Episodes 12
Avg. Duration 38m
Activity Dormant
Since Jan 2024
Latest Episode Feb 2025

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Monthly
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

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.

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Recent Episodes

S1 Episode 12: Training Communication Partners to Support Students with Multiple Disabilities

Feb 28, 2025 41m

Article discussing: McCarty, T., & Light, J., (2025). Teletraining to teach communication partners to support students with multiple disabilities including cortical visual impairment and emerging…

S1 Episode 11: Implementing a T2L decoding feature with a young boy with Down syndrome

Jan 31, 2025 40m

Article discussing: Brittlebank, S. & Light, J. (2025). Implementing a transition-to-literacy decoding feature via telepractice to support single-word reading by a young boy with Down syndrome: A…

S1 Episode 10: Accessible Literacy Strategies for Emerging Communicators

Nov 30, 2024 43m

Article discussing: DeLuca, T., Boucher, A., Holyfield, C. (2024). Accessible literacy for emergin communicators: A proposed model and case application with children on the autism spectrum.…

S1 Episode 9: Family-Centered Services in AAC

Oct 31, 2024 30m

Moodle Training Module discussing: https://aac-learning-center-moodle.psu.edu/course/view.php?id=58 RERC on AAC Website. The work of this podcast was developed under grants from the National…

S1 Episode 8: Training Healthcare Providers to Support Children's Communication in Inpatient Rehabilitation

Sep 30, 2024 52m

Article discussing: Gormley, J., McNaughton, D., & Light, J. (2023). Supporting children’s communication of choices during inpatient rehabilitation: Effects of a mobile training for health care…

S1 Episode 7: Supporting Practitioners During Alternative Access Assessments

Aug 29, 2024 1h 2m

Article discussing: Koester, H., Fager, S., Sorenson, T., & Jakobs, E. (2023). Designing an app for alternative access assessments: Using interviews to uncover and define user needs. Assistive…

S1 Episode 6: NDBIs and AAC Interventions for Children on the Autism Spectrum

Jul 30, 2024 32m

Article discussing: Pope, L., Light, J. & Laubscher, E. (2024). The Effect of Naturalistic Developmental Behavioral Interventions and Aided AAC on the Language Development of Children on the…

S1 Episode 5: AAC Interventions for Children with Multiple Disabilities

Jun 28, 2024 43m

Article discussing: Brittlebank, S., Light, J. C., & Pope, L. (2024). A scoping review of AAC interventions for children and young adults with simultaneous visual and motor impairments: Clinical…

S1 Episode 4: Working with Children with Cortical Visual Impairment

May 30, 2024 40m

Article discussing: Tara V. McCarty & Janice C. Light (2023) “It’s like a guessing game all the time”: parent insights on barriers, supports, and priorities for children with cortical visual…

S1 Episode 3: Racial Disparities in Access to AAC Intervention

Apr 28, 2024 29m

Article discussing: Pope, L., Light, J., & Franklin, A. (2022). Black children with developmental disabilities receive less AAC intervention than their white peers: Preliminary evidence of racial…

S1 Episode 2: Framework for increasing AAC competency for pre-service SLPs and clinicians

Mar 31, 2024 26m

Article discussing: Brittlebank, S. & Sowers, D.J. (2023). Developing augmentative and alternative communication competence in preservice speech-language pathologists: A collaborative model for…

S1 Episode 1: Targeting Decoding Skills on AAC Devices with Adults with Down Syndrome

Jan 18, 2024 26m

Please provide us with some feedback on our first episode of AAC Chats! Article discussing: Holyfield, C., Pope, L., Light., J., Jakobs., E., Laubscher, E., McNaughton, D., & Pfaff, O. (2023).…

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