New and emerging AAC technology supports for children with complex communication needs and their communication partners: State of the science and future …

J Light, D McNaughton, J Caron - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper discusses recent research and development with a specific focus on selected
new and emerging research-based augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) …

Early intervention and AAC: What a difference 30 years makes

MA Romski, RA Sevcik, A Barton-Hulsey… - Augmentative and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This article provides an overview of early intervention and AAC over the 30-year period
since the founding of the journal Augmentative and Alternative Communication in 1985. It …

AAC technologies for young children with complex communication needs: State of the science and future research directions

J Light, K Drager - Augmentative and alternative communication, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technologies offer the potential to
provide children who have complex communication needs with access to the magic and …

Effects of interventions that include aided augmentative and alternative communication input on the communication of individuals with complex communication needs …

T O'Neill, J Light, L Pope - Journal of speech, language, and hearing …, 2018 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effects of augmentative
and alternative communication (AAC) interventions that included aided AAC input (eg, aided …

AAC interventions for individuals with autism spectrum disorders: State of the science and future research directions

JB Ganz - Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) provides a means of effective
communication to individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), many of whom are …

AAC modeling intervention research review

SC Sennott, JC Light… - Research and Practice …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
A systematic review of research on the effects of interventions that include communication
partner modeling of aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) on the …

Supporting the communication, language, and literacy development of children with complex communication needs: State of the science and future research priorities

J Light, D McNaughton - Assistive technology, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Children with complex communication needs (CCN) resulting from autism spectrum
disorders, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome and other disabilities are severely restricted in …

A systematic review of the effectiveness of nurse communication with patients with complex communication needs with a focus on the use of augmentative and …

EH Finke, J Light, L Kitko - Journal of clinical nursing, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aims and objectives. To systematically review the research regarding communication
between nurses and patients with complex communication needs (CCN). The research was …

Core vocabulary lists for young children and considerations for early language development: A narrative review

E Laubscher, J Light - Augmentative and Alternative …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
For early symbolic communicators, acquisition of an initial vocabulary is a critically important
achievement that sets the stage for future language development. Children who require …

The effectiveness of aided augmented input techniques for persons with developmental disabilities: A systematic review

AA Allen, RW Schlosser, KL Brock… - Augmentative and …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
When working with individuals with little or no functional speech, clinicians often recommend
that communication partners use the client's augmentative and alternative communication …