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Treatment can be restorative (i.e., aimed at improving
or restoring impaired function) and/or compensatory
(i.e., aimed at compensating for deficits not amenable
to retraining).
Community Support and Integration
Computer-Based Treatment
Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT)
Treatment for Aphasia Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT)
Multimodal Treatment
Partner Approaches
Reading Treatments
Reciprocal Scaffolding Treatment (RST)
Script Training
Syntax Treatments
Word-Finding Treatments
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An area of clinical practice that supplements or
compensates for impairments in speech-language
production and/or comprehension, including spoken
and written modes of communication.
AAC uses a variety of techniques and tools to help the
individual express thoughts, wants and needs,
Augmentative and
feelings, and ideas, including the following:
alternative communication
manual signs
(AAC)
gestures
finger spelling
tangible objects
line drawings
picture communication boards and letter boards
speech-generating devices
AAC is 1. _______ when used 1. Augmentative
to supplement existing 2. Alternative
speech, 2. ____when used in 3. Temporary
place of speech that is
absent or not functional,
or 3._____ as when used by
patients postoperatively in
intensive care (Elsahar et
al., 2019).
Individuals who use AAC 1. congenital
have an impairment or a 2. acquired
limitation in speech, 3. neurological differences such as autism
language, reading, and/or
writing. These can be the
result of 1.____ disabilities,
2.______ disabilities, or 3.____
differences such as autism.
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Unaided—do not require an external tool. Unaided
forms require some degree of motor control. Unaided
forms include the following:
Two forms/categories of Aided—require some form of external tool, either
AAC are electronic or nonelectronic. Nonelectronic aided
forms are often referred to as "light-tech" or "low-
tech." Electronic forms may be referred to as "high-
tech."
includes knowledge of and the ability to use the
language(s) spoken and written in the individual's
Linguistic competence family and community (see Language In Brief) as well
as knowledge of and the ability to use the linguistic
code (symbols, syntax, grammar) of the AAC system.
requires skill in the technical operation of AAC
systems and techniques, including having the motor
movements needed for unaided approaches, using
selection techniques for aided approaches, navigating
Operational competence
in and between systems, turning an electronic device
on and off and charging it, and operating electronic
equipment and/or navigating pages in a low-tech
system.
is the ability to use available features to convey
messages efficiently and effectively, including asking
for choices due to vocabulary limitations, using
word/phrase prediction to enhance efficiency, using
Strategic competence an introductory (pre-stored) statement to explain
AAC to unfamiliar communication partners, and asking
one's communication partner to write or type
messages to aid in understanding and to repair
communication breakdowns.
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is knowing what, where, with whom, when and when
not to, and in what manner to communicate. Social
communication skills include requesting attention;
Social competence requesting or providing information; and pragmatic
skills, such as turn-taking, initiating and terminating
communication, topic maintenance, and code-
switching.
is the ability to manage the demands and challenges
of daily life, maintain a state of mental well-being, and
demonstrate adaptive and positive behavior during
communication (World Health Organization [WHO],
1997). Psychosocial competence for AAC users
Psychosocial competence
includes being motivated to communicate, having a
positive attitude toward the use of AAC, having
confidence in one's ability to communicate effectively
in a given situation, and being resilient—persisting in
the face of communication failures.
1) Facilitated communication- a discredited technique
by which a "facilitator" provides physical and other
supports in an attempt to assist a person with a
significant communication disability to point to
pictures, objects, printed letters and words, or a
keyboard in order to communicate. No evidence
based practice.
Two treatments that are
2) The Rapid Prompting Method, also known as
NOT recommended for
Spelling to Communicate, is a technique in which an
AAC:
instructor holds a letter board and provides prompts
to encourage an individual to point to letters to spell
words. According to ASHA's position statement, Rapid
Prompting Method, "It is the position of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) that
use of the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) is not
recommended because of prompt dependency and
the lack of scientific validity.
