Post on 17-Jan-2016
Applying AAC StrategiesNight 3
Everett Public Schools Discovery Ridge
Barb Lark, SLP, ATP3/24, 4/7, 4/21/09
Class Agenda Night 3
Quick Review AAC Systems
Low tech Mid tech High tech
Strategies, strategies, strategies
Quick Review
What does AAC stand for? What is the goal of AAC? Continuum of communication independence
Emergent communicators May 20 & 27?
Context dependent communicators Independent communicators
Low Tech Systems Object displays Picture Boards Alphabet board or context setting boards PECS Communication Notebooks Single message voice output device
you can have more than one available at a time
Sequenced message device (e.g. Step by Step)
Talking photo albums (Visual Scene Display)
Low Tech Object displays
Picture boards
Low Tech
Alphabet board
Context Setting Board
Communication Notebook
http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/resource.aspx?id=326
Low Tech
Single message voice output device
Sequenced message device
Talking photo albums (Visual Scene Display)
Purposes Request Comment Participate Maintain interaction
Visual Scene Displays
Mid Tech Systems
“Static Display” communication devices Features:
Voice output Picture symbols Vocabulary size Number of programmable levels
There are some that have software & memory chip capabilities
Mid tech
High Tech
Dynamic Display (pages linked through cell activation)
Features: Output (digitized vs. synthesized) Vocabulary (size and symbol set) Language organization Access options Physical features Literacy supports
High Tech
Computer-based Dynamic Display
Message formulation
Different devices are organized differently Some, like the DynaWrite, are strictly text-based.
Word prediction Expansion abbreviation
Others are phrase-based, like the Chat PC. Many are picture + text-based like the Dynavox and
Vantage to support novel message composition Organized by categories Organized by Icon sequencing Combination of symbol selection, spelling, some
phrase-based communcation
Resources
Dynavox Implementation Toolkit
http://www.dynavoxtech.com/training/toolkit/ Multiple page .pdfs that take you through theory to
intervention ideas. Very good. Very well organized. http://www.adaptedlearning.com/ This is the Mayer Johnson arm of the company. Great
activities available and they let you know each week what is new.
For both of these websites you must register. But if you want access to their resources, it is definitely worthwhile.
ResourcesPrentke Romich Vanguard/Vantage
http://teaching.prentrom.com/
Resources
Tango SETBC http://www.setbc.org
PictureSet CurriculumSet
Your Assignment Think of an activity in your classroom or therapy. Think of a
student you work with. Create a communication board layout for that student to use
during the activity. It could be picture symbol-based, object symbol-based, or alphabet-based, depending on the needs of the student. It can be very simple!!!
Try it out with the student by modeling how to use it, and noting what the student can do with help & independently.
Send it to me by email, either by sending me the Boardmaker page or a photo of the board. In your email, write a short message about how it went.
If you are taking this webinar as a part of a group, you can send in a group assignment. Just be sure to let me know everyone who worked on it.
Wrap up
Share one thing you learned as a result of this class.