Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention

Impact of aided AAC interventions on speech comprehension of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities: A critically appraised topic

Generalization (but not maintenance) of treatment gains from semantic therapy may differ by primary progressive aphasia variant1

Effectiveness of frenectomy for ankyloglossia correction in terms of breastfeeding and maternal outcomes: A critically appraised topic

Effectiveness of non-auditory verbal therapies in improving speech production in school-aged hearing-impaired children: A critically appraised topic

Rationale for blindness to treatment assignment in between-group experiments testing generalized communication and language

Choosing a response topography for individuals with autism during functional communication training: A critically appraised topic

Use of a speech generating device and various prompting procedures might facilitate vocalizations in minimally verbal children with autism spectrum disorder1

Eye-gaze control technology holds the potential to promote communication skills in young children with dyskinetic cerebral palsy, but more rigorous research is needed to prove its effectiveness1

The evidence-base for computer-based speech therapy for childhood speech sound disorders is somewhat limited1

A comparison of mand training and discrete trial training on the acquisition of vocal mands suggests that an antecedent verbal stimulus may inhibit independent manding1

Explicit-implicit instruction is a potentially effective approach for teaching grammatical forms to children with autism spectrum disorder1

Preliminary evidence supports a range of speech sound interventions, but higher-quality studies are needed1

A tablet-based home practice program paired with telepractice promotes maintenance and learning of objects and actions in individuals with chronic aphasia

Wide range of effective interventions in preschool-aged children with speech-sound disorders but with lower levels of evidence: Need higher-grade studies with stronger research designs1

Does use of the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) and Focused Playtime Intervention (FPI) improve the communication of children with autism spectrum disorder who are minimally verbal?1

EEG and behavioral data confirm the iconicity principle and cognitive load theory in AAC, but major threats to internal validity call these results into question1

Treatment programs delivered by technology enhance the management of post-stroke anomia, but generalization to untrained words and everyday communication is still lacking1

Pointing to success: Caregivers’ beliefs about intelligence matter in their interactions with children1

Meta-analysis suggests family-implemented interventions have moderate effects on social and communication skills of people with developmental disabilities1

The evidence for working memory training transfer effects on sentence comprehension and functional communication in persons with aphasia is inconclusive1

Special issue on critically appraised topics in communication disorders: research evidence for use in clinical practice

Promising results supporting the use of an inhibitory stimulus control procedure to reduce vocal stereotypy, but more data needed to establish social validity1