Current Literacy Interventions For Aac Users
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| Author | : Payton Proud |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 74 |
| Release | : 2021 |
| Genre | : Health literacy |
| ISBN | : |
Purpose: Literacy provides individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) with an avenue to share their original thoughts through generative communication. There is limited research regarding literacy intervention for AAC users, particularly in high school. This study sought to (a) identify literacy interventions used with high school AAC users, (b) determine the importance placed on literacy by SLPs for high school AAC users, and (c) compare the importance of literacy intervention in high school to other ages of AAC users and other areas of intervention. Method: Ninety-two Nebraska school-based speech-language pathologists (SLPs) completed an online survey to answer the research questions. Results: According to the SLPs surveyed, phonological awareness interventions and adapting literacy materials were used as literacy interventions for all ages of AAC users. Additionally, the importance of literacy remained rated in the range of "very important" across the age span. In contrast, the importance of life skills decreased from "extremely important" in early intervention to "very important" in elementary school, then rose again to "extremely important" in middle and high school. Participants reported the top three reasons SLPs discontinue literacy intervention for AAC users as the "student has gained necessary skills," "intrinsic client factors (e.g., disability level, vision, motor)," and a "focus on other interventions." The top three 3 barriers to literacy intervention were identified as a "lack of training/confidence in literacy instruction," "lack of AAC materials," and "caseload size." Conclusion: The limited variety of interventions selected for literacy intervention with AAC users across the age span suggests there is not enough research regarding high school literacy intervention. Nebraska school-based SLPs may not be trained in specific strategies to use with different age/developmental groups, or that intervention selection is based on literacy skill-level rather than age. Rather than importance, other factors may be contributing to lower rates of literacy intervention such as other treatments competing with literacy for intervention time (e.g., life skills).
| Author | : Sonia Q. Cabell |
| Publisher | : Plural Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 177 |
| Release | : 2008-11-11 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1597568139 |
Designed for speech-language pathologists to enhance emergent literacy intervention for preschool and kindergarten-age children, this book includes 90 lessons addressing key areas of emergent literacy: phonological awareness, print concepts, alphabet knowledge, emergent writing, inferential language, and vocabulary. These lessons are suitable for use in clinical settings as well as in collaboration with classroom teachers. Also included are an overview of emergent literacy, differentiation recommendations, and suggestions for lesson integration across the key areas.
| Author | : Martine Smith |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 284 |
| Release | : 2021-11-15 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 0080478956 |
The new demands of this "computer and technology age" have focused international attention on literacy levels, on literacy development and literacy disorders. Governments have launched programs to reduce literacy difficulties and support functional literacy for all. In this context, the needs of individuals with severe speech and physical impairments may seem relatively small, and even unimportant. However, for this group of individuals in particular unlocking the literacy code opens up tremendous opportunities, minimizing the disabling effects of their underlying speech and motor impairments, and supporting participation in society. Ironically however, for a group for whom literacy is such an important achievement, current studies suggest that achieving functional literacy skills is particularly challenging.In order to read, individuals with severe speech impairments must access a set of written symbols and decode them to abstract meaning just as anyone else must do. They must convert underlying messages into an alternative external symbol format in order to write. In order to become expert in both of these activities, they must learn at least a certain core of knowledge about how the symbols and messages relate to each other. Just as there are many ways to skin a chicken, there are many possible ways to achieve mastery of reading and writing. Although the essence of the task may remain the same for individuals with congenital speech impairments, they may process the task, or develop task mastery in ways that are quite different from speaking children who have no additional physical impairments. "Literacy and Augmentative and Alternative Communication" focuses on individuals with combined physical and communication impairments, who rely at least some of the time on aided communication. It investigates the range of research and application issues relating to AAC and literacy (primarily reading and writing skills), from the emergent literacy stage up through adulthood use of reading for various vocational and leisure purposes. It provides a balanced view of both the whole language as well as the more analytic approaches to reading instruction necessary for the development of reading skills.
