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AAC Spotlight: Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP

September 10, 2019 NWACS
AAC Spotlight: Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP

AAC Spotlight: Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP

AAC Spotlight is a series of interviews that we hope inspires, connects, and grows our knowledge and community.  

In the Spotlight:  Lauren S. Enders, MA, CCC-SLP

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AACademics: August 2019

August 26, 2019 NWACS
AACademics AAC Research Summary: Teaching Partner-Focused Questions to Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication to Enhance Their Communicative Competence by Light, Binger, Agate, and Ramsay (1999)

AACademics AAC Research Summary: Teaching Partner-Focused Questions to Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication to Enhance Their Communicative Competence by Light, Binger, Agate, and Ramsay (1999)

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 Julia summarizes a study that looks at teaching AAC users to ask partner-focused questions and measuring the effect on how other’s view their Communicative Competence.

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In AAC Best Practices, AACademics Tags research, competencies
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Back to School with the DAGG-2

August 24, 2019 NWACS
Back to School with the DAGG-2

Back to School with the DAGG-2

NWACS Contributor Kylee shares why the DAGG-2 is on her back-to-school agenda.

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AACademics: July 2019

July 24, 2019 NWACS
AACademics AAC Research Summary: Teaching Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication to Ask Inverted Yes/No Questions by Kent-Walsh, Binger, and Buchanan (2015)

AACademics AAC Research Summary: Teaching Children Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication to Ask Inverted Yes/No Questions by Kent-Walsh, Binger, and Buchanan (2015)

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 Julia summarizes an article that looks at the effects of a direct intervention using AAC models and contrastive targets to target asking inverted yes/no questions.

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New Discoveries: HEALWA

July 1, 2019 NWACS
New Discoveries: HEALWA

New Discoveries: HEALWA

New Discoveries: AAC Resources to Explore

Highlighted Resource: HEALWA

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Challenging AAC Evaluations

June 23, 2019 NWACS
Challenging AAC Evaluations

Challenging AAC Evaluations

Observation, observation, observation. NWACS Vice President Kathy shares some reflections on the AAC evaluation process from her 40+ years of experience.

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AACademics: June 2019

June 11, 2019 NWACS
AACademics AAC Research Summary: Children Who Use Communication Aids Instructing Peer and Adult Partners During Play-Based Activity by Batorowicz, Stadskleiv, von Tetzchner & Missiuna (2016)

AACademics AAC Research Summary: Children Who Use Communication Aids Instructing Peer and Adult Partners During Play-Based Activity by Batorowicz, Stadskleiv, von Tetzchner & Missiuna (2016)

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 Julia summarizes an article by researchers from Canada and Norway who investigated the use of communication aids during construction play (which is vital to learning and talking about the physical world).

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AAC Competencies & Goal Writing

June 3, 2019 NWACS
AAC Competencies & Goal Writing

AAC Competencies & Goal Writing

NWACS Contributor Margaret writes about goal writing in AAC and the consideration of AAC competencies.

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Video Modeling and Play Skills

May 8, 2019 NWACS
Video Modeling and Play Skills

Video Modeling and Play Skills

NWACS Contributor Tina shares how she has been using video modeling in therapy with some of her students.

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AACademics: May 2019

May 2, 2019 NWACS
AACademics AAC Research Summary: Effects of Communication Partner Instruction on the Communication of Individuals using AAC: A Meta-Analysis by Kent-Walsh, Murza, Malani, & Binger (2015)

AACademics AAC Research Summary: Effects of Communication Partner Instruction on the Communication of Individuals using AAC: A Meta-Analysis by Kent-Walsh, Murza, Malani, & Binger (2015)

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 Julia summarizes a meta-analysis looking at the very important topic of the training communication partners to interact effectively with complex communicators.  

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