Assistive Technology Flashcards
augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
- compensates and facilitates communication
- zero exclusion (i.e., no cognitive prerequisites)
aided AAC
- external aid
- communication board, books, voice output device
unaided AAC
- produced by the body
- vocalizations, gestures, signs
low tech
- communication board
- BigMack
mid tech
- AMDI Tech Speak
- NovaChat
high tech
- Dynavox T10
- PRC Accent Series
primary components of AAC
- symbols
- aids
- strategies
- techniques
primary components of AAC: symbols
real objects, photos, pictures, drawings, orthography
primary components of AAC: aids
devices used to transmit or receive messages
primary components of AAC: strategies
most efficient and effective ways to convey symbols
primary components of AAC: techniques
how messages are physically transmitted (e.g., scanning)
access methods and switches
- direct selection
- indirect selection
access methods and switches: direct selection
touch with finger, pointer, elegize, etc.
access methods and switches: indirect selection
array is scanned, user activates switch when lit or heard
individualized vocabulary
- core vocoabulary
- fringe vocabulary
individualized vocabulary: core vocabulary
common words to age matched peers, used across all communication environments/situations
individualized vocabulary: fringe vocabulary
specific and unique vocabulary based on AAC user, allow expression of ideas, mostly nouns
display types
- static
- dynamic
- visual scene
display types: static
“fixed” symbols (particular location), typical in low tech
display types: dynamic
electronic visual symbols, computer screen display
display types: visual scene
picture/photo that represents a situation/experience, within scene
