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A Missing Link: People, Practice and Some Precarious Research!
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Higdon, Carolyn Wiles; Higdon, Lawrence W. – Topics in Language Disorders, 2004
The field of augmentative and alternative communication's (AAC) missing link is the discrepancy between what the research community identifies as needs and what the clinical community, including the AAC user, believes to be the AAC user's needs. An unrealistic picture of the AAC user occurs, developing a top-down effect of limited outcomes,…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Therapy, Research Utilization, Evaluation Utilization
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and Language: Evidence-Based Practice and Language Activity Monitoring
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Hill, Katya – Topics in Language Disorders, 2004
The goal of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is the most effective communication possible. Speech-language pathologists are obligated to collect data, measure communication, and apply the principles of evidence-based practice (EBP). This article presents a model for EBP that represents how collecting and evaluating performance data…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization