Message Management
Name two modes of message formulation
What are:
Letter by letter spelling
Spelling with word prediction
Whole word selection
Full/partial message selection
The term for the technical skills needed to operate the AAC system accurately and efficiently.
What is operational competence?
The most researched characteristic of symbols.
What is iconicity?
Define message management.
What is: the formulation, storage, and retrieval of single words, codes, and messages.
In this kind of communication interaction, the goal is to regulate the behavior of the listener toward an action-oriented response.
Expression of wants/needs
Vocabulary that is specific to an individual would be considered this type of vocabulary.
What is fringe vocabulary?
Name two of the four components of communicative competence for AAC users.
- linguistic
- operational
- social
- strategic
Two factors that influence an individual's symbol understanding.
What are
- cognitive ability
- language ability
- age
- world experience
- Type of meaning/type of word
- context
- motivation
- instructional factors
- teaching strategies
- reinforcement value
- understanding of intent
Vocabulary that occurs frequently and is commonly used by a variety of people would be considered this kind of vocabulary.
What is core vocabulary?
Define linguistic competence.
The receptive and expressive language skills of one's native language.
Name one difference between spoken and written communication.
What is:
- Spoken communication involves the use of more 1st and 2nd person pronouns
- Vocab is more diverse in written communication than spoken because words tend to be repeated more often in speech than in writing
- Speech tends to contain shorter units of thought and more monosyllabic words than writing does
Name three of the five purposes that communication interactions fulfill.
- Communication of wants/needs
- Information transfer
- Social closeness
- Social etiquette
- Internal dialogue
Rank these terms from greatest to least iconicity:
translucent, transparent, opaque
Transparent, translucent, opaque
Name the four types of stories.
What are:
1st person
2nd person
Official
Fantasy
Individuals in this age category were found to use small talk in 50% of their daily utterances.
Preschool kids (ages 3-5)
Name three factors which influence message management.
What are:
Lack of experience of most facilitators
Generic differences
Individual differences
Emotional expression
Participation patterns
Risk of abuse/crime
Technology
Name the (4) most common congenital causes of communication disorders which may result in relying on AAC to communicate.
- cognitive impairment
- cerebral palsy
- autism
- developmental apraxia of speech
The term for nonverbal behaviors that maintain and regulate conversation between two people.
What are regulators?
Give one reason why it's difficult to plan for a content-specific conversation.
- It's not scripted.
- The messages are unique to each person and are novel each time.
Research reports that nearly this percentage of AAC users report having experienced crime or abuse, and they don't always have the ability to tell about it.
What is 50%?
Name the three requirements for effective messages related to explanations or procedural descriptions.
What are
- rich in detail
- contain sequentially related information
- timely and efficient
Name the (4) most common acquired medical conditions which may result in the need for AAC.
- ALS
- MS
- TBI
- stroke
A type of manual sign system.
What is
- National Sign Languages (e.g. ASL)
- Manually Coded English Sign Systems (e.g. SEE-signed exact english)
- tactile signing
Name four ways in which greetings and farewell statements vary.
- age
- context
- culture
- social status
Of the four areas of communicative competence, this has been the focus of most of the research in the AAC field.
Social competence