March 12, 2020

Aided Language Modeling

1 hour 2 minutes

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Aided modeling interventions are becoming a common recommendation in the field of AAC. You hear about it at conferences, you see it posted on social media, it’s listed on popular reference websites. It’s kind of a hot topic.

But - what is it exactly? Is it called aided language stimulation, aided language modeling, or aided language input? With everyone calling it different things and doing it in different ways it’s hard to tell if you are doing it correctly.

Plus, a lot of the references out there on social media and blog posts don’t review the literature. Fortunately there is a lot of literature out there, but there is a lot of variation. In this episode we review several articles and meta-analyses to get a feel for the overall evidence out there. We also discuss what evidence we have in the literature support its use and how we can apply it effectively with our clients / students / patients. ASHA Professional Development hours are offered for this course (1 certification maintenance hour). Visit our ASHA Professional Development page for more information .

Learning Outcomes

1. Review and define aided language modeling

2. Review at least two descriptions of aided language modeling in literature

3. Describe at least 2 implementation procedures for aided language modeling

4. Describe at least 2 things to consider when using aided language modeling as an intervention strategy

References

This episode has a substantial reference list. Available as a free download here.

Online Resources

ASHA Practice Portal on AAC:

https://www.asha.org/Practice-Portal/Professional-Issues/Augmentative-and-Alternative-Communication/

ASHA Resources on Evidence Based Practice

https://www.asha.org/research/ebp/evidence-based-practice/

Disclosures:

Financial: Kate Grandbois is the owner / founder of Grandbois Therapy + Consulting, LLC and co-founder of SLP Nerdcast. Amy Wonkka is an employee of a public school system and co-founder of SLP Nerdcast.

Non-financial: Kate and Amy are both members of ASHA, SIG 12, and both serve on the AAC Advisory Group for Massachusetts Advocates for Children. Kate is a member of the Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT), MassABA, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and the corresponding Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis SIG.

Time Ordered Agenda:

10 minutes: Introduction, Disclaimers and Disclosures

20 minutes: Review of the definition of aided language modeling and supporting descriptions in literature

15 minutes: Review of different implementation procedures in aided language modeling

10 minutes: Review considerations for using aided language modeling as an intervention strategy

5 minutes: Summary and Closing

Disclaimer

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