AAC

Question 1

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Answer 1

Compensates and facilitates communication (no cognitive prerequisites)

Question 2

Aided AAC

Answer 2

External aid: communication board, books, voice output devices

Question 3

Unaided AAC

Answer 3

Produced by the body: vocalizations, gestures, signs

Question 4

AAC Symbols

Answer 4

Real objects, photos, pictures, drawings, orthography

Question 5

Aids

Answer 5

Devices used to transmit or receive messages

Question 6

Strategies

Answer 6

Most efficient and effective way to convey symbols

Question 7

Direct Selection

Answer 7

Touch with finger, pointer,

Question 8

Indirect Selection

Answer 8

Array is scanned, user activates switch when lit or heard

Question 9

Core Vocabulary

Answer 9

Common words to aged match peers; used across all communication environments/ situations (e.g., stop, go, get, more, turn, mine, on, off, up, down, that)

Question 10

Fringe Vocabulary

Answer 10

Specific and unique vocabulary based on AAC user, allow expression of ideas, mostly nouns

Question 11

Static Display

Answer 11

Fixed symbols (particular location) typically found in low-tech

Question 12

Dynamic Display

Answer 12

Electronic visual symbols; computer screen display

Question 13

Visual Scene

Answer 13

Picture/photo that represents a situation/experience within a scene