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A Right to Speak Supporting Individuals who use Alternative and Augmentative Communication
Guidance to be used by people who use Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC), their familes, strategic and operational heads within health boards, local authority social work and education departments and the voluntary sector
Appendix 3 A Summary of Systematic Reviews
| Ref No. | Year | Title | Author(s) | No of studies reviewed | Review conclusions | Appraisal of review |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 2003 | Speech and language therapy to improve the communication skills of children with cerebral palsy (Cochrane Review) | Pennington, Golbart & Marshall | 11 | SLT for children with cerebral palsy might improve their communication skills but more research is needed. | |
| 23 | 2004 | Speech supplementation techniques for dysarthria | Hanson, Yorkston & Beukleman | 19 | Speech supplementation techniques may help speakers with any type of severe or profound dysarthria and any underlying medical condition however more research is needed. | Quality of studies not described Review methods not reported |
| 22 | 2004 | Interaction training for conversational partners of children with cerebral palsy | Pennington, Goldbart & Marshall | 4 | Limited evidence of positive trends in communication changes resulting from interaction training but good quality research required. | Single reviewer identifying studies for inclusion into review |
| 21 | 2007 | Social/communicative interventions and transition outcomes for youth with disabilities | Alwell & Cobb | 30 | Review supports the efficacy of social skill training intervention for youth with disability | Wide inclusion criteria Limited reporting of review process Limitations within statistical analysis |
| 17 | 2006 | The impact of augmentative and alternative communication on the speech production of individuals with developmental disabilities | Millar, Light & Schlosser | 23 | AAC interventions should continue to be introduced to children with developmental disabilities and speech inadequate for communication needs. There should be no concern if gains in speech production. do not occur immediately following the introduction of AAC interventions. However more research is needed. | Single reviewer for 80% of studies |
| 16 | 2000 | Promoting generalisation and maintenance in augmentative and alternative communication | Schlosser & Lee | 50 | AAC interventions are effective in terms of behaviour change, but poor in terms of generalisation and maintenance. | Wide inclusion criteria Studies not described in detail |
| 18 | 2008 | Effects of augmentative and alternative communication intervention on speech production in children with autism | Schlosser & Wendt | 11 | AAC interventions do not hinder speech production and for some children with autism or ASD they may result in increased speech production. More research required. | Wide inclusion criteria, definition of AAC: includes signing |
| 19 | 2007 | Augmentative and alternative communication practice in the pursuit of family quality of life | Saito & Turnbull | 13 | AAC practice should take family perspectives into consideration & address problems in the joint contexts of child, family, school and community. | Limited reporting of review process and validity assessment. Wide inclusion criteria |
| 20 | 2010 | Literacy Interventions for students with physical and developmental disabilities who use aided AAC devices | Machalicek, Sanford, Lang, Rispoli, Molfenter & Mbeseha | 18 | Systematic instruction that included scaffolding, direct instruction and least to most prompting with time delay may be the most effective strategies to teach literacy skills to students with significant physical and developmental disabilities. | Number of reviewers conducting validity assessment not described |
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