AAC Chats

AAC Chats

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AAC Chats episodes

  • Episode 3: Racial Disparities in Access to AAC Intervention

    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.

    30 min
  • Episode 2: Framework for increasing AAC competency for pre-service SLPs and clinicians

    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.

    27 min
  • Episode 1: Targeting Decoding Skills on AAC Devices with Adults with Down Syndrome

    Please provide us with some feedback on our first episode of AAC Chats!

    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

    Other RERC on AAC Blog post about single word reading using the T2L feature

    27 min

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