Lecture 1 - Intro Flashcards
What is AAC?
Means of communication that are not speech
True or false - there is no competency level to use AAC
TRUEEEE
What is the goal of AAC
To be an independent communicator face to face, in writing and via social media
What are the 4 interrelated domains/skills important in developing AAC
Linguistic (language system needed to construct a msg), operational (knowing how to use technology), social (greetings, pls/thank you) and strategic (How to fix communication breakdown)
What are the 4 psychosocial factors?
Motivation, Attitude, Confidence and Resilience
What are 4 environmental supports/ barriers?
1) education of partners to reduce barriers
2) policy and practice barriers
3) attitude barriers
4) knowledge and skill barriers
True or false all AAC users are basically bilingual.
Yes - the input (receptive) is verbal but the output (expressive) is non-verbal. This causes some children to be delayed
true or false assessment and intervention often happen simultaneously
true
What 6 things do you need to know for an assessment?
1) communication needs
2) goals
3) strength + weakness
4) compare with peers
5) barriers
6) environments
the ________ model is a way of looking at assessment in a more global way – how can we get person to participate to max ability
participation
a ______ barrier is specific to the individual
Access barrier
a _______ barrier is extrinsic to the individual
Opportunity barrier
AAC ________ and ________ are functional, holistic, on-going and occur concurrently
assessment and intervention
what 3 areas do we assess to determine their current communication (access barriers??)
1) Natural abilities
2) Environmental adaptations
3) AAC in place
what 3 things effect the potential that a client will use the AAC provided?
1) Operational requirements
2) Contraints and
3) capabilities
List 5 opportunity barriers
policy, practice, facilitator use, facilitator knowledge and attitude
what are the 3 steps in AAC intervention?
1) create intervention for short and long term goals
2) Train AAC user and partners
3) evaluate effectiveness (yes = monitor, no = re-evaluate barriers)
what 3 things does an interaction involve
message, sender and reciever
What is the first thing we want to do in AAC
Set up something low tech to get the client communicating ASAP
