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What is AAC?

What is Augmentative and Alternative Communication?

100

What are types of High Tech AAC?

What are -computer/laptop

              -dedicated communication device

              -switch with voice output?

100

Involve mastery of language with a focus on expression

What are linguistic competencies?

100

what is dysphagia?

What is Difficulty with eating and swallowing?

100

  • Medications

    • Botox, Nitrates, Diltiazem 

Dilation of a narrowed area

What are medical treatments of Dysphagia?

200

-ways of dommunicating adding to speech

-sometimes used with children to supplement speech as they develop speech

What is augmentative communication?

200

What can you do with AAC?

What are:  greetings

                talk about your day

                 tell jokes

                 write books

                 compose music

200

Involve knowing how to communicate effectively and in a socially appropriate way

What are social competencies?

200


  • Chewing food

  • Swallowing solids and/or liquids

  • Coughing or choking when eating

  • Food sticking in the throat or chest

What are difficulties associated with Dysphagia?

200

  • Electrical stimulation

  • Compensatory strategies


    • Head Turn

    • Chin Tuck

    • Masako

    • Mendelsohn

What are compensatory strategies?

300

-sometimes spoken langauge is no longer possible

-other ways of communicating must be used

What s alternative communication?

300

they can range from people with low cognitive level/no symbol and little ability to move to high level abstract thinkers

Who are AAC users?

300

Competecies that a person who uses AAC must develop to minimize the barriers imposed by the AAC system.

What are strategic competencies?

300

What causes Dysphagia?

  • Head and Neck Cancer

  • Cerebral Palsy

  • Stroke

  • Head injury

  • Spinal cord injury



300

  • Modifying the consistency of food so that it is easier to chew or swallow



What are dietary modifications?

400

what are forms of AAC?

What are: sign language

               communication boards

                PECS

                gestural system

                app on an ipad

400

Iconic and Symbolic

What are types of symbol systems?

400

requesting

seeking social reinforcement

generalize skills across contexts


What are skills necessary for functional communication?

400

Anticholinergics – Atropine, Dramamine, Benadryl, Unisom, Spiriva


Benzodiazepines – Ativan/Lorazepam


Antipsychotics/Neuroleptics/Tranquilizers –

    1ST Gen – Thorazine, Haldol

    Newer Gen – Risperidone, Abilify,             Clozapine 

What are meds that cause Dysphagia?

400

mechanical soft

ground 

puree

liquid

What are food consistencies?

500

pictures

photos

objects

sign language

What are types of low tech AAC?

500

What is PECS?

What is the Picture Exchange Communication System?

500

teach social engagement (acquire attention, sustain attention, initiate)

use a variety of forms of communication

teach replacement behaviors for inappropriate behaviors

what's different for kids with ASD?

500

  • Examine the oral motor mechanism (mouth structures) 


  • Examine oral and pharyngeal abilities


  • Meal observation and/or feeding trial

                            

What are included in a Dysphagia evaluation?

500

what are liquid consistencies?

What are 

  • Thin liquid- regular liquids

  • Nectar liquid- apricot, tomato, V8 juice

  • Honey liquid- honey-like

  • Pudding liquid-pudding-like