Boyle et al. completed a systematic review to investigate the impact of shared reading on early language and literacy skills for children with ASD.
Archive | Research
Learning styles and motivations of individuals without prior exposure to AAC (Thiessen & Beukelman, 2019)
Thiessen and Beukelman (2019) Investigated the learning styles and motivation of individuals without prior exposure to AAC
Effects of literacy instruction on single-word reading (Mandak et al., 2018)
Mandak et al. completed a systematic review to investigate the effects of instruction on single-word reading for individuals who use AAC.
RERC on AAC: Progress on Research, Development, and Training Activities (McNaughton et al., 2019)
At the 2019 ATIA Conference, McNaughton et al. shared progress updates on the many research, development, and training activities of the RERC on AAC.
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.
Building capacity in AAC (McNaughton et al., 2019)
McNaughton et al. describe strategies to build capacity and awareness in the AAC field to ensure appropriate AAC supports are provided.
State of the science on AAC technology for children with CCN (Light et al., 2019)
Light et al. review the state of the science related to AAC technologies that are developmentally appropriate and responsive to the needs of children with CCN and their partners.
State of the science on new and emerging access technologies (Fager et al., 2019)
Fager et al. discuss the state of the science on emerging alternative access technologies for individuals with severe motor impairments and CCN.
State of the science on designing effective AAC displays (Light et al., 2019)
Light et al. review the state of the science on how various AAC display variables impact the visual attention and performance of children with developmental disabilities and adults with acquired conditions.