Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Supporting Children and Adults with Complex Communication Needs
3rd Edition
Published on 1. September 2005
Book
Hardback
672 pages
978-1-55766-684-0 (ISBN)
Description
This textbook presents a life-span approach to improving the lives of children and adults who have severe communication disorders due to autism, traumatic brain injury, intellectual disabilities, or sensory impairments. Step-by-step intervention approaches are offered, as well as thorough discussions of principles and procedures of assessment; planning and implementation of AAC intervention; symbol options; alternative access; message management; vocabulary selection; service delivery; This update of the widely-used and well-respected earlier editions offers more information on individuals with acquired disabilities and continues to emphasize putting the AAC user first.
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-55766-684-0 (9781557666840)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
AAC Processes; Introduction: What Is Augmentative and Alternative Communication? Messaging: Vocabulary, Small Talk, and Storytelling; Symbols and Rate Enhancement; Alternative Access; Team Building for AAC Assessment and Intervention; Principles of Assessment; Assessment of Specific Capabilities; Principles of Decision Making and Intervention; AAC: Interventions For Individuals With Developmental Disabilities; AAC Issues for People with Developmental Disabilities; AAC Strategies for Beginning Communicators: Building Opportunities and Nonsymbolic Communication; AAC Strategies for Beginning Communicators: Symbolic Approaches to Communication; Language Learning and Development; Literacy Development of AAC Users; Educational Inclusion of AAC Users; AAC: Interventions For Individuals With Acquired Disabilities; Adults with Acquired Physical Disabilities; Adults with Degenerative; Language/Cognition Disorders; Individuals with Traumatic Brain Injury; AAC in Intensive and Acute Care Settings; Index