What's the tool?
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Brick by Brick - Foundations of AAC
Grab-Bag
100

A no-tech AT tool - small squares of paper with a weak adhesive use to mark pages, take notes, or pass a phone number.

What is a Post-It Note?

100

Communication is all about ______ which is our focus of all assessment and intervention activities.

What are people?

100

An online tool for teachers and therapists to create visual supports, communication boards, and learning activities.

What is LessonPix?

100

On an aided AAC device, language that is represented by the alphabet is called this.

What is an alphabetical based system?

100
According to the webinar on Ethics in AAC, this is the biggest ethical problem found in public schools as it relates to providing AT and AAC to students.

What is assigning the same AT / AAC device to all kids.

200

In lecture, this "tool" was used to illustrate how to bridge the gap between a person's capabilities and a need. 

What is a hammer?

200

Effective communication requires the _______ and ________ of a message.

What is sending and receiving?

200

This company uses a language representation system of semantic compaction on their aided AAC devices.

What is Prentke Romich Company?

200
Vocabulary words that represent 80% - 85% of the words we use in our conversational speech.

What is core vocabulary?

200

This activity will support a teacher or SLP in providing a child and family's cultural beliefs.

What is researching a student/clients culture before meeting with them?

300

A low-tech AT tool - a small book containing pages of pictures and text representing vocabulary that is used frequently by all people.

What is a Core Board?

300

This part of language includes grammar, morphology, and phonology and may be verbal, written, or picture based.

What is the form of language?

300

This company has three different language systems on their aided AAC devices including Snap Core First, Communicator 5, and Snap Scene.

What is TobiiDynavox?

300

These language representation methods do not require the user to be literate.

What are semantic compaction and picture based language systems?

300
This major assignment in CSD 419 will provide me with resources, links, and future training opportunities as I enter my career.

What is the Portfolio Project?

400

A high-tech AT tool - a rectangular shaped device that holds a variety of apps, including communication apps.

What is an iPad?

400

This part of language includes social, academic, core and fringe vocabulary.  

What is the content of language?

400

Michelle Mineo stated that we need to consider this before considering a language system.

What is an access method?

400

This type of aided AAC display had a portion of the screen that stays static and another part that changes with key selection.

What is a hybrid AAC display?

400

This website contains free webinars/modules to learn about core vocabulary, communication, and literacy instruction for students with complex communication needs.

500

A high-tech AT tool - software that is installed on a computer that understands spoken words and translates into written words.

What is Speech to Text software?

500

This part of language includes the social aspects of language and is composed of a variety of language functions.

What is the use of language?

500

Bob Penshorn presented on an aided AAC language system that is based on functional scenes and may be appropriate for early language users - adults with aphasia.

What is Snap Scene?

500

This type of aided AAC display does not change when a key is selected by the user.

What is a static display?

500

A student or client choosing their own voice and gender identity when setting up a speech generating AAC device is an example of this best practice in AAC.

What is ethical team collaboration?