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 (RA & JCR)
Apr. - Facilitated Communication (AK, KS, SN)
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.
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