Back to School with the DAGG-2

August 24, 2019 NWACS

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

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: 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.

New Discoveries: HEALWA

July 1, 2019 NWACS

New Discoveries: AAC Resources to Explore

Highlighted Resource: HEALWA

Challenging AAC Evaluations

June 23, 2019 NWACS

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

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: 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).

AAC Competencies & Goal Writing

June 3, 2019 NWACS

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

Video Modeling and Play Skills

May 8, 2019 NWACS

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

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: 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.