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The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity serves as a nexus for research on dyslexia, and is as well a leading source of advocacy and information to better the lives of people with dyslexia. Our mission is to uncover and illuminate the strengths of those with dyslexia, disseminate the latest innovations from scientific research and practical advice, and transform the treatment of children and adults with dyslexia.

There is a rapidly growing body of research that demonstrates the positive effects of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) intervention on the communication of children and adults with complex communication needs. Despite the positive impact of many AAC interventions, however, many individuals with complex communication needs continue to experience serious challenges participating in educational, vocational, healthcare, and community environments. In this paper, we apply the framework proposed by the International Classifi cation of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to illustrate the need to re-think AAC intervention to improve outcomes for individuals with complex communication needs, and to foster a new generation of intervention research that will provide a solid foundation for improved services. Specifi cally, the paper emphasizes the need to take a more holistic view of communication intervention and highlights the following key principles to guide AAC intervention and research: (a) build on the individual ' s strengths and focus on the integration of skills to maximize communication, (b) focus on the individual ' s participation in real-world contexts, (c) address psychosocial factors as well as skills, and (d) attend to extrinsic environmental factors as well as intrinsic factors related to the individual who requires AAC.

Cool inforgraphic making the case for SLPs training parents rather than just providing direct services

Hi! This is your website. It's got lots of great books to see in sign language and subtitles. Hearing family and friends can listen to the stories too.

Aided language modeling: adult models how to use the individual's communication board/AAC system by actually pointing to/selecting symbols to represent words being read from the text Learning how to use aided language modeling during reading activities using strategies; either of the strategies could be used although in the research the RAA strategy was used primarily to model and elicit single symbol responses whereas RAAP strategy was used primarily to model and elicit multi-symbol response. You can use either of these strategies but prompts may be needed for some children. * RAA: using the read-ask-answer strategy to elicit single symbol responses on the AAC system * RAAP: using the read-ask-answer-prompt strategy to elicit single symbol or multisymbol responses on the AAC system

Creatively adapting the environment, the opportunities, the mindsets that touch our children with disabilities.

A list of resources with statistics on the rate of abuse and neglect for people with disabilities

Literactive is the leading provider of reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading

these free animated electronic storybooks help teach science in a fun and entertaining manner