Visual Supports
AAC
General Language Intervention Steps
Intervention Techniques
Miscellaneous
100
A visual aid that incorporates the child’s special interest in teaching appropriate social interactions.
What is a power card
100
A diverse set of strategies and methods used by people who do not speak, are difficult to understand, or have language retrieval issues.
What is AAC.
100
Before a child can associate words with people, objects, actions, and events, he/she must attend to what the adult’s words are referring.
What is "establishing joint attentional focus"
100
This occurs frequently in language samples taken from normally developing children
What is imitation of a student
100
The acronym "OWL" stands for
What is... Observe Wait Listen
200
A strategy that describes a specific social skill including the situation, appropriate behaviors, and the reactions the individual or other might have.
What is a Social Story
200
1. Communication of wants and needs 2. Information transfer 3. Social closeness 4. Social etiquette
What is the purposes of AAC
200
In order for a child to become an active communicator, he or she must have models and opportunities to communicate.
What is "Balancing Interactions"
200
This refers to the teachers embellishment of the child’s production and provides useful feedback for the child.
What is expansion
200
A visual support strategy that gives the student reminders of non-academic activities like field trips, lunch menu, and who will be home after school
What is a calender
300
A strategy that provides students with structure, predictability and an understanding of what is going to happen next.
What is a Daily Schedule
300
Three critical things that should be considered when developing an AAC system
What is ... Guessability Learnability Generalization
300
When talking to infants and toddlers, the number of words the adult uses should be fewer than when talking to older children and adults.
What is "Matching Utterances."
300
This is an utterance that attempts to demonstrate a language form that could be used but does not have to be said by child.
What is modeling
300
List the levels of visual supports in the correct order. Color icons Black and white icons Actual objects Words Digital photos of the object
What is... Actual objects Digital photos of the object Color icons Black and white icons Words
400
A strategy that can be used to supplement the daily schedule and teaches independent work habits.
What is a Mini Schedule
400
Symbols used on AAC devices
What is... Letters Words Real Objects Photographs
400
Observing the child, watching what the child does, and responding to the child’s vocalizations and/or actions in a meaningful way.
What is "Being Responsive."
400
When parents want their child to succeed but also want to be able to reasonably increase the difficulty of the task
What is scaffolding
400
"The naturalistic strategy to teach functional language skills using natural contexts and individual interests"
What is Milieu Teaching.
500
A strategy that provides an opportunity to teach acceptable requesting behavior and increases opportunities to develop independence.
What is a Choice Board/Menu
500
Name five out of the nine categories of communication devices.
What is... Base Trainer Eye Gaze Board Communication Boards (teacher made) Single Message Sequencing Messages Multiple Messages Scanning Device Type and Talk device Scene Based Device
500
Praise and positive comments about a child’s behavior and communication is critical to a child’s language development.
What is "Using Positive Words."
500
Give an example of an intervention of imitation of a teacher in the classroom.
What is "The teacher performs choral responding with the class and the student learns to repeat the answer the teacher has said."
500
This strategy uses cues to teach flow of turn taking
What is conversational coaching