Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2nd editionISBN: 978-1-86156-187-9
Paperback
376 pages
November 2006
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An increasing number of families and professionals are involved
with severely communication-impaired children, adolescents and
adults who use alternative communication systems to compensate for
delayed systems and strategies that can be used to increase the
communicative possibilities of people with limited spoken language.
The authors discuss factors that are important when choosing
communication systems, assessment strategies, environmental
adaptation, and the principles for teaching comprehension and use
of such communication systems to individuals with different
disabilities; including motor impairments, learning disability and
autism.
This book is unique within the field of augmentative and alternative communication with its basis in modern developmental theories of language and communication, its practical approach with many examples and focus on every-day situations, and its coherent and readable text. It may serve as an introductory text book for speech and language therapists, teachers in school and preschool, psychologists and care nurses, as well as a source of information for families with members who have severe developmental speech and language disorders.