At the 2019 ASHA Conference, Mandak and colleagues explored a new multimodal access technology which integrated eye-gaze and scanning with two adults with cerebral palsy.
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Effects of video VSDs on communication during play: A pilot study (Laubscher et al., 2019)
Laubscher et al. examined the effects of video VSDs and instruction on communication between a child with ASD and a peer with typical development during play.
Effect of dynamic text on single word reading of adults with IDD (Holyfield et al., 2019)
Holyfield et al. investigated the use of VSDs with dynamic text on the single-word reading of adults with IDD.
Visual attention to AAC VSDs in individuals with and without developmental disabilities (O’Neill et al., 2019)
O’Neill et al. investigated visual attention to complex AAC VSDs by participants with and without developmental disabilities.
2019 Doctoral Student Research Think Tank
The 2019 Doctoral Student AAC Research Think Tank was held on the University Park campus of Penn State University from May 19 – May 21, 2019.
Team ATOM wins 2019 RERC on AAC Student Research and Design Competition
Michael Laffin, Kyle Cleven, Dexter Rausch won the 2019 RERC on AAC Student Research and Design Competition for their work on the Adaptive Tongue Operated Mouse (ATOM).
Effects of shared reading on language and literacy skills of children with ASD (Boyle et al., 2019)
Boyle et al. completed a systematic review to investigate the impact of shared reading on early language and literacy skills for children with ASD.
Student Engineering Partnerships for Spring 2019
The RERC on AAC partnered with a student engineering Learning Factory team at Penn State University in the spring of 2019
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.
The employment experiences of adults with ASD who use AAC (Richardson, McCoy, & McNaughton, 2019)
Richardson et al describe the employment experiences of 7 individuals with ASD who use AAC in the workplace.