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AAC Journal Club

AAC Journal Club details

General structure:

  • Group decides on topics for each session

  • 2-3 people chair each session

  • 1 journal article per person

  • Send out articles a couple weeks before


AAC Journal Club 2026

  • Feb. - Gestalt Language Processing

  • Apr. - Facilitated Communication

  • May - Autism (CM, SF, KO)

  • Jun. - Best Practices in AAC (EW, SH)


Gestalt Language Processing

  • Blanc, M., Blackwell, A., & Elias, P. (2023). Using the Natural Language Acquisition protocol to support gestalt language development. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 8(6), 1279–1286. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_PERSP-23-00098

  • Lorang, E., Mathée-Scott, J., Johnson, J., & Venker, C. E. (2025). A response to Blanc and colleagues’ viewpoint on gestalt language processing and the Natural Language Acquisition protocol: Concerns and common ground. Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 10(6), 1–8.


Facilitated Communication

  • American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)'s Position Statement on Facilitated Communication

  • International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. (2014). ISAAC position statement on facilitated communication. Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 30(4), 357–358. https://doi.org/10.3109/07434618.2014.971492

  • Loren F. McMahon, Howard C. Shane & Ralf W. Schlosser (2024) Using

    occupational therapy principles and practice to support independent message generation

    by individuals using AAC instead of facilitated communication, Augmentative and Alternative

    Communication, 40:1, 12-18, DOI: 10.1080/07434618.2023.2258398

  • Speech and Audiology Canada (SAC)'s Official Statement on "Use of Facilitated Communication and Rapid Prompting Method"

  • Facilitated Communication Evidence Summary compiled by Kristy Stefanucci (AAC SLP)



Bonus articles

  • Tostanoski, A., Travers, J. C., & Cook, B. G. (2014). Beware of the lure: Pseudoscience in special education. Intervention in School and Clinic, 49(5), 310–315. doi.org


Possible future topics:

  • AAC & Mental Health (e.g. anxiety, OCD, depression)

  • AAC & Interoception

  • Emergent numeracy


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