice and inservice instruction in AAC (McNaughton et al., 2018)

Recent Publications and Presentation

Alternative access for persons with physical disabilities (Koester et al, 2025)

Conferences

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