Breaking the Silence: A Parent’s Guide to Understanding Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for Autistic Children

• By: Holly Pinto, MS, CCC-SLP Speech-Language Pathologist
• July 9th, 2025
• AAC, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, communication, language development, nonspeaking, nonverbal communication, parents, speech-language pathologist, Summer 2025 Issue, support, technology
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Imagine your child has thoughts, feelings, and ideas but struggles to say them out loud. For many parents of children on the autism spectrum, this is a daily experience. This is where Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) can help. What is AAC? Augmentative and Alternative...

Empowering Families Online: Reducing Barriers through a Virtual, Group ESDM-based Caregiver Coaching Program

• By: Hanna Kent, BS Dan Magin, MA Krista Drapalik, MA Erica Davis, LMSW Melissa Rinaldi, PhD Kristin Christodulu, PhD University at Albany Center for Autism and Related Disabilities
• December 30th, 2024
• behavioral interventions, caregiver, communication, early intervention, family, language development, parents, technology, Winter 2025 Issue
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Autistic children often experience difficulties with language and communication development (Tager-Flushberg et al., 2005). Early intervention (EI) is an integral and highly efficacious tool to target and promote optimal development in this population (Zwaigenbaum et al., 2015). By targeting...