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  • Episode 7: Supporting Practitioners During Alternative Access Assessments

    Episode 7: Supporting Practitioners During Alternative Access Assessments
    2024/08/29
    Article discussing: Koester, H., Fager, S., Sorenson, T., & Jakobs, E. (2023). Designing an app for alternative access assessments: Using interviews to uncover and define user needs. Assistive Technology, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2023.2213749 If you are a therapist who works in the area of alternative access and are interested in participating in a study using Access Navigator, please email Dr. Koester at hhk@umich.edu. RERC on AAC Website. (https://rerc-aac.psu.edu/) The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants # 90RE5017, #90REGE0014). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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  • Episode 6: NDBIs and AAC Interventions for Children on the Autism Spectrum

    Episode 6: NDBIs and AAC Interventions for Children on the Autism Spectrum
    2024/07/30
    Article discussing: Pope, L., Light, J. & Laubscher, E. (2024). The Effect of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions and Aided AAC on the Language Development of Children on the Autism Spectrum with Minimal Speech: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06382-7 [Blog post about this article (https://rerc-aac.psu.edu/2024/06/13/effect-of-naturalistic-developmental-behavioral-interventions-ndbis-and-aided-aac-on-the-language-development-of-children-on-the-autism-spectrum-a-systematic-review-pope-et-al-2024/)] on the RERC on AAC Website. The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants # 90RE5017, #90REGE0014). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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    32 分
  • Episode 5: AAC Interventions for Children with Multiple Disabilities

    Episode 5: AAC Interventions for Children with Multiple Disabilities
    2024/06/28
    Article discussing: Brittlebank, S., Light, J. C., & Pope, L. (2024). A scoping review of AAC interventions for children and young adults with simultaneous visual and motor impairments: Clinical and research implications. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2024.2327044 [Blog post about this article] (https://rerc-aac.psu.edu/2024/06/02/aac-interventions-for-children-with-visual-and-motor-impairments-brittlebank-et-al-2024/)on the RERC on AAC Website. The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants # 90RE5017, #90REGE0014). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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    43 分
  • Episode 4: Working with Children with Cortical Visual Impairment

    Episode 4: Working with Children with Cortical Visual Impairment
    2024/05/30
    Article discussing: Tara V. McCarty & Janice C. Light (2023) “It’s like a guessing game all the time”: parent insights on barriers, supports, and priorities for children with cortical visual impairment and complex communication needs, (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37158794/) Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 39:4, 256-269, DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2023.2206904 Blog post about this article (https://rerc-aac.psu.edu/2024/06/02/parent-insights-on-barriers-supports-and-priorities-for-children-with-cortical-visual-impairment-and-complex-communication-needs-mccarty-light-2023/) on the RERC on AAC Website. The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants # 90RE5017, #90REGE0014). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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    40 分
  • Episode 3: Racial Disparities in Access to AAC Intervention

    Episode 3: Racial Disparities in Access to AAC Intervention
    2024/04/28
    Article discussing: Pope, L., Light, J., & Franklin, A. (2022). Black children with developmental disabilities receive less AAC intervention than their white peers: Preliminary evidence of racial disparities from a secondary analysis. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 31(5), 2159-2174 doi: 10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00079 The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants # 90RE5017, #90REGE0014). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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    29 分
  • Episode 2: Framework for increasing AAC competency for pre-service SLPs and clinicians

    Episode 2: Framework for increasing AAC competency for pre-service SLPs and clinicians
    2024/03/31
    Article discussing: Brittlebank, S. & Sowers, D.J. (2023). Developing augmentative and alternative communication competence in preservice speech-language pathologists: A collaborative model for clinical educators. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-23-00125 Further exploration: RERC on AAC Blog post about this article Free CEU Opportunities offered by the RERC on AAC The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants # 90RE5017, #90REGE0014). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.
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    26 分
  • Episode 1: Targeting Decoding Skills on AAC Devices with Adults with Down Syndrome

    Episode 1: Targeting Decoding Skills on AAC Devices with Adults with Down Syndrome
    2024/01/18
    Please provide us with some feedback on our first episode of AAC Chats (https://forms.gle/r8DJt5dejF9afCR7A)! Article discussing: Holyfield, C., Pope, L., Light., J., Jakobs., E., Laubscher, E., McNaughton, D., & Pfaff, O. (2023). Effects of an augmentative and alternative communication technology decoding feature on single-word reading by individuals with Down syndrome and limited functional speech. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 32 (3), 1195-1211. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10184888/ Further exploration: RERC on AAC Blog post about this article (https://rerc-aac.psu.edu/2023/12/13/effects-of-an-aac-feature-on-decoding-and-encoding-skills-of-adults-with-down-syndrome-holyfield-et-al-2023/) Other RERC on AAC Blog post about single word reading using the T2L feature (https://rerc-aac.psu.edu/2023/09/23/effects-of-an-aac-decoding-feature-on-single-word-reading-by-individuals-with-down-syndrome-holyfield-et-al-2023/)
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    26 分