Documentation Status as a Contextual Determinant of HIV Risk Among Young Transgender Latinas.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the contextual factors that determine or mitigate vulnerability to HIV among Latina transgender women. Documentation status (legal authorization to live in the United States) has been cited by other studies as a barrier to recruitment or engagement in HIV-related care among immigrant Latinos, but not explored as a determinant of HIV risk for transgender immigrant Latinas.

Methods: We collaborated with a community-based organization to explore these contextual, including social and structural, factors.

Using aided AAC models, recasts, and contrastive targets to teach grammatical morphemes to children who use AAC.

Purpose: The purpose of the investigation was to evaluate the effects of using aided augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) modeling and recasting on the expression of grammatical morphemes with children who used AAC.

Method: A single-subject, multiple-probe, across-targets design was used for the study. Three participants were each taught to use 3 grammatical structures.