10/06/2025
Never wait …. The research speaks for itself! ⬇️
When it comes to high-tech AAC for our youngest communicators, the barriers to access —from financial cost to the difficulty of establishing buy-in—can be steep. But the research shows that the communicative gains are worth fighting for!
Our new review “If you give a preschooler AAC…chances are their expressive language will improve!” looks at the evidence that using SGDs supports expressive communication in autistic preschoolers, including a promising strategy involving visual scene displays. Learn why it’s worth getting your littlest learners connected with robust AAC and the action steps that we SLPs can take right now to maximize our impact with this group. Read the review and earn 8 minutes of CE credit at https://www.theinformedslp.com/review/If-you-give-a-preschooler-AAC-chances-are-their-expressive-language-will-improve
The research:
https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_ajslp-24-00450
https://doi.org/10.1080/07434618.2025.2479768
[Visual description: Image text reads, "If you give a preschooler a speech generating device.... They might ask, comment, combine words, and interject more... and more!"]