^ Study: Wait For Developmental Specialists Often 5 Month...

According to the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the national average wait time for developmental pediatric evaluations is approximately 5 months. Of 244 hospitals listed, 140 unique programs were identified and called in English. One hundred four programs were reached. Ninety programs met inclusion...

^ Stay Current With PRC-Saltillo IOS Apps In Version 2.40...

It’s time to update your PRC-Saltillo AAC apps to version 2.40 for Dialogue® AAC, LAMP Words for Life®, and TouchChat®. To access new features for the best app experience, make sure your device is operating with iOS version 14.0 or later.   Important Information Starting with version 2.40,...

^ Standardized Assessment In AAC Evaluations

— by Beth Studdiford Standardized Assessment is defined on the ASHA website as an empirically developed evaluation tool with established reliability and validity. Formal testing may be useful for assessing the structure and form of language, but may not provide an accurate assessment of an individual's use of languag...

^ Spotlight Series: Getting To Know Jenny

Reprinted with permission from CommuniCare Who is Jenny? Our relationship with Jenny began fifteen years ago or so, when we worked with her to get an updated AAC device (a Pathfinder from Prentke Romich Company). More recently, Jenny’s Pathfinder was no longer supported by the company and we needed to make the switc...

^ Speech-Language Pathologist Is Winner Of Prentke Romich...

Congratulations to Josette Drees of Mary Cariola Children’s Center, winner of PRC’s American Speech-Hearing Association Conference (ASHA) drawing! She came to it later than most. “I discovered speech-language pathology in my mid-20s,” said Josette Drees. But when she did it came as no surprise; &ld...

^ Software Notification For LAMP Words For Life®

Files created in software version 2.34 or higher cannot be imported into devices running software version 2.33.2 or lower. This affects any file backed up, transferred, or exported from software version 2.34, even if the vocabulary was initially created in an earlier software version. For example, if you have updated your...