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ArticleReview journal of autism and developmental disorders2025

Caregiver-Implemented AAC Interventions for Children with Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: a Systematic Review.

Marianne Elmquist, Becky Crowe, Sanikan Wattanawongwan, Joe Reichle, Lauren Pierson, Jessica Simacek, Ee Rea Hong, Ching-Yi Liao, J Birdie Ganz

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Article in Review journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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9 authors.

Marianne ElmquistWaisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1500 Highland Ave, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4815-4626
Becky CroweDepartment of Special Education, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
Sanikan WattanawongwanDepartment of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, TX, USA.
Joe ReichleDepartment of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Lauren PiersonDepartment of Social Work and Communication Disorders, Tarleton State University, Fort Worth, TX, USA.
Jessica SimacekMasonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Ee Rea HongC2C ABA, Cheonan, Republic of Korea.
Ching-Yi LiaoDepartment of Special Education, Social Emotional Education and Development Center, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan.
J Birdie GanzDepartment of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, TX, USA.

Funding

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING IN MENTAL RETARDATION RESEARCHT32HD007489 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Sigan L Hartley · 1995 to 2026
$6.0M
Waisman Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Down Syndrome RegistryU54HD090256 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI CHANG, QIANG · 2016 to 2020
$6.0M
NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007489NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD090256
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many children with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities benefit from augmentative and alternative communication strategies (AAC) to increase their communicative competency. Furthermore, caregiver-implemented AAC interventions are an effective and efficient strategy to improve communication outcomes. We reviewed the caregiver-implemented AAC intervention literature to assess child and caregiver characteristics, what kind of interventions caregivers were taught, how caregivers were trained, and how studies evaluated caregiver implementation. We found that families from marginalized backgrounds were underrepresented. Most studies used functional behavioral interventions and various teaching strategies, and few included caregiver-dependent variables. We discuss our results in the context of improving future caregiver-implemented AAC interventions and, in turn, child communication outcomes.

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Augmentative and alternative communicationAutismCaregiver-implemented communication interventionsComplex communication needsDevelopment disabilityIntellectual disability

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PMID40893926
PMCPMC12393822

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