AAC Chats

Podcast breaking down new research in AAC

About the show

The professional resource podcast that aims to break down current research in augmentative and alternative communication and bridge the gap between research to practice by providing context to critical research, describing clinical applications, and directing SLPs to resources to learn more.

The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grants # 90RE5017, #90REGE0014). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

Episodes

  • Episode 10: Accessible Literacy Strategies for Emerging Communicators

    November 30th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  43 mins 28 secs

    Dr. Tim DeLuca joins us today to discuss the application of universal design for learning model to guide making literacy and word reading accessible for emerging communicators who may benefit from AAC.

  • Episode 9: Family-Centered Services in AAC

    October 31st, 2024  |  Season 1  |  30 mins 22 secs

    Karla Armendariz, a doctoral student at Penn State, joins us to discuss an online training module on the AAC Learning Center that discusses Family-Centered Services.

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    Episode 8: Training Healthcare Providers to Support Children's Communication in Inpatient Rehabilitation

    September 30th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  52 mins 39 secs

    Dr. Jessica Gormley joins us today to discuss her study investigating the effect of a mobile training for health care providers on providing opportunities for communication of choices for children in the inpatient rehabilitation setting.

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    Episode 7: Supporting Practitioners During Alternative Access Assessments

    August 29th, 2024  |  Season 1  |  1 hr 2 mins

    Dr. Heidi Koester joins us to discuss her study that investigated user needs while designing an app for alternative access assessments. Project team members for this study were Susan Fager, Tabatha Sorenson, Erik Jakobs, and Jessica Gormley. These user interviews informed the creation of Access Navigator which is an app meant to scaffold alternative access assessment for practitioners.

  • Episode 6: NDBIs and AAC Interventions for Children on the Autism Spectrum

    July 30th, 2024  |  32 mins 22 secs

    Dr. Lauramarie Pope, an assistant professor at Auburn University, joins us again today to talk about the research that has been completed in NDBIs and AAC interventions.

  • Episode 5: AAC Interventions for Children with Multiple Disabilities

    June 28th, 2024  |  43 mins 5 secs

    Dr. Savanna Brittlebank, an assistant professor at University of Illinois, joins us again today to talk about the research that has been completed looking at AAC interventions for children with multiple disabilities. This scoping review was the foundation of her doctoral dissertation work, which we also discuss.

  • Episode 4: Working with Children with Cortical Visual Impairment

    May 30th, 2024  |  40 mins 2 secs

    Dr. Tara McCarty, an assistant professor at Penn State University Harrisburg, joins us today to talk about how to support children with cortical visual impairment (CVI) through her work with interviewing parents of children with CVI and a peer training to support interactions with children with CVI and their peers.

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    Episode 3: Racial Disparities in Access to AAC Intervention

    April 28th, 2024  |  29 mins 5 secs

    Assistant Professor at Auburn University Lauramarie Pope joins us to discuss her recent article investigating access to AAC services. She found that black children with developmental disabilities had a decreased access to AAC intervention services when compared to their white peers.

  • Episode 2: Framework for increasing AAC competency for pre-service SLPs and clinicians

    March 31st, 2024  |  26 mins 3 secs

    This episode explores the conceptualization of a framework to guide developing AAC competence in pre-service SLPs. It can also be used for in-service SLPs as a guide to enhance their AAC competence.

  • Episode 1: Targeting Decoding Skills on AAC Devices with Adults with Down Syndrome

    January 18th, 2024  |  26 mins 26 secs

    In this episode, Christine Holyfield, PhD, CCC-SLP explains her newly published article describing how a decoding feature in the Transition to Literacy program affects single-word reading.