Research

Effect of Message Type on the Visual Attention of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury (Thiessen et al., 2017).

June 2, 2017 by David McNaughton

This investigation provides preliminary evidence of the relationship between image and message type for people with TBI.

Student Engineering Partnerships for Spring 2017

June 1, 2017 by David McNaughton

The RERC on AAC partnered with three student engineering Learning Factory teams at Penn State University in the spring of 2017

Penn State News highlights AAC Think Tank

May 22, 2017 by David McNaughton

Penn State News featured the RERC on AAC Doctoral Student Think Tank in a recent news story

Effects of “Transition to Literacy” software on sight word recognition skills … (Boyle et al., 2017)

April 10, 2017 by David McNaughton

Suz Boyle and Ashley McCoy presented on the effects of T2L software at CEC in Boston.

Reading and Writing Intervention for Adults with Complex Communication Needs (Caron et al., 2017)

April 10, 2017 by David McNaughton

Caron et al presented case studies of literacy instruction for adults with complex communication needs

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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Effect of Message Type on the Visual Attention of Adults With Traumatic Brain Injury (Thiessen et al., 2017).

Student Engineering Partnerships for Spring 2017

Penn State News highlights AAC Think Tank

Effects of “Transition to Literacy” software on sight word recognition skills … (Boyle et al., 2017)

Reading and Writing Intervention for Adults with Complex Communication Needs (Caron et al., 2017)

Recent Publications and Presentation

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

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