[phono-tx] AAC and unintelligible toddlers - PARENT BROCHURES?

Hello all --
I am a speech therapy master's student that has been following this forum for
about a year. I wanted to weigh in on the idea of teaching sign to
unintelligible toddlers who have "suspected CAS". While I am still developing my
own clincial sense, I do feel very strongly that children who are highly
unintelligible need a way to communicate in the short term. I frequently
incorporate signs into my therapy sessions. I believe the literature supports
AAC methods such as signing for children and shows that it does help to support
the development of verbal language (I believe Kathleen Kangas from Idaho State
University did a study on this). However, I have often found it difficult to
explain to parents why AAC methods such as signing are effective in their
child's case, especially if it is a child who is typically-developing in all
other ways expect for speech. But pointing out that it will reduce frustration
and that the literature does support it for developing speech does seem to help.
Does anyone know of any brochures to give to parents about the use of AAC
methods with children? I know someone mentioned a publication in Britian, but
are there any published in the states or anything specifically on AAC?

Thanks,
Brooke

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