Sarah Phinney's research while affiliated with Georgia State University and other places

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Children with Down syndrome and children with autism spectrum disorder have a range of speech abilities during preschool that impacts access to both language and literacy instruction. It is the responsibility of the speech-language pathologist to advocate for and provide intervention using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) through in...

Citations

... In a case study, Iacono and Duncum (1995) found that the use of speech output AAC technology paired with manual signs was more effective than manual signs alone for eliciting single-word productions as well as two-and three-word combinations. In recent years, SGDs have been increasingly used with children with developmental disabilities to support communication development during early intervention and preschool (Romski et al., 2015;Barton-Hulsey et al., 2021). The outcomes of this work suggest positive gains in receptive and expressive communication for children with developmental disabilities. ...