Navigating AAC : 50 essential strategies and resources for using augmentative and alternative communication /: 50 essential strategies and resources for using augmentative and alternative communication. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Alison Battye.
• Authors: Battye, Alison
• Contents: 1. What is AAC? Assessing for AAC 2. How to introduce the idea of AAC 3. Everyone on board 4. Get to know the person 5. Assess, don’t guess! 6. The foundations for AAC 7. A consistent 'yes' or 'no' 8. Assessing for access method Supporting the AAC user 9. Input before output 10. Multi-modal communication 11. Modelling AAC to a child 12. Communication partner training AAC solutions 13. Makaton signs 14. Objects of reference 15. Introducing symbols for choice-making 16. Symbol sets 17. Communication boards 18. Communication books 19. PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) 20. Visual supports 21. Alphabet charts 22. Partner-assisted auditory scanning 23. Eye-pointing and E-Tran frames 24. Single message VOCAs 25. Multiple message VOCAs 26. AAC apps 27. Computer and tablet VOCAs 28. Eye-gaze technology 29. Voice-banking and message-banking 30. Communication passports Building language skills with AAC 31. Core and fringe vocabulary 32. Personalising the vocabulary 33. Building vocabulary skills 34. Building phrases and sentences 35. Communication functions 36. Conversation club Literacy, learning and AAC 37. Symbols or text? 38. Assessing literacy 39. Teaching literacy 40. Access to the curriculum Advocacy and AAC 41. Talking Mats 42. Mental capacity and making decisions 43. Safeguarding and AAC AAC and access to the world 44. Multi-media and environmental controls 45. AAC competencies 46. Setting objectives Funding for AAC 47. Specialist AAC assessment 48. Other funding streams 49. A business case for AAC resources 50. Continuing professional development
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.855; Speech disorders -- Patients -- Means of communication; People with disabilities -- Means of communication; Communication devices for people with disabilities; Speech therapy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000688962; 9781000688917; 9781003296850
• Related ISBNs: 9781032284408; 9781032284415
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