J. Except. People 2021, 10(1):51-60

Potential of music experiences for augmentative and alternative communication users and their effect on communication training: a scoping review protocol

Jiří Kantor1, Henny Kupferstein2, Signhild Skogdal3, Tim Anderson4, Einar Berg Olsen4, Elin Skogdal4, Nikola Častulíková1, Lucia Kantorová5
1 The Center of Evidence-based Education & Arts Therapies and Institute of Special Education Studies, Faculty of Education, Palacký University in Olomouc, Žižkovo nám. 5, 779 00, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2 Director of Research and Advocacy, Doogri Institute, Center for Forthright Scholarship, PO Box 3014, Santa Monica CA 90408-3014, United States
3 Førsteamanuensis logopedi/, Associate professor speech-and language therapy, Institutt for lærerutdanning og pedagogikk/, Department of Education, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
4 SKUG-senteret, Kulturskolen i Tromsø, Krognessveien 33, 9006 Tromsø, Norway
5 Czech National Centre for Evidence-Based Healthcare and Knowledge Translation (Cochrane Czech Republic, Czech Evidence-Based Healthcare Centre: Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Masaryk, University GRADE Centre), Institute of Biostatistics and Analyses, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 753/5, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic

Music-based experiences were found to be effective in supporting and promoting purposeful communication by non-speaking people who use benefit from augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). However, this area is fragmented into several disciplines (e.g. speech and language therapy, special education, music therapy, etc.) and the possibilities of music-making for AAC training have not been systematically reviewed. The aim of the planned scoping review is to analyze the types of experiences that use music-making as a form of AAC and overview their effects for different groups of AAC users. The scoping review will be conducted according to JBI methodology. We will search in databases (BMC, CINAHL, EMBASE, ERIC, MEDLINE, ProQuest Central, PsycINFO, Scopus, and Web of Science), and the sources of unpublished and gray literature (Central, Clinical Trials, Current Controlled Trials, Google Scholar, and Open Dissertations) including the reference lists of relevant texts, language, location or publication period will not be limited. Study selection and charting of data from relevant studies will be done independently by two reviewers. The findings of the scoping review may enable classification of different types of music experiences and their effects in the context of AAC training, and propose recommendations for a more intentional usage of those experiences by AAC users, professionals (e.g. music therapists or special teachers), families, and other non-professionals.

Keywords: alternative communication, AAC, music, experiences, AAC training, JBI, scoping review, protocol
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The article/paper is dedicated to the project "Concept Evidence-Based Practice in Special Education and Arts Therapies", No. PdF_UVV_2021_003.

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Kantor, J., Kupferstein, H., Skogdal, S., Anderson, T., Berg Olsen, E., Skogdal, E., Častulíková, N., & Kantorová, L. (2021). Potential of music experiences for augmentative and alternative communication users and their effect on communication training: a scoping review protocol. Journal of Exceptional People, 10(18), 51-60
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