Target communication partners
• School aged children and adolescents who are peers
• May also be helpful for family members, school staff, related service providers, direct support staff
Target individuals who benefit from AAC
• School age students with multiple disabilities with cortical visual impairment (CVI)
• Also appropriate for infants, toddlers, and older beginning communicators with a wide range of developmental disabilities
Target strategy
• How to structure opportunities for children with multiple disabilities to communicate choices
Run time
• 11 minutes
Author
• Tara McCarty
Supporting evidence
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