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*refers to "other modes" of comm.
refers to an area of reserach, clinical and ed practice. involves attmpts to study and when necessary compensate for TEMPORARY or PERMANENT imparirments, activity limitation, and PARTICIPATION restrictions of persons with sev disorders |
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| AAC refers to techniques and Procedures designed to |
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Support
Enhance
Augment
Facilitate
Suppliement |
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| The Primary Components of AAC |
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-Symbols
-Aids
-Strategies
-Techniques |
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Provide Indv with Opp and Capability to
-Communicate Messages
-Participate in home, school, work, community
-Learn Native Lang
-Est and Maintain Social roles
-Meet Personal Need |
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-no typical person
-All age groups
-Vary SES and ethnicity |
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SEVERE EXPRESSIVE COMM IMPAIRMENT
-cause require adamptive assistance to meet comm. need
-unable to meet comm needs with speech/ expression |
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Intellectual Disability
CP
ASD/ PDD
DAS |
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CVA- aphasia, locked in syndrome
Neurogenic Disease- ALS, MS, PD
TBI- infection/ temp induced |
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| Characteristics to Identify Potential AAC users |
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-awareness/ attention
-motivation to comm.
-Available movt.
-Comm Advocate (to get insurance and other)
-also --hearing, vision, symbolic beh. and literacy skills |
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Benefits of AAC
for the USER |
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-improved comm
-"Q of L
-"health and safety
-empowered indv. (self confidence)
-increased participation
-independence and improved inclusion
-reduced frustration |
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| Benefits of AAC for Society |
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-AAC Users gain inc. ability to support and more active as contributing member of soc.
- AAC become active consumers c reduced reliance on funded programs
-Acceptance and Tolerance of Diversity |
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| enabling indv to PARTICIPATE in a timely and effective manner in mult. interactions. |
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| Functions of Interactions |
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-Expression of Wants and needs
-Information Transfer
-Social Closeness
-Social Etiquette
-Comm c self (internal dialogue, calendars, lists, journals, reflections) |
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| Competent AAC Communicators |
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-Pos. self image
-Show interest in others
-Actively Participate and turn take
-demonstrate responsiveness to Comm. Partners
-Help listeners become comfortable c their ACC system |
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| Components of Communicative Competence |
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LOSS
-Linguistic
-Operational
-Social
-Strategic |
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*Receptive and Expressive lang skills of native language
*Knowledge of linguistic code unique to one's AAC system (line drawings, words, signs,etc) |
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Tech skills to operate acc. and efficiently.
includes training Facilitators, parents, spouses, other fam members, ed staff
1.keep vocab upto date
2. construct overlays
3.protect from damage
4. repairs
5.modify
6. ensure day to day availability |
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social interactions
-initiate, maintain or terminate interactions
-give and take turns
-communicate in a variety of functions (requesting, rejecting)
-engage in a variety of coherent and cohesive interactions
-give and take turns
-comm various functions
-engage in variety of interactions |
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strategies for effective comm within restrictions
- to compensate for func. limitations.
-interactions with unfamiliar with AAC
-resolving communication breakdowns
-compensating for slow speaking rate
-eg. pick up on eye cues from others are they lost?
ppl who use AAC need the knowledge judgment, and skills that allow them to "communicate effectively within restrictions" |
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| something that stands for or rep. something else. |
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-iconicity
-Ambiguity
-complexity
-figure ground differntial
-perceptual distinctness
-acceptability
-efficiency
-size |
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Aided - require some type of external assistance
Unaided- no external device
Combined |
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-body movt
-Facial Expressions
-Eye behaviors
-Postures
-smell
-proxmics
-artifacts
-evn. factors |
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| Unaided Gestures (Ekman and Frieren 1969 classifications |
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-Emblems- (wrinkle nose for bad smell, shake head)
-Illustrators
-Affect Displays - more subtle less intentional
-Regulators- keep convo going on stopping. maintaining
-Adaptors- non intentional/ not nec used for comm eg. chewing on pen cap |
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| unaided-Vocalizations and Speech |
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-vocalizations that are communicative in nature
-vocalizations substitution for speech - uh huh
-Auditory Scanning (both aided and un) |
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