The RERC on AAC will be presenting at ASHA in Seattle, WA on December 5-7, 2024. Handouts will be available.
AAC Interventions for children with visual and motor impairments (Brittlebank et al., 2024)
Individuals with multiple disabilities are among the most challenging to serve and AAC teams often lack direction in determining effective interventions. Children with both visual and motor impairments often have complex communication needs. Often the the term multiple disabilities is used to capture individuals who experience two or more impairments. This scoping review focused on the research evidence on AAC interventions for individuals with complex communication needs and multiple disabilities.
ATIA 2024
The RERC on AAC will be presenting at the ATIA2024 Conference in Orlando, Florida on January 25-27. Handouts will be available below.
Exploring multimodal alternative access: Proof of concept (Mandak et al., 2021)
Mandak et al. report on a new multimodal access technique which integrates eye gaze and scanning.
Exploring child-parent-provider communication on an inpatient rehabilitation unit (Gormley et al., 2018)
At the 2018 ASHA Conference, Gormley et al. shared their findings of the interactions between a child with CCN, her parents, and health care providers on an inpatient rehabilitation unit.
