AAC Strategies for Individuals with Moderate to Severe Disabilities

Name: AAC Strategies for Individuals with Moderate to Severe Disabilities
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ISBN: 9781598572063

ISBN-10: 1598572067

ISBN-13: 9781598572063

Edition: 2011

Authors: Susan S. Johnston, Joe Reichle, Kathleen M. Feeley, Emily A. Jones

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With more children and young adults with severe disabilities in today¿s general education classrooms, SLPs and other professionals must be ready to support their students¿ communication skills with effective AAC. They¿ll get the proven strategies they need with this intervention guide from top AAC experts, ideal for use as an in-service professional development resource or a highly practical text students will keep and use long after class is over. Essential for SLPs, OTs, PTs, educators, and other professionals in school settings, this book helps readers establish a beginning functional communicative repertoire for learners with severe disabilities. Professionals will start with an…

Book details

List price: $56.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Brookes Publishing
Publication date: 11/3/2011
Binding: Mixed Media
Pages: 408
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.826
Language: English



Contents of the Accompanying CD-ROM


About the Authors and Contributors


Preface


Acknowledgments



Establishing the Framework for Intervention



Teaching Pragmatic Skills to Individuals with Severe Disabilities




Building Blocks of a Beginning Communication System: Communicative Modes




AAC Systems Features




Improving Communicative Competence Through Alternative Selection Methods




Instructional Strategies




Intervention Intensity: Developing a Context for Instruction




Monitoring Learner Performance




Establishing Functional Communication



Teaching Learners to Correspond Graphic Symbols to Objects and Events




Gaining Access to Desired Objects and Activities




Escaping and Avoiding Objects and Activities




Obtaining and Maintaining Communicative Interactions




Using AAC to Support Language Comprehension




The Use of Augmentative Strategies to Enhance Communication of Verbal Mode Users



Conclusion



Index