AAC
True or False: There are prerequisite skills to using AAC; a child must have certain skills before they are ready to use an AAC device
False-- there are NO prerequisites to AAC
A visual support that can be interactive and provides clients with an organized, ordered list of activities for the day/session/etc
Visual schedule
A display that does not change; allows for a limited number of symbols that remain in static
Fixed display
True or False: Code-switching is a typical behavior and is not indicative of a language disorder
True
Ability to read orally with speed, accuracy, and proper expression. Critical for reading comprehension.
What is fluency?
True or False: AAC use should follow a hierarchy. A person should start with low-tech and move to high-tech
False
This tool uses a story format to help a child with ASD understand or know what to expect in a new or difficult situation and can also be used to give demonstrate possible responses or behaviors
Social Narratives/ Social Stories
A display that changes in response to different symbol selections; for example, you might select "animals" and then the display changes to a new set of symbols including "cat", "dog", "frog", etc.
Dynamic display
Intermixing two or more languages within or between utterances
Code-switching
real or fictional event; organized, linked utterances
Oral Narrative
What are methods of direct selection?
Touch, laser, head tracking, eye gaze
Why are routines and structure helpful for intervention with ASD?
Gives client knowledge of what to expect, reduces anxiety related to unknowns, reduces cognitive effort related to predicting what's next/ thinking ahead/ planning, allows client to focus on task at hand and mentally prepare for what is next, creates repetition and practice of skills
A display that combines both fixed and dynamic aspects; one portion of the display changes in response to different symbol selections (dynamic) and the other is static/unchanging (fixed)
Hybrid display
Code-switches that occur between utterances
Intersentential switches
overall story organization
Narrative macrostructure
What are some strategies for improving efficiency of AAC use?
autocorrect, predictive text/prediction, key guards
What are some tools that can be used in intervention to create routines and structure for clients with ASD?
routines (e.g., starting and ending a session in a predictable way), using a visual schedule, first-then boards, token-reinforcement systems
Focuses of AAC intervention
Modeling AAC use, promoting communication for all functions, and developing language
Code-switches that occur within an utterance
Intrasentential switches
necessary syntax and internal linguistic features
Narrative microstructure
A low-tech, aided form of communication derived from ABA practice; uses a system of pictures which the person physically removes from a book and hands to the communication partner or places on a strip of velcro to communicate
What is Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)?
Breaks down a task or event into step-by-step pieces
AAC intervention technique which focuses on providing language models using the AAC device with verbal communication
True or False: Bilingual children are at risk of under- AND over-identification for language disorders
True
1) planning what to say 2) translating into written form 3) reviewing and editing