Participation model

Question 1

PM - principles

Answer 1

·Assessment is over a period oftime
· ACC intervention = facilitate meaningful communication and participation in everyday life
·Need to identify current and future opportunity barriers
·Everyone can communicate
·Technology alone can’t make someone a good communicator

Question 2

PM - assessment

Answer 2

·Initial assessment for gatheringinfo to plan intervention
·Ensures the individual cancommunicate in a variety of contexts
·To meet the participation needsof various settings (e.g. school, work)
·Follow up assessment to see ifchanges need to be made to accommodate the individual changes.

Question 3

PM - identify participation patterns

Answer 3

Activity/standards inventory
Determine participation patternsof peers – age and gender matched peer is selected
Individual participation isassessed and documented
Identify participation barriers

Question 4

PM - Access barriers

Answer 4

Access = limitations in theindividuals abilities (e.g. no AAC, out of date vocab)

Question 5

PM - Opportunity barriers (PPAKS

Answer 5

Opportunity = imposed by others,can’t be solved by the AAC device (e.g. attitude of others)

Policy, Practice, Attitude, Knowledge, Skill.

Question 6

PM - current communication

Answer 6

Potential for AAC
Environmental adaptations
Natural abilities

Question 7

PM - potential to utilise AAC

Answer 7

Operational requirements
Constraints profile
Capability profile
(MOTOR, COGNITIVE/LINGUISTIC, LITERACY, SENSORY/PERCEPTUAL)

Question 8

PM - implementing

Answer 8

Provide instruction

• Natural context
• Specific skills
• Partner/facilitator training

Question 9

PM - evaluating effectiveness

Answer 9

Is person participating

Follow up

Question 10

PM - 5 areas

Answer 10

1. Identify participation patterns and communication needs
2. Assess opportunity barriers
3. Assess access barriers
4. Plan and implement interventions for today and tomorrow
5. Evaluate intervention effectiveness