PDF-(BOOS)-AAC Strategies for Individuals with Moderate to Severe Disabilities

With more children and young adults with severe disabilities in todays general education classrooms SLPs and other professionals must be ready to support their students communication skills with effective AAC Theyll get the proven strategies they need with this intervention guide from top AAC experts ideal for use as an inservice professional development resource or a highly practical text students will keep and use long after class is overEssential for SLPs OTs PTs educators and other professionals in school settings this book helps readers establish a beginning functional communicative repertoire for learners with severe disabilities Professionals will start with an indepth intervention framework including a guide to AAC modes and technologies variables to consider when selecting AAC and how AAC research can be used to support practice Then theyll get explicit evidencebased instructional strategies theyll use to help children and young adultsinitiate maintain and terminate an interactionrepair communication breakdownsmatch graphic symbols to objects and eventsrequest access to desired objects and activitiesescape and avoid unwanted objects and activitiesuse alternative selection methods if they have severe motor impairmentsstrengthen language comprehension and adaptive functioningenhance intelligibility and comprehensibilitygeneralize communication skills across settingsTo help guide their interventions professionals will get a CDROM with more than 35 blank forms and sample filledin forms plus helpful hints research highlights case examples and chapter objectives Theyll also have a stepbystep primer on monitoring each learners performance including an overview of different types of measurement systems and when to use each of them The goto guide to the latest evidencebased AAC strategies this researchtopractice book will help improve communicationand quality of lifefor learners with a range of significant disabilitiesWith more than 35 forms on CDChecklist to Identify Potential ReinforcersIntervention Planning FormPerformance Monitoring FormsFree Access Preference AssessmentTask Analysis Development and Performance Monitoring FormChecklist for Increasing Speed and Accuracy of Selectionand much more. 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Professionals will start with an in-depth intervention framework, including a guide to AAC modes and technologies, variables to consider when selecting AAC, and how AAC research can be used to support practice. Then they\'ll get explicit, evidence-based instructional strategies they\'ll use to help children and young adultsinitiate, maintain, and terminate an interactionrepair communication breakdownsmatch graphic symbols to objects and eventsrequest access to desired objects and activitiesescape and avoid unwanted objects and activitiesuse alternative selection methods if they have severe motor impairmentsstrengthen language comprehension and adaptive functioningenhance intelligibility and comprehensibilitygeneralize communication skills across settingsTo help guide their interventions, professionals will get a CD-ROM with more than 35 blank forms and sample filled-in forms, plus helpful hints, research highlights, case examples, and chapter objectives. 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