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"They Aren't Waiting for an SLP, They Think 'What Can I as a Parent Do Now?'" Course Leaders' Perceptions of AAC Interventions Targeting Parents
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Nordlund, Hanna; Fäldt, Anna – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
Parental interventions can help parents use strategies to support their child's language and communication development. The ComAlong courses are parental interventions that focus on responsive communication, enhanced milieu teaching, and augmentative and alternative communication. This interview study aimed to investigate the course leaders'…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Parent Education, Intervention, Communication Skills
Teletherapy, AAC & COVID-19: The Experiences of Speech Language Pathologists Providing Teletherapy during a Global Pandemic
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Nader, Danielle T.; Erickson, Karen A. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic required many speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to transition to teletherapy service delivery. This study was designed to explore the experiences and perceptions of SLPs who made this transition with children with disabilities who used aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Semi-structured interviews were…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Speech Therapy, COVID-19, Pandemics
Using the ImPAACT Program with Preschoolers with Down Syndrome: A Hybrid Service-Delivery Model
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Timpe, Erika M.; Kent-Walsh, Jennifer; Binger, Cathy; Hahs-Vaughn, Debbie; Harrington, Nancy; Schwartz, Jamie B. – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2021
Three parents of preschool-aged children with Down syndrome using mobile augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies to communicate participated indirect, systematic communication-partner instruction. Intervention featured an adaptation of the ImPAACT Program (Improving Partner Applications of Augmentative Communication…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Preschool Children, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Skills
Feasibility of an Eye-Gaze Technology Intervention for Students with Severe Motor and Communication Difficulties in Taiwan
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Yu-Hsin Hsieh; Mats Granlund; Ai-Wen Hwang; Helena Hemmingsson – Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2024
Eye-gaze technology provides access to a computer through the control of eye movements, thus allowing students with severe motor and communication difficulties to communicate and participate in curriculum activities and leisure; however, few studies have investigated whether any challenges exist to its implementation. This study examines the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Eye Movements, Students with Disabilities, Communication Disorders