| Author | : Karen A. Erickson |
| Publisher | : Brookes Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019-12-17 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9781598576573 |
An essential resource for educators, speech-language pathologists, and parents--and an ideal text for courses that cover literacy and significant disabilities--this book will help you ensure that all students have the reading and writing skills they need to unlock new opportunities and reach their potential.
| Author | : David R. Beukelman |
| Publisher | : Brookes Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 593 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9781598571967 |
The fourth edition of the foundational, widely adopted AAC textbook Augmentative and Alternative Communication is the definitive introduction to AAC processes, interventions, and technologies that help people best meet their daily communication needs. Future teachers, SLPs, OTs, PTs, and other professionals will prepare for their work in the field with critical new information on advancing literacy skills; conducting effective, culturally appropriate assessment and intervention; selecting AAC vocabulary tailored to individual needs; using new consumer technologies as affordable, nonstigmatizing communication devices; promoting social competence supporting language learning and development; providing effective support to beginning communicators; planning inclusive education services for students with complex communication needs; and improving the communication of people with specific developmental disabilities and acquired disabilities. An essential core text for tomorrow's professionals--and a key reference for in-service practitioners--this fourth edition prepares readers to support the communicative competence of children and adults with a wide range of complex needs.
| Author | : Ralf W. Schlosser |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 651 |
| Release | : 2023-02-06 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 0585492263 |
Provides the essential tools for appraising evidence and outlining steps for planning and implementing better efficacy research. This book aims to help researchers and practitioners develop the necessary skills for moving the augmentative and alternative communication field toward evidence-based practice.
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| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Government publications |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Gloria Soto |
| Publisher | : Aac |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Education |
| ISBN | : 9781557669513 |
Accessible addition to the AAC series that offers practical, targeted tools for advancing the communicative competence of children who use AAC.
| Author | : Erna Alant |
| Publisher | : Plural Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2016-12-30 |
| Genre | : Medical |
| ISBN | : 1944883878 |
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Engagement and Participationreexamines the basic components of human communication based on the development of meaning between two people and provides a new theoretical framework for integrating the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) strategies into interpersonal interactions. As such, it is an indispensable resource for speech-language pathologists, special education practitioners, and researchers in AAC, as well as for instructors and graduate students in the fields of speech and hearing sciences and special education. The book employs a creative synthesis of engagement (personal involvement) and participation (exchanges) to describe meaning-making and social closeness between partners. This process allows for the acknowledgment of different levels of shared meaning and outlines a novel approach to assessment and intervention. The book also describes the importance of integrating relational (interaction-oriented) as well as instrumental (goal-oriented) communication functions as essential in maintaining on-going relationships. Most resources in AAC tend to emphasize strategies for enhancing participation, rather than strategies associated with the development of engagement ("being with") to enhance communication between communication partners. In contrast, this text uses interactions between users of AAC and their communication partners as a basis to explore the creative synthesis between engagement and participation to provide clinical guidelines for assessment and intervention in both interpersonal and classroom contexts. Key features: A novel theoretical approach focused on engagement and participation as core components in AAC interventionEmphasis on empathic listening skills of both communication partner and user of AAC strategies to facilitate engagement (emotional resonance) between themGuidance for teachers on the benefits of a meaning-based approach to communication in the classroomApplication of empathic listening strategies to people with dementia to address an increasing need for care of patients with Alzheimer disease by caregivers and family membersIntegration of social media and face-to-face interactions as central to developing relationships in AAC interactions
| Author | : Louise Spear-Swerling |
| Publisher | : Guilford Publications |
| Total Pages | : 266 |
| Release | : 2022-02-22 |
| Genre | : EDUCATION |
| ISBN | : 1462548792 |
"In this book, structured literacy is conceptualized as an umbrella term encompassing a variety of intervention methods, instructional approaches, and commercial programs. In addition to focusing on SL approaches to intervention, this book is organized around common poor reader profiles that have been identified in research. The chapters in this volume are written by experts who are well known as researchers but who are also highly skilled at writing for practitioners. Chapters were written with a strong foundation of research that is summarized, but with a concentration on translating research into practice, including case studies, sample intervention activities, and lesson plans. Each chapter includes application activities at the end to check for and extend readers' understanding"--
