ReviewJournal of developmental and physical disabilities2022
Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: A Mega-Review of the Literature.
Review in Journal of developmental and physical disabilities, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Research Patterns in the Treatment of Adults With Problem Behavior and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Quantitative Systematic Review.Behavior modification · 2026Pooled it
- Parents' Perceptions and Experiences with Their Children's Use of Augmentative/Alternative Communication: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-Synthesis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Vulnerability and Pediatric Pain.Paediatric & neonatal pain · 2026Article
- Appropriateness and Impact of a Vocal Cord Vibration Switch for Children with Complex Communication Needs: Case Series.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2026Article
- Fostering inclusion in clinical and research procedures in autistic youth through augmentative and alternative communication: a narrative review and a proposal for visual aids application in brain stimulation.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Review
- Precision Teaching to Develop Key Word Sign Skills in Practitioners in Intellectual Disability Services: A Proof-of-Concept Study.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026Article
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- Aided augmentative and alternative communication intervention for adults with developmental disabilities: a scoping review.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2026Article
- Experiences and Contextual Factors Impacting AAC Use at Home: A Qualitative Interview Study.Topics in early childhood special education · 2025Article
- Identifying and Describing Best Clinical Practices for Children and Adolescents With Complex Communication Needs: A Scoping Review of Healthcare-Based Interventions.Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR · 2025Article
- e-Learning in Phoniatrics and Speech-Language Pathology: Exploratory Analysis of Free Access Tools in Augmentative and Alternative Communication.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- Enhancing Communication in Minimally Verbal Autistic Children: A Study on NAO-Assisted Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Profiling Cognitive and Social Functioning in a Small Cohort with Malan Syndrome.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Tact Training with Augmentative Gestural Support for Language Disorder and Challenging Behaviors: A Case Study in an Italian Community-Based Setting.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Expanding the phenotype of Kleefstra syndrome: speech, language and cognition in 103 individuals.Journal of medical genetics · 2024Article
- Enabling people with intellectual and other disabilities to make verbal requests using cardboard chips with mini objects or pictures and a smartphone.Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review of Play-Integrated AAC Interventions for Minimally Verbal and Nonspeaking Children.Autism & developmental language impairmentsReview
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Abstract
Establishing evidence- and research-based practices relies upon research synthesis of individual studies in reviews and meta analyses. Further summarizing scientific evidence about a specific topic by synthesizing reviews is an area of need to determine practices that have a strong evidence base and to identify areas of methodological weakness and gaps in the literature. A mega-review of literature reviews, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses on interventions using aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities from 2000 to mid-2020 was conducted. Participant and interventionist demographics, interventions, settings, outcomes, and recommendations of each review were reported and summarized. A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews Revised (AMSTAR 2; Shea et al., 2017) was used to examine the methodological rigor of 84 included reviews. Over the past 20 years, published reviews have increased slightly in methodological rigor but demonstrate a number of methodological weaknesses that detract from the strength of evidence for AAC interventions with this population. Suggestions for improving the methodological rigor of literature reviews and areas for future research specific to AAC interventions are discussed.
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