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AACademics AAC Research Summary: The Influence of Information and Role Playing Experiences on Children’s Attitudes Toward Peers Who Use AAC by Beck and Fritz-Verticcho (2003)
AACademics: Each month, NWACS Contributor Julia highlights hot topics in AAC Research in a format that makes for some lighter reading and helps us apply current research to our AAC learners.
This month’s article explores the influence of being provided information about communicating with an AAC user, as well as role-playing being nonspeaking, on peer to peer interactions between AAC users and non-AAC users.
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AACademics AAC Research Summary: Dynamic Assessment for 3- and 4-Year-Old Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Evaluating Expressive Syntax by Binger, Kent-Walsh, and King (2017)
AACademics: Each month, NWACS Contributor Julia highlights hot topics in AAC Research in a format that makes for some lighter reading and helps us apply current research to our AAC learners.
The topic for this month’s summary is dynamic assessment.
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AACademics AAC Research Summary: The impact of augmentative and alternative communication intervention on speech production of individuals with developmental disabilities: A research review by Diane C. Millar, Janice C. Light, and Ralf W. Schlosser (2006)
AACademics: Each month, NWACS Contributor Julia highlights hot topics in AAC Research in a format that makes for some lighter reading and helps us apply current research to our AAC learners.
The topic for this month’s summary is the effect of AAC interventions on speech production.
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AACademics AAC Research Summary: Consistent Symbol Location Affects Motor Learning in Preschoolers Without Disabilities: Implications for Designing Augmentative and Alternative Communication Displays by Jennifer J. Thistle, Stephanie A. Holmes, Madeline M. Horn, and Alyson M. Reum (2018)
AACademics: Each month, NWACS Contributor Julia highlights hot topics in AAC Research in a format that makes for some lighter reading and helps us apply current research to our AAC learners.
The topic for this month’s summary is motor learning and AAC!
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AACademics AAC Research Summary: Effects of Interventions That Include Aided Augmentative and Alternative Communication Input on the Communication of Individuals With Complex Communication Needs: A Meta-Analysis by Tara O’Neill, Janice Light, and Lauramarie Pope (2018)
AACademics: Each month, NWACS Contributor Julia highlights hot topics in AAC Research in a format that makes for some lighter reading and helps us apply current research to our AAC learners.
The topic for this month’s summary is modeling!
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