Autism Society of the Bluegrass - Effect of Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Effect of Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Effect of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Recommendations and Devices on Family Life

Recruiting parents of young AAC users to participate in dissertation research

I am advertising for U.S. parents of young augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users to participate in a research study on family factors that may affect successful AAC use.

To participate, the child with the severe communication disorder

Will be between 1 to 6 years old.

Has NOT started kindergarten.

Has used their current or latest AAC system for 6 -12 months.

May have a variety of diagnoses.

AAC is defined broadly and may include the use of

sign language,

communication pictures,

communication boards,

communication books, and

voice output devices.

Parents will be asked to complete

a case history form which describes the AAC system and demographic information such as age, occupation, AAC user's diagnosis,
a rating scale on how AAC has affected your family's life, and
the AAC Family-Paradigm Assessment Scale on how your family accomplishes daily activities.

These can be either completed in your home through a secure Website or by paper and pencil and mailed back to the researchers. Identifying information will be kept confidential. Participants will be paid $15 for approximately 60-90 minutes of their time.

The oversight body for this study is the MSU Institutional Review Board, IRB # 01-212. This research is partially funded by a National Research Service Award (1 F31 DC05443-01A1) from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD).

There is no direct benefit to participants. However, the results may assist AAC professionals in better understanding the effect of different AAC recommendations and devices on family life. Data collected through this research project will be used for dissertation research, research conference presentations, and potential research journal articles.

For more information, please contact

Mary Jo Cooley Hidecker, M.A., CCC-A/SLP

Department of Audiology & Speech Sciences

Michigan State University

378 Communication Arts & Sciences

East Lansing, MI 48824-1212

Phone (517) 355-9721

E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Project Web Page aacfamily.msu.edu

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