Grants Awarded Database

To provide 36 training sessions to 100 Assistive Technology and Augmentative and Alternative Communication professionals in the Inland Empire.

To provide four Functional Communication Take-Away Workshops for up to 60 education and developmental disability service professionals in Los Angeles.

To provide multiple training opportunities, resources, and support in mid- and low-tech AAC to 100 San Francisco (and other area) professionals.

Training healthcare professionals (in nursing, hospice, senior centers, etc.) how to
use AT when caring for DHOH patients

To evaluate effects of coaching on use of AAC support strategies by paraeducators working with children using AAC systems in classroom settings.

Assess the impact of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) on the recovery of language and communication skills in
stroke patients.

To examine the effects of explicit instruction of reading strategies in improving deaf students’ access to print as
a means of communication.

To leverage UCLA’s research expertise to study abilities and needs of those who communicate non-verbally and improve professional methodologies.

To create a professional learning community serving Deaf Plus children through hands-on trainings, onsite
observations, annual partner summits

Establish and replicate two localized speech referral and delivery hubs for children 1 to 3 years in Fresno County.

To implement a network of AT trainers to
improve the assistive technology training of blind students

To scale the Makers Making Change model of skilled volunteer makers creating AAC/AT solutions to Northern California