Research says..."The average 18 month old child has been exposed to 4,380 hours of oral language at a rate of 8 hours/day from birth. A [child] who has a communication system and receives speech/language therapy two times per week for 20-30 minute session will reach this same amount of language exposure in 84 years." -Jane Korsten
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AAC and Aided Language Stimulation by Kate Ahern
Aided Language Stimulation by Kate Ahern Aided Language Stimulation-research to practice-ATIA 2010 by Linda Burkhart, Joanne Cafiero, Carolie Ramsey Musselwhite, & Samuel Sennott Building Classroom Communities to Support AAC Users by Ashley Robinson How can you use AAC to help your child use AAC by Staci Neustadt |
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AAC Knowledge-the AAC Evidence Base (all the research in one place!)
References used specifically in this Differentiated Supervision Project: Binger, C., & Light, J. (n.d.). The effect of aided AAC modeling on the expression of multi-symbol messages by preschoolers who use AAC.Augmentative and Alternative Communication Augment Altern Commun, 30-43. Dada, S., & Alant, E. (2009). The Effect of Aided Language Stimulation on Vocabulary Acquisition in Children With Little or No Functional Speech.American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 50-50. Harris, M., & Reichle, J. (2004). The Impact of Aided Language Stimulation on Symbol Comprehension and Production in Children With Moderate Cognitive Disabilities. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 155-155. Kent-Walsh, J., Binger, C., & Buchanan, C. (2015). Teaching Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication to Ask Inverted Yes/No Questions Using Aided Modeling. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Am J Speech Lang Pathol, 222-222. |