The INSTRUCT app was developed and evaluated under grant 90REGE0014 to the RERC on AAC (2020-2025) from NIDILRR.
The following publications and presentations describe research projects that evaluated the use of the INSTRUCT app
Exton, K., Karnezos, J., Light, J. (2025, November). Evaluating a mobile training supporting pre-service SLPs in creating and using effective AAC VSDs. Poster presentation at the 2025 ASHA Convention. https://asha2025-asha.ipostersessions.com/?s=06-35-37-9B-57-82-03-0B-8C-6A-A8-41-EC-92-87-DA
Gormley, J., McNaughton, D., & Light, J. (2023). Supporting Children’s Communication of Choices During Inpatient Rehabilitation: Effects of a Mobile Training for Health Care Providers. American journal of speech-language pathology, 32(2), 545–564. https://doi.org/10.1044/2022_AJSLP-22-00200
McCarty, T. & Light, J. (2025). Mobile training for peers to support students with multiple disabilities including cortical visual impairment in communicating choices. American Journal of Speech Language Pathology, 34(6), 3148-3163. https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_AJSLP-25-00051
Sowers, D. J., Light J., Jakobs, E, Olkin, J, Exton, K., Panfil, H. Conway, J., Lamb, M. (In press). Short mobile training delivers efficient and effective AAC instruction to educational personnel working with students with cerebral palsy who utilize eye tracking [Accepted for publication]. Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools. doi: 10.1044/2025_LSHSS-25-00069
Steffen, K. & Light, J. (2025, November 20–22). How to Interact with Me: Testing a Communication Partner Training Made by an Autistic Individual [Poster presentation]. 2025 ASHA Convention, Washington, D.C., United States.
Uptake Data
The INSTRUCT app underwent clinical evaluation in 2024 and 2025, and version 1.0 was released to the public in April, 2026.