Augmentative and alternative communication

numerous reasons that delay their speech. For this reason, I would integrate AAC systems in my classroom for a child who cannot communicate verbally. I would introduce basic ASL (American Sign Language), use pictures for queues and/or electronic communication boards that display communicative messages in form of writing, pictures, lines and letters. From experience I find pictures with basic sign helps children and teachers communicate. If a child can not express what they are trying to say they…

Walter, a 7.6 year old, received a speech-language evaluation to assess his language abilities. According to the American Speech and Hearing Association (2017), school speech-language pathologists are required to adhere to the CCSS. While it is a requirement to adhere to the CCSS, doing so also provides students with the repeated exposure of the curriculum, vocabulary, and multiple opportunities for practice. To assess Walter’s receptive language, The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) (Dunn…

How is PEC useful? PECs is an acronym for Picture Exchange Communication System, a form of augmentative and alternative communication that teaches nonverbal users to successfully request highly motivating items and outcomes. PECS has been demonstrated to be effective with children with autism and other disabilities. 5) How does IDEA define multiple…

Spastic CP is caused by brain damage to the upper motor neurons within the pyramidal tract. The cardinal symptoms are stiff muscles that result in difficulty with muscle movement. These patients have both gross and fine motor deficits as well as communication impairments. Spastic dysarthria is seen in 35% of children with spastic CP (Hustad et al., 2010). Their speech and voice is characterized by hypernasality, breathy voice quality, monotonous speech, reduced loudness, and uncontrolled rate…

Thompson (2014), grammatical deficits are related to harm to the frontal/basal ganglia procedural memory system. Prior to the stroke, G.B. did not have any alarming medical issues other than high blood pressure. Family Structure and Support of Communication Currently, G.B. lives with his son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren in Smithtown, New York. His daughter lives in the next town over, which is a short drive away from his son’s residence. These are the only family…

To assess Walter’s receptive language, The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) (Dunn & Dunn, 2007) and the Test of Language Development – Primary 3rd Edition (TOLD-P:3) (Newcomer & Hammil, 1988) were administered. Walter earned a score on the PPVT yielding a in a percentile rank of <1, which corresponds to a profound disorder in receptive language. Scores for the TOLD-P:3 could not be determined due to incomplete testing despite maximal verbal, visual, and/or tactile cueing provided.…

developmental problems in children diagnosed with ASD. These three key areas include: impairment in social interaction, severe delays or lack of language communication skills, and repetitive and stereotyped patterns of behavior. When working with children with ASD, the Responsively Prelinguistic Milieu Teaching (RPMT) and the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)…

expressive language which includes their production of speech sounds and also their nonverbal communication skills. Their literacy skills will also be tested to determine how well they can read and comprehend what they read. A Speech Language Pathologist will also obtain a language sample. This will help them determine the child pragmatic skills such as eye contact, being able to initiate communication, turn taking, and use of body language and facial expressions. This will also help determine…

Introduction Communication is essential to having a holistic life. ASHA states, “communication is the essence of human life and that all people have the right to communicate to the fullest extent possible” (ASHA, 2005). Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is one type of intervention that aims to help individuals with the most complex communication needs (CCN) interact with all partners in a variety of settings. Sandra, a 14-year-old female diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP), is…

The cornerstone of our relationships With others is the conversation, as time goes on we have always developed new ways of communication to help strengthen this bond. From Languages to writing and even the post office are all inventions to purely strengthen the communication bond between us. Ordinarily, Mobile devices are no exception, people have created new technology that helps us communicate with our loved one’s from anywhere at any time at the palm of our hands. In Sherry Turkle's essay…