The RERC on AAC provides a large collection of free webcasts at the AAC Learning Center, including presentations on research and clinical applications, as well as consumer perspectives. The links below will open in a new tab at the AAC Learning Center . The Learning Center also contains information on quiz activities for selected webcasts.
Research to Practice
- Maximizing the literacy skills of individuals who require AAC (10-item quiz available)
- Janice Light, PhD
- AAC interventions to maximize language development for young children (10-item quiz available)
- Janice Light, PhD
- Successful Employment for Individuals who use AAC (10-item quiz available)
- David McNaughton, PhD, & Anthony Arnold
- AAC for Persons with Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Melanie Fried-Oken, PhD
- Supporting Communication of Individuals with Minimal Movement
- Susan Fager, PhD & David Beukelman, PhD
- AAC for Aphasia: A Review of Visual Scenes Display Project
- David Beukelman, PhD, Karen Hux, Ph.D., Kristy Weissling, MA, Aimee Dietz, MS, Miechelle McKelvey, MA,
- Visual Immersion Program for persons with autism
- Howard Shane, PhD & Meghan O’Brien, MA
- Public school students: Who can pay for SGDs?
- Lew Golinker, Esq.
- Mobile devices and communication Apps: Current trends and future directions
- David McNaughton, Ph.D., Howard Shane, Ph.D., Jessica Gosnell, MA, & Sam Sennott, Ph.D.
- Seating and positioning for people who use AAC
- Aileen Costigan, MSc-OT
- Introduction to AAC
- Kathy Drager, Ph.D., Janice Light, Ph.D., & David McNaughton, Ph.D.
- Improving literacy outcomes for individuals with ASD and limited speech
- Janice Light, Ph.D., & David McNaughton, Ph.D.
- Language and Learning: Cognitive Science Considerations in the Design of AAC Technologies
- Janice Light, Ph.D., & Melanie Fried-Oken, Ph.D.
- Adaptive Access: Key Design Considerations
- Susan Fager, PhD & Jeff Higginbotham, PhD
- AAC and Communication in the Workplace
- David McNaughton, Ph.D., and David Chapple
Consumer Perspectives
- The sky is only the beginning: Living life without limits
- Godfrey Nazareth, MS Bio-Eng
- How Far We’ve Come, How Far We’ve Got to Go: Tales from the Trenches
- Michael Williams, MA
- AAC: A User’s Perspective
- Colin Portnuff
- Disaster preparedness for people with complex communication needs: A personal perspective
- Pamela Kennedy
- AAC and college life: Just do it!
- Beth Anne Luciani
- Building Relationships through the Tools of Communication
- Chris Klein