Christine Holyfield
@Holyfield_AAC
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Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Arkansas; Studies Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Joined October 2012
New study in @AACjourn details an intervention study using AAC to support children who are emerging symbolic communicators' participation in social routines.
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Preschool-age children learn, build social connections, and develop language through social interactions. Preschool-age emerging symbolic communicators with developmental disabilities require augme...
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RT @RERConAAC: David McNaughton, Lance McLemore and Tracy Rackensperger (2025) describe how new approaches to AAC can support societal part….
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RT @RERConAAC: Bob Williams (2025) describes how “Access to language-based communication and literacy tools is essential to safeguarding an….
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RT @RERConAAC: Kevin Williams and Christine Holyfield (2025) describe new directions for innovation in AAC innovation, free at AAC journal….
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RT @RERConAAC: Alice Wong (2025) describes her use of AAC to combat ableism: "Nonspeaking people belong in public, holding court in convers….
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RT @RERConAAC: Holyfield, Light, Nieder & Preece (2025) describe external challenges to learning language for those who need or use AAC.Fre….
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Read #OpenAccess "External challenges for individuals who need or use AAC who are learning language: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions"
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Language skills are essential to effective communication, but learning language is by no means a simple process for individuals with developmental disabilities who cannot rely on speech alone to be...
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RT @RERConAAC: Dr. Lateef McLeod describes the impact of Ableism on people who use AAC, and strategies for moving the field of AAC forwar….
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RT @dbm2psu: Dr. Anjali Forber-Pratt describes how her experiences and academic work have shaped her belief in the importance of disability….
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RT @RERConAAC: This paper addresses two main questions: "How well do existing alternative access methods meet users’ needs? And what is the….
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RT @dbm2psu: Bob Williams (2025) describes the need to “work together to bring about communication equity, not for the privileged few, but….
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RT @RERConAAC: Godfrey Nazareth (2025) describes living with motor neuron disease and his creation of AAC technology that has helped him li….
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RT @RERConAAC: Melissa Crisp-Cooper (2025) :. “Life with a significant disability has taught me to be flexible, resourceful, creative, and….
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Read freely available "Overcoming barriers to literacy for individuals who need or use AAC: lived experiences, key research findings, and future directions"
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Literacy supports participation in education, employment, healthcare, and community living, and enhances communication for individuals who need or use augmentative and alternative communication (AA...
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Clinicians and teachers, we hope this article might be useful as you consider providing literacy opportunities for individuals with extensive support needs who are in the emerging stages of learning language.
This article from #ASHASIG12 shows how teachers and SLPs can use universal design for learning (UDL) principles to help emerging communicators who use AAC participate in language and word reading @MGHInstitute @buslhs @UArkansas #AAC.
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RT @buslhs: Read the latest on how to create engaging literacy learning opportunities for children who use AAC, from @TimSLP @Holyfield_AAC….
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RT @SIGPerspectives: This article from #ASHASIG12 shows how teachers and SLPs can use universal design for learning (UDL) principles to hel….
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Purpose: Opportunities for literacy learning should be made accessible to all. For children with developmental disabilities who are emergent comm...
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RT @PaulWhiteleyPhD: Leveraging Communication Partner Speech to Automate Augmented Input for Children on the Autism Spectrum Who Are Minima….
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Wizard-of-Oz prototyping could be a valuable approach to spur much needed innovation in AAC. Further research into efficacy, reliability, validity, and attitudes is required to more comprehensively...
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