Communication Strategies & AAC Devices by Emily Fitzgerald

AAC Devices

emilyfitzgerald196 — 2024-02-25 16:48:02 UTC

AT and AAC devices help students who are non verbal or language impaired to communicate in the academic setting as well as for professional, social or personal use. Each AAC device can be customized for the unique speech and language needs of the student.

TYPES OF AAC

emilyfitzgerald196 — 2024-02-26 01:16:14 UTC

UNAIDED AAC or NO TECH

emilyfitzgerald196 — 2024-02-26 01:18:45 UTC

SIGN LANGUAGE, GESTURES and BODY MOVEMENTS

AAC systems that do not require external equipment; unaided AAC includes manual sign languages, gestures, and other formal or informal approaches to nonverbal communication.

An example of a gesture would be a teacher pointing to an object and the child retrieving that object or the child pointing and the teacher retrieving. Using a tangible that the child desires and requesting them to point to it in order to have access to it is a strategy to to teach gestural communication.

For individuals with ASD, the most common approach involves using manual signs from ASL or another one of these systems to produce short phrases concurrent with speech for the key words in a sentence; this has been referred to as “total communication” (Casey, 1978).

AIDED AAC or LOW TECH and HIGH TECH

emilyfitzgerald196 — 2024-02-26 01:21:22 UTC

PICTURE EXCHANGE SYSTEMS or PHOTOGRAPHS and SWITCHES, IPADS and SPEECH GENERATING DEVICES

Static Display devices, Dynamic Display devices, Visual Scene Displays

Why is teaching Communication so IMPORTANT?

emilyfitzgerald196 — 2024-02-27 00:55:07 UTC

The ability to control the environment is important to gain access to materials, activities, and information that a child may want or need as well as the opportunity to protest appropriately. The goal of communication is for all children to have a way to share experiences and learn, engage in social interactions, communicate their discomfort and advocate for themselves.

TEACHING COMMUNICATION

emilyfitzgerald196 — 2024-02-27 01:11:26 UTC

SCOPE AND SEQUENCE OF AAC INSTRUCTION

•Communicative intent

•Vocabulary for highly preferred items and activities, as well as those items that will support social interaction and participation in valued activities and routines

•Appropriate protesting

•Conversational skills

STRATEGIES for INTERVENTION

emilyfitzgerald196 — 2024-02-28 23:41:37 UTC