TY - JOUR
T1 - Typical toddlers’ participation in “just-in-time” programming of vocabulary for visual scene display augmentative and alternative communication apps on mobile technology
T2 - A descriptive study
AU - Holyfield, Christine
AU - Drager, Kathryn
AU - Light, Janice
AU - Caron, Jessica Gosnell
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded through National Institutes of Health Grant 1R43HD059231-01A1, SBIR Phase II:“PlayTalk” Communication Software for Children with Complex Communication Needs, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. In addition, Christine Holyfield and Jessica Gosnell Caron were also supported by funding from the Penn State AAC Leadership Project, a doctoral training grant funded by U.S. Department of Education Grant H325D110008.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Purpose: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) promotes communicative participation and language development for young children with complex communication needs. However, the motor, linguistic, and cognitive demands of many AAC technologies restrict young children’s operational use of and influence over these technologies. The purpose of the current study is to better understand young children’s participation in programming vocabulary “just in time” on an AAC application with minimized demands. Method: A descriptive study was implemented to highlight the participation of 10 typically developing toddlers (M age: 16 months, range: 10–22 months) in just-in-time vocabulary programming in an AAC app with visual scene displays. Results: All 10 toddlers participated in some capacity in adding new visual scene displays and vocabulary to the app just in time. Differences in participation across steps were observed, suggesting variation in the developmental demands of controls involved in vocabulary programming. Conclusions: Results from the current study provide clinical insights toward involving young children in AAC programming just in time and steps that may allow for more independent participation or require more scaffolding. Technology designed to minimize motor, cognitive, and linguistic demands may allow children to participate in programming devices at a younger age.
AB - Purpose: Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) promotes communicative participation and language development for young children with complex communication needs. However, the motor, linguistic, and cognitive demands of many AAC technologies restrict young children’s operational use of and influence over these technologies. The purpose of the current study is to better understand young children’s participation in programming vocabulary “just in time” on an AAC application with minimized demands. Method: A descriptive study was implemented to highlight the participation of 10 typically developing toddlers (M age: 16 months, range: 10–22 months) in just-in-time vocabulary programming in an AAC app with visual scene displays. Results: All 10 toddlers participated in some capacity in adding new visual scene displays and vocabulary to the app just in time. Differences in participation across steps were observed, suggesting variation in the developmental demands of controls involved in vocabulary programming. Conclusions: Results from the current study provide clinical insights toward involving young children in AAC programming just in time and steps that may allow for more independent participation or require more scaffolding. Technology designed to minimize motor, cognitive, and linguistic demands may allow children to participate in programming devices at a younger age.
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U2 - 10.1044/2017_AJSLP-15-0197
DO - 10.1044/2017_AJSLP-15-0197
M3 - Article
C2 - 28586825
AN - SCOPUS:85027566532
SN - 1058-0360
VL - 26
SP - 737
EP - 749
JO - American journal of speech-language pathology
JF - American journal of speech-language pathology
IS - 3
ER -