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Let’s Talk AAC: “Tools for evaluating emerging communicators” (part 1)
Welcome back to Let's Talk AAC - a series of questions and topics for discussion.
In this post, we explore the topic of free tools for evaluating emerging communicators.
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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 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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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 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
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 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
NWACS Contributor Margaret writes about goal writing in AAC and the consideration of AAC competencies.
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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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