The effect of AAC training programs on professionals' knowledge, skills and self-efficacy in AAC: a scoping review.

Since effective and successful AAC service delivery relies on the knowledge and competence of professionals in the field of AAC, sufficient training in AAC will equip professionals to provide quality AAC service delivery. However, many professionals lack training in AAC and structured opportunities for professional development are sorely needed. As there is no consensus on the amount, mode of delivery and content of AAC training, the purpose of this scoping review was to identify AAC training programs for professional development and to describe the characteristics and effects of such programs.

Use of an intelligent tutoring system for a curriculum on augmentative and alternative communication: Feasibility for implementation.

Background: Over 8 million children with disabilities live in Africa and are candidates for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), yet formal training for team members, such as speech-language therapists and special education teachers, is extremely limited. Only one university on the continent provides postgraduate degrees in AAC, and other institutions provide only short modules at an undergraduate level. The need for an introductory training course on AAC that is accessible by university students continent-wide was identified.

The effects of augmentative and alternative communication interventions on the receptive language skills of children with developmental disabilities: A scoping review.

Purpose: To map and synthesise research evidence of the effects that aided and unaided AAC interventions have on the receptive language of children with developmental disabilities.

Method: This scoping review used a four-pronged search strategy (electronic databases, dissertations and theses, hand search, ancestry searches) to identify germane studies. A total of 16 studies met the inclusion criteria.

Safety and Tolerability of Clofazimine in a Cohort of Children With Odontogenic Mycobacterium abscessus Infection.

Mycobacterium abscessus infections can be challenging to treat. Clofazimine has excellent in vitro activity against M abscessus, but reports of its use, particularly in children, have been limited. In this study, clofazimine was given to 27 children during an outbreak of odontogenic mycobacterial infections and seemed to be well tolerated as part of a multidrug regimen.