Each year, hundreds of posters are presented at ASHA’s annual Convention. In fact, more than 1,800 posters were submitted this year! Of these posters, fewer than 10% are recognized as Meritorious Posters.
Whether you plan to check out this year’s Meritorious Posters at the ASHA Convention in D.C. or you can’t make it, we’re bringing related work from these award-winning researchers to you!
Check out the articles below to read more work from the authors of these specially selected poster sessions.
Reading and Literacy
“It’s a Lot of Collaboration”: Related Service Providers Supporting Literacy Instruction for Learners Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Literacy instruction for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) requires collaboration with a number of different professionals. Read about the roles and responsibilities of service providers on the AAC literacy team—as well as facilitators of and barriers to collaboration.
The Impact of an Asynchronous Intervention on Parents’ Use of Code-Based Shared Reading Strategies: A Preliminary Exploration: Asynchronous intervention can take the convenience of telepractice one step further, allowing parents to learn important skills on their own time. This study shows that parents can increase code-based reading strategies during shared reading after watching audio and video presentations from experts.
Functional Reading Activities to Motivate and Empower for Young Adults With Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities: A Randomized Pilot Trial: Reading proficiency is an important life skill for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities as they transition to adulthood. Learn how an intervention based on real-world functional reading (e.g., texts and emails) can help these young adults with their reading comprehension.
Developmental Language Disorder, Auditory Processing Disorder, and More
Development and Validation of Nomogram-Based Prediction Models for Developmental Language Disorder in Bilingual Children: Language assessment can be difficult in bilingual children—especially if you’re not fluent in the child’s second language. Using a prediction tool called a nomogram can help you predict language task performance and more accurately diagnose developmental language disorder.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Speech-Language Pathology Utilization for Patients With Oropharyngeal Dysphagia in Acute Care: Racial and ethnic disparities have long been reported in health care utilization. Authors looked at more than 50,000 individuals diagnosed with oropharyngeal dysphagia, breaking down the demographics of those who received speech-language pathology services.
Relationship Between Cognitive Abilities and Basic Auditory Processing in Young Adults: Testing for auditory processing disorder can be complicated by issues of language and cognition, and tests that measure language and cognition may have to be administered alongside these auditory processing tests. This study looked at auditory processing tests and cognitive tests in 38 young adults to try finding a correlation between the two.
Opportunities and Ideas
Whether you’re browsing posters at the ASHA Convention or searching articles on ASHAWire, we hope you find some new ideas to inspire you this month. If you’re looking for more, check out our Special Collections, where ASHA Journals articles meet other practical resources from across ASHA.
As we near the end of the year, we’d like to offer a sincere thank you to our members and readers for the work that you do. We hope that ASHA Journals can play a part in helping you in the clinic, classroom, or lab!
