Many providers struggle to identify effective ways to work with clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Here, a committee of experts offers some advice.
AAC professionals from Poland visit Penn State
Penn State was proud to host two speech-language pathologists from Poland during the week of November 7, 2011. Aldona Mysakowska-Adamczyk, from Warsaw, and Alina Smyczek, from Krakow, were hosted at Penn State through the Hintz Children’s Communicative Competence Endowment. Aldona and Alina described the cultural background and current state of AAC in Poland. They lectured […]
AAC strategies to support transition – Presentation
This presentation includes a discussion, with case examples, of evidence-based strategies to support positive transition outcomes for persons with complex communication needs.
How does the brain respond to photographs? – Presentation
The brain responded to photographic/auditory stimuli in a semantic mismatch much the same way it does to other forms
of language (eg. written and spoken words)
Gaze fixation during search for a symbol on AAC displays — Presentation
The efficiency of finding a symbol on an AAC display can be facilitated by specific display organizations.
