Communication

• -treatment considers the manifestation of a disorder and how activities and participation are impacted
• -focuses on understanding how the disorders affects individual's daily lives and identifying ways to help them participate more fully in society

• -effective communication
• -people us a combination of communication modalities to meet their intended communication goals

• -emphasizes the importance of speech, language, and/or cognitiveabilitis for a person's participation in society rather than focusing solely on the disorder
• -what sever communication disorders are referred to

• consists of four different components that are used to enhance communication:
• -symbols
• -aids
• -strategies
• -techniques

• -something that stands for something else
• -classified as aided or unaided
• -can be acoustic, graphic, manual, or tactile

• requices a device or accessory that is external to the body to transmit a message
• Ex: drawing a pic, pointing to photographs

• requires only one's body
• Ex: speaking, gesturing, signing

sounds or tones processed in the auditory system to interpret meaning

printed symbols that are usually represented on paper, boards, or computer screen

• produced using the body
• Ex: gestures, signing

• can be physically manipulated
• Ex: braille, or teacher holding up a yogurt cup to symbolize snack time

• do not require movement or change to understand their meaning
• Ex: photograph or illustration

• require movement or change to understand their meaning
• Ex: gestures

degree to which symbols visually resemble what they refer to

has little resemblance to what it represents

• -refers to the type of assistive device that is used to send or receive messages
• -aids often supplement speech or writing and can augment input of informaiton
• -Electronic (Speech Generating Device SGDs) or nonelectronic (no tech or low/light technology)

• -the way symbols are effectivel and efficiently conveyed
• -AAC strategies are intended to improve message transmission time, support grammatical formulation of messages, and enhance communication rates

• the way in which messages are transmitted
• -how an individual selects or accesses symbols
• -2 types: direct selection and indirect selection

• -a direct motor act that is not dependent on time
• -Four types:
• -physical pressure
• -physical contact
• -pointing without contact
• -speech or voice input

• -depression
• -individuals select symbols using a controlled body movement to depress a key or apply sufficient pressure for activaiton to occur
• -can involve a bod part or an instrument attached the body

idividuals need only have physical contact with the AAC aid, such as touching a finger to a symbol on a communication board

such as eye pointing

some AAC systems that can be accessed by speech or voice input to activate messages and functions

• 3 kinds:
• -scanning
• -directed scanning
• -coded access

• dual or single switches
• -with scanning a selection set of symbols is presented in a predetermined configuration by either a communication device or a communcation partner