How to Make and Use Effective VSDs
– AAC user: beginning communicators
– Communication partner: preservice speech-language pathologists
– Target skill: implement visual scene displays
Literacy
Decoding Instruction
– AAC user: individuals with early literacy skills
– Communication partner: preservice speech-language pathologists
– Target skill: providing decoding instruction to people who use or benefit from AAC
Systemic social isolation of AAC users (Blasko, 2024)
Grant Blasko Grant Blasko is a young adult nonspeaking autistic student and part of the Summit’s Organizing Committee. He is a University of Washington DO-IT Scholar, an active member of TASH’s National Communication Access Workgroup,…
Supporting individuals who need AAC in learning language & literacy (Holyfield et al, 2024)
Holyfield and colleagues present current research, and identify needed technical development, for supporting individuals who need AAC in learning language and literacy
Literacy and AAC (Williams, 2024)
Bob Williams describes barriers to literacy for people who need and use AAC.
Maximizing Literacy Skills
Drs. Janice Light and David McNaughton describe effective evidence-based practices to maximize the literacy skills of individuals who require AAC (webcast)
Teaching Reading and Writing to a Learner with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Complex Communication Needs
This module provides an introduction to literacy instruction for learners with complex communication needs, and describes the impact of literacy instruction for Anna, a young girl with autism spectrum disorders ( ASD).
Improving literacy outcomes for individuals with ASD
Janice Light describes evidence-based literacy intervention for three individuals with autism.