Multimodal AAC for Individuals with Down Syndrome

“Contains a wealth of information that will be relevant to faculty who teach AAC courses and to clinicians who support families…The lifespan approach reminds us that it is never too early or too late to support communication development using multiple modalities.” –Pat Mirenda, Ph.D., BCBA-D

Dr. Krista Wilkinson is Professor at the Pennsylvania State University and Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2014-2016). Dr. Wilkinson’s research applies the tools of neuroscience to understand visual and cognitive processing of individuals with severe disabilities, in order to optimize visual augmentative and alternative communication interventions used to support their communication functioning.

Lizbeth H. Finestack, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Science at the University of Minnesota. She teaches courses focused on child language development and the assessment and treatment of child language disorders. Her research is focused on identifying the most effective and efficient language approaches to use with children with language impairment. She works with children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as developmental language disorder, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder.