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Effect of video VSDS on the communicative turns of preschoolers with ASD (Chapin et al., 2021)

March 21, 2021 by David McNaughton

girl with tablet computer

Chapin and colleagues investigated the use of video VSDs with young children with ASD

Filed Under: News, Publication, Research, Student project Tagged With: Caron, Chapin, Light, McCoy, McNaughton, video visual scene display, VSD

Training SLPs to provide adapted literacy instruction (Caron et al., 2019)

April 20, 2019 by David McNaughton

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.

Filed Under: News, Presentation, Research Tagged With: Caron

State of the science on AAC technology for children with CCN (Light et al., 2019)

March 4, 2019 by David McNaughton

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.

Filed Under: News, Publication, Research Tagged With: Caron, Light, McNaughton

T2L and sight word reading for individuals with ASD (Caron et al., 2018)

May 31, 2018 by David McNaughton

Caron et al (2018) describe the impact of a Transition to Literacy ( T2L) intervention with individuals with ASD

Filed Under: News, Publication Tagged With: Caron, Holyfield, Light, McNaughton

Literacy Instruction for learners with complex communication needs

February 9, 2018 by David McNaughton

Jess Caron and colleagues discussed effective literacy interventions for learners with complex communication needs a full-day workshop at ATIA 2018

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Babb, Caron, Holyfield, Light, McNaughton, Salena Babb

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Patrick Regan and a quote from his article in the AAC journal

The first word in accessibility is “access” (Regan, 2025)

Patrick Regan (2025) is President-Elect of USSAAC, and he also plays leadership roles in ISAAC, and in outreach programs for the Bridge School. Patrick experiences Spinal Muscular Atrophy, and has used a wide variety of AAC to communicate. In this paper, he describes “access challenges that I have experienced as someone who uses AAC, how my team and I have resolved them, and what challenges I face now.”

Now free at the AAC journal
https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2513912

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