3 AAC Myths Preventing Children from Making Progress

One of the absolute BEST ways to start helping your child communicate is to make language VISUAL by using pictures or symbols.

Sometimes parents have lots of doubts about using technology such as an iPad because they feel like they are giving up on spoken speech. In this video, I talk about how using technology actually HELPS children's language skills grow and often inspires the development of spoken communication.

RESEARCH:

⭐ The Impact of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention on the Speech Production of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: A Research Review" by Diane C. Millar, Janice C. Light and Ralf W. Schlosser in Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, April 2006, Vol. 49, 248-264. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2006/021)

⭐ Effects of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention on Speech Production in Children With Autism: A Systematic Review" by Ralf W. Schlosser and Oliver Wendt in American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, August 2008, Vol. 17, 212-230. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2008/021)

⭐ D. Branson and M. Demchak; The Use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Methods with Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: A Research Review 2009

⭐ Romski, M., & Sevcik, R. A. (2005). Augmentative communication and early intervention: Myths and realities. Infants & Young Children, 18(3), 174–185.

⭐ Yong, Y. H., Dutt, A. S., Chen, M., & Yeong, A. M. (2021). Evaluating acquisition, preference and discrimination in requesting skills between picture exchange and iPad®-based speech generating device across preschoolers. Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 37(2), 123–136. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265659021989391



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Relevant Research:
Cress, C. J., & Marvin, C. A. (2003). Common Questions about AAC Services in Early Intervention. Augmentative and Alternative Communication,19(4), 254-272. doi:10.1080/07434610310001598242

Kathleen Kangas & Lyle Lloyd (2009) Early cognitive skills as prerequisites to augmentative and alternative communication use: What are we waiting for?, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 4:4, 211-221, DOI: 10.1080/07434618812331274817

Millar, D. C., Light, J. C., & Schlosser, R. W. (2006). The Impact of Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention on the Speech Production of Individuals With Developmental Disabilities: A Research Review. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 49(2), 248. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2006/021)

Romski, M., & Sevcik, R. A. (2005). Augmentative Communication and Early Intervention. Infants & Young Children, 18(3), 174-185. doi:10.1097/00001163-200507000-00002