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Treatment can be restorative (i.e., aimed at improving
or restoring impaired function) and/or compensatory
(i.e., aimed at compensating for deficits not amenable
to retraining).
Community Support and Integration
Computer-Based Treatment
Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT)
Treatment for Aphasia Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT)
Multimodal Treatment
Partner Approaches
Reading Treatments
Reciprocal Scaffolding Treatment (RST)
Script Training
Syntax Treatments
Word-Finding Treatments
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An area of clinical practice that supplements or
compensates for impairments in speech-language
production and/or comprehension, including spoken
and written modes of communication.
AAC uses a variety of techniques and tools to help the
individual express thoughts, wants and needs,
Augmentative and
feelings, and ideas, including the following:
alternative communication
manual signs
(AAC)
gestures
finger spelling
tangible objects
line drawings
picture communication boards and letter boards
speech-generating devices
AAC is 1. _______ when used 1. Augmentative
to supplement existing 2. Alternative
speech, 2. ____when used in 3. Temporary
place of speech that is
absent or not functional,
or 3._____ as when used by
patients postoperatively in
intensive care (Elsahar et
al., 2019).
Individuals who use AAC 1. congenital
have an impairment or a 2. acquired
limitation in speech, 3. neurological differences such as autism
language, reading, and/or
writing. These can be the
result of 1.____ disabilities,
2.______ disabilities, or 3.____
differences such as autism.
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Unaided—do not require an external tool. Unaided
forms require some degree of motor control. Unaided
forms include the following:
Two forms/categories of Aided—require some form of external tool, either
AAC are electronic or nonelectronic. Nonelectronic aided
forms are often referred to as "light-tech" or "low-
tech." Electronic forms may be referred to as "high-
tech."
includes knowledge of and the ability to use the
language(s) spoken and written in the individual's
Linguistic competence family and community (see Language In Brief) as well
as knowledge of and the ability to use the linguistic
code (symbols, syntax, grammar) of the AAC system.
requires skill in the technical operation of AAC
systems and techniques, including having the motor
movements needed for unaided approaches, using
selection techniques for aided approaches, navigating
Operational competence
in and between systems, turning an electronic device
on and off and charging it, and operating electronic
equipment and/or navigating pages in a low-tech
system.
is the ability to use available features to convey
messages efficiently and effectively, including asking
for choices due to vocabulary limitations, using
word/phrase prediction to enhance efficiency, using
Strategic competence an introductory (pre-stored) statement to explain
AAC to unfamiliar communication partners, and asking
one's communication partner to write or type
messages to aid in understanding and to repair
communication breakdowns.
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is knowing what, where, with whom, when and when
not to, and in what manner to communicate. Social
communication skills include requesting attention;
Social competence requesting or providing information; and pragmatic
skills, such as turn-taking, initiating and terminating
communication, topic maintenance, and code-
switching.
is the ability to manage the demands and challenges
of daily life, maintain a state of mental well-being, and
demonstrate adaptive and positive behavior during
communication (World Health Organization [WHO],
1997). Psychosocial competence for AAC users
Psychosocial competence
includes being motivated to communicate, having a
positive attitude toward the use of AAC, having
confidence in one's ability to communicate effectively
in a given situation, and being resilient—persisting in
the face of communication failures.
1) Facilitated communication- a discredited technique
by which a "facilitator" provides physical and other
supports in an attempt to assist a person with a
significant communication disability to point to
pictures, objects, printed letters and words, or a
keyboard in order to communicate. No evidence
based practice.
Two treatments that are
2) The Rapid Prompting Method, also known as
NOT recommended for
Spelling to Communicate, is a technique in which an
AAC:
instructor holds a letter board and provides prompts
to encourage an individual to point to letters to spell
words. According to ASHA's position statement, Rapid
Prompting Method, "It is the position of the American
Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) that
use of the Rapid Prompting Method (RPM) is not
recommended because of prompt dependency and
the lack of scientific validity.
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