Alternative and augmentative communication

Question 1

What is Pragmatic Organization Dynamic Display?

Answer 1

a type of AAC device that can be used for low tech or high tech devices to help individuals who struggle to communicate to interact meaningfully. It provides much vocabulary that can be accessed quickly and efficiently to support language

Question 2

What are primary components of an AAC device?

Answer 2

symbols and vocabulary words that are programmed into the AAC device

Question 3

What are the secondary components of an AAC device?

Answer 3

how well an AAC user interacts with and uses an AAC device

Question 4

The classification of unaided symbols can be separated into

Answer 4

linguistic and nonlinguistic

Question 5

What is a low tech AAC device?

Answer 5

a device that is either not electronic or is a simple electronic device

Question 6

What is a high tech AAC device?

Answer 6

a device that is complex (allows you to store words, pictures, and messages and generates voice)

Question 7

What is the difference between iconic vs non-iconic?

Answer 7

iconic symbols represent the object they communicate, whereas non-iconic symbols are abstract, geometric, or arbitrary

Question 8

What are the two ways that users send messages?

Answer 8

scanning and direct selection

Question 9

What is the difference between direct selection and scanning?

Answer 9

Direct selection is a direct way of accessing messages via pressing an electronic key or touching an icon; scanning is the presentation of messages by the device or the communication partner

Question 10

Who benefits from AAC methods?

Answer 10

children with autism, intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, aphasia, apraxia, CP, laryngectomy, glossectomy, tracheostomy, spinal cord injury, and other conditions

Question 11

What is milieu therapy?

Answer 11

a technique that focuses on integrating all of a child’s life experiences into therapy

Question 12

What is a controlled situation communicator?

Answer 12

a communicator that can ask and answer questions with gestures, such as pointing, or using pictures or symbols. They are aware of daily routines and can often attend to print and confirm or select topics of interest

Question 13

What is the difference beween gestured AAC and gesture assisted AAC?

Answer 13

gestured AAC is using only gestures to communicate and no instruments or devices are involved; gesture assisted AAC is using gestures plus an AAC device

Question 14

What are premack symbols?

Answer 14

symbols or abstract plastic shapes on a gesture assisted AAC that are associated with a word or a phrase

Question 15

What are rebuses?

Answer 15

symbols or pictures that represent events or objects that also have words, grammatical morphemes, or both attached to it

Question 16

What are picture exchange communication systems?

Answer 16

low-tech option in which a child is taught to exchange a picture with a partner to communicate intentions, wants, and needs

Question 17

What are neuro-assisted AAC devices?

Answer 17

AAC devices that are used by individuals with limited hand mobility and motor impairments

Question 18

What are myoswitches?

Answer 18

special switches that are activated by electricitiy from electrodes placed on the child’s skin. This allows for the display of messages on their AAC device

Question 19

What are sig symbols?

Answer 19

ideographic/pictographic symbols based on ASL

Question 20

What are blissymbols?

Answer 20

semi-iconic and abstract symbols that can be taught to speakers of any linguistic or cultural background

Question 21

What is the revised participation model?

Answer 21

clinician identifies the client’s communication needs through a participation inventory, assess barriers to communication imposed by others, assess access barriers and the client’s motor, language, literacy, and other capabilities

Question 22

What happens in direct selection?

Answer 22

users point with any part of their body they can use; they can also use a switch or other gestures such as blowing into a tube or moving their eyebrows

Question 23

For augmentative and alternative communication for individuals with TBI, what is targeted?

Answer 23

spoken and written communication