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  • Child Development
  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Assistive Technology

Background:

  • The caregiver-child relationship is vital for child development, particularly for those with complex communication needs using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
  • Parents are crucial for integrating AAC into the home environment, but effective communication requires specific learned skills.
  • Existing parent training programs aim to equip caregivers with these necessary skills.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze existing parent training programs for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
  • To identify core competencies essential for parents and caregivers to become effective communication partners for children using AAC.
  • To guide practitioners in designing effective AAC parent training sessions.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review and analysis of the content and strategies within current AAC parent training programs.
  • Extraction and synthesis of common themes and essential skills taught across various programs.
  • Identification of core competencies based on the overlap in training methodologies.

Main Results:

  • Key essential skills for effective AAC parent coaching include responsivity, environmental arrangement, strategic wait time, aided modeling, prompting, and providing appropriate feedback.
  • A consensus on fundamental competencies for supporting AAC use in children was identified across reviewed programs.
  • The analysis highlights specific, actionable strategies that form the basis of successful parent training.

Conclusions:

  • Effective parent training can equip caregivers with the skills to foster successful augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use at home.
  • Identifying core competencies provides a framework for developing targeted and efficient training programs for parents of children with communication needs.
  • Practitioners can leverage these identified core skills to enhance the design and delivery of parent training interventions for AAC.