SPAUD 512 Final (AAC) questions with
complete solutions
Reach consensus on priorities for intervention, met and unmet needs, and learning of new skills by all
team members - correct answer ✔✔When PWUAAC, partners, and SLPs disagree with each other about
technology or strategy, teams should strive to
Practice barrier to AAC implementation - correct answer ✔✔Providing speech services in a separate
office instead of within the context of everyday school routines is a:
a. Setting up a designated charging area in the general education classroom and training the teacher on
device oversight until the PWUAAC can independently charge the device
b. Teaching a PWUAAC to add words to their device - correct answer ✔✔An example of capacity building
in AAC implementation is as follows:
True/False: AAC consultation has moved away from shared decision making and toward an expert-led
model in which SLPs make final decisions. - correct answer ✔✔False
a. The SLP continuously trains staff over time using an expert model - correct answer ✔✔Which would
NOT build capacity for AAC use:
True/False: One pattern of interaction that leads to device abandonment is a PWUAAC not being
involved in the topic-setting of activities and conversations. - correct answer ✔✔True
Help communication partners reach the application and problem-solving level with partner aided
language stimulation - correct answer ✔✔The SMoRRES training program was created in order to:
Attitude barrier to AAC implementation - correct answer ✔✔Limiting perceptions of disability or AAC
manifests as an:
a. Ensuring AAC is charged and available
, b. Training partners to demonstrate vocabulary within the device
c. Supporting the PWUAAC in joining in a discussion - correct answer ✔✔Preparing the PWUAAC's
environment and communication partners to facilitate and the individual's access to AAC and support
successful communication can include:
Systematic demonstration of vocabulary from two or more modalities in which one modality is the
students' AAC device - correct answer ✔✔Augmented input is broadly defined as:
a. Staff education regarding communication vulnerability of patients
b. Creation of a toolkit of several low, mid and high tech AAC systems that can be trained and then used
with patients
c. Provide staff training regarding strategies for communicating with patients - correct answer ✔✔Use of
AAC within the hospital setting remains poor. Actions an SLP could take to improve staff knowledge of
communication needs are as follows:
In the context of Dementia, the definition of AAC is expanded to include not only interventions that
enhance communication with others but also with self. - correct answer ✔✔True
Message banking begins in phase 1. Use of AAC begins in phase 2. Modifying established systems takes
place in phase 3. - correct answer ✔✔In working with persons with ALS, there are three intervention
phases based on ALS stage. Choose the correct statement:
Three types of vocabulary organization for grid displays are taxonomic, semantic-syntactic, and visual
scene. - correct answer ✔✔True
a. PWA characteristics & cognitive-language needs and strengths
b. Qualitative and quantitative assessment
c. Vocabulary organization of AAC systems - correct answer ✔✔Crucial pieces of information to
determine whether a no-, low-, or high-tech option is chosen to assist a person with Aphasia's (PWA)
functional communication are as follows:
Matching a person with a TBI to technology occurs before an individual's needs, abilities and
expectations have been discussed. - correct answer ✔✔False
complete solutions
Reach consensus on priorities for intervention, met and unmet needs, and learning of new skills by all
team members - correct answer ✔✔When PWUAAC, partners, and SLPs disagree with each other about
technology or strategy, teams should strive to
Practice barrier to AAC implementation - correct answer ✔✔Providing speech services in a separate
office instead of within the context of everyday school routines is a:
a. Setting up a designated charging area in the general education classroom and training the teacher on
device oversight until the PWUAAC can independently charge the device
b. Teaching a PWUAAC to add words to their device - correct answer ✔✔An example of capacity building
in AAC implementation is as follows:
True/False: AAC consultation has moved away from shared decision making and toward an expert-led
model in which SLPs make final decisions. - correct answer ✔✔False
a. The SLP continuously trains staff over time using an expert model - correct answer ✔✔Which would
NOT build capacity for AAC use:
True/False: One pattern of interaction that leads to device abandonment is a PWUAAC not being
involved in the topic-setting of activities and conversations. - correct answer ✔✔True
Help communication partners reach the application and problem-solving level with partner aided
language stimulation - correct answer ✔✔The SMoRRES training program was created in order to:
Attitude barrier to AAC implementation - correct answer ✔✔Limiting perceptions of disability or AAC
manifests as an:
a. Ensuring AAC is charged and available
, b. Training partners to demonstrate vocabulary within the device
c. Supporting the PWUAAC in joining in a discussion - correct answer ✔✔Preparing the PWUAAC's
environment and communication partners to facilitate and the individual's access to AAC and support
successful communication can include:
Systematic demonstration of vocabulary from two or more modalities in which one modality is the
students' AAC device - correct answer ✔✔Augmented input is broadly defined as:
a. Staff education regarding communication vulnerability of patients
b. Creation of a toolkit of several low, mid and high tech AAC systems that can be trained and then used
with patients
c. Provide staff training regarding strategies for communicating with patients - correct answer ✔✔Use of
AAC within the hospital setting remains poor. Actions an SLP could take to improve staff knowledge of
communication needs are as follows:
In the context of Dementia, the definition of AAC is expanded to include not only interventions that
enhance communication with others but also with self. - correct answer ✔✔True
Message banking begins in phase 1. Use of AAC begins in phase 2. Modifying established systems takes
place in phase 3. - correct answer ✔✔In working with persons with ALS, there are three intervention
phases based on ALS stage. Choose the correct statement:
Three types of vocabulary organization for grid displays are taxonomic, semantic-syntactic, and visual
scene. - correct answer ✔✔True
a. PWA characteristics & cognitive-language needs and strengths
b. Qualitative and quantitative assessment
c. Vocabulary organization of AAC systems - correct answer ✔✔Crucial pieces of information to
determine whether a no-, low-, or high-tech option is chosen to assist a person with Aphasia's (PWA)
functional communication are as follows:
Matching a person with a TBI to technology occurs before an individual's needs, abilities and
expectations have been discussed. - correct answer ✔✔False
