Augmentative and Alternative Communication Flashcards
What is AAC
Augmentative and Alternative Communication
A device, system or strategy that compensates for an individuals communication disorder, permanently or temporarily
Who uses AACs
People with expressive language disorders
What challenges do AACs address
Expressive language deficits
Allows people to have access to the words they are looking for
What are the two types of AACs and how are each used?
Aided: Utilizes a device, either PEC or SGD
Unaided: Gestures, facial expressions, postures for expressive language
Effectiveness of AACs
3 of 4 ASD children see improvement
2 of 3 parents report large benefit to child
Higher benefit to starting early
Help facilitate language development
What is a PECS and what is it useful for
Picture Exchange Communication System
A manual that is often then used as a launchpad for SGDs
Only useful for requests
What is the aka name of an SGD, What does it stand for, and what is it useful for
AKA Talkers
Speech Generating Device
Enables questions, comments, heuristics, protests, requests
Types of AACs
Apps, Hardware, Eye Tracking, Touch, Mechanical, Breath
Affordability in AACs
Can get expensive
Smart devices can lower this requirement
Strengths of AACs
Helpful if good for receptive but not expressive langauge abilities
Decreases challenging behavior
Not limited by etiology
Provider monitored
Weaknesses of AACs
Don’t have large scale or longitudinal studies
Options can be limited by cost
Limited options in AACs
What is the most standard aided AAC
SGD
Relationship between SGD and insurace
usually, covered by public and private
What aspect of an SGD is the most effective
Collaboration between tech and instruction
What is a downside of SGD veruses a PECS
Slower to learn
