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25 Cards in this Set
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What are the cognitive requirements to qualify for AAC?
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There are no requirements to qualify for AAC
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What is Linguistic Competence?
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The receptive and expressive language skills of one's native language(s). It involves knowledge of the linguistic code unique to one's AAC system
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what is Operational Competence?
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The technical skills needed to operate the AAC system accurately and efficiently
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What is Social Competence?
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Skills of social interaction such as initiating, maintaining, developing, and terminating communication interactions
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What is strategic competence?
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Involves the compensatory strategies that people who rely on AAC use to deal with functional limitations associated with AAC use
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What is core vocabulary?
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Consists of highly functional words and phrases such as basic functional needs, brief social exchanges and necessary information
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What is fringe vocabulary?
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Includes words and expressions that are content-rich, topic-related. Customizes AAC system for the person and allows for diverstiy
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What are four units of vocabulary?
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Letters and letter settings, syllables, words, phrases and sentences
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What is aided communication?
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Communication aid external to the body. Can be no tech, low tech, or high tech
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What are some advantages of a no tech device?
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least expensive, highly personalized, no mechanical parts
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What is an example of a no tech device?
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Communication board
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What are some features of a low tech device?
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It has some mechanical parts, it uses objects, pictures, letters or words, it may or may not have voice output
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What are some possible features of a high tech device?
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has all the features of low tech plus more; speech output (digitized and synthesized), word prediction, environmental control units, ability to interface with a computer
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what is digitized speech?
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Pre-recorded speech, usually by someone of the same gender and similar age
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what is synthetic speech?
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assembled by electronic elements of the device. adjustments can be made to pitch, loudness, and other features
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What is the difference between static and dynamic display?
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in a device with static display the items on the screen stay the same whereas in a device with dynamic display, the screen changes like the screen on a computer
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what are three types of scanning?
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-Automatic: movement is automatic once the switch is activated
-Step: moves through one step at a time -Inverse: hold down switch to move through |
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What are some common scan patterns?
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Linear, Row-Column, quadrant or group-item, direct scanning
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What is the purpose of a switch?
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to access a communication device when direct selection is not feasible
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What are four important assessment questions?
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1. What is the client's current level of communication?
2. What can the client do? 3. What does the client need to do? 4. How can we narrow that gap? |
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List some necessary pragmatic functions that need to be considered when selecting/programming an AAC device
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requesting, protesting, rejecting, answering, imitating, acknowledging, commenting, labeling, greeting, parting, asking
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What do clients learning AAC need for optimal communication learning?
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-opportunities for communication
-the appropriate tools -something to say -a way to communicate -communication partners |
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What are the four levels of communication?
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Pre-intentional, intentional, pre-symbolic, symbolic
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What are characteristics of a pre-intentional communicator?
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does not communicate on purpose. Signals include crying or fussing, movement and changes in muscle tone, vocalizing, looking, grabbing, reaching
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What are characteristics of the intentional presymbolic communicator?
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tugging, pushing things or people away, pulling your hand or sleeve, giving or showing an object, nodding or shaking head, pointing, waving
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