AAC – All Day, Every Day

This presentation was created for a workshop for SPOT on DD  on “AAC All Day, Every Day” in August 2011.

Videos were removed from this presentation for privacy reasons – but some of the videos available are on You Tube and links to these and other resources are provided below.

Further resources and links

AAC Myths and Legends

• Romski, M.A. & Sevcik, R.A. (2005). Augmentative communication and early intervention: Myths and realities. Infants & Young Children, 18:3, 174-185
• YAACK http://aac.unl.edu/yaack/
• DynaVox Implementation Toolkit http://www.dynavoxtech.com/implementation-toolkit/learning-paths/list/?id=7

Communicative Competence

• Light, J. Toward a Definition of Communicative Competence for Individuals using Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems,(1989). Augmentative and Alternative Communication,5, 137-144

Aided Language Displays

• ComTEC Information Sheet on Aided Language Displays
• Communication Displays for Engineered Adolescent Environments from Pamela Elder and Carol Goossens’
• Boardmaker Share

CHAT-Now

• CHAT-Now (manual and CD)

Pragmatics

• Dewart and Summers Pragmatics Profile

PODD

• Pragmatically Organised Dynamic Displays (PODD)
• PODD Communication Books: Direct Access Templates
• Videos of Callaghan using PODD (from YouTube)

Core Vocabulary

• Core Vocabulary list from University of Lincoln Nebraska
• WordPower video (from YouTube)
• Pixon
• Core Vocabulary board to supplement ALDs from Disability Services Commission, WA
• The Language Stealers video (from YouTube)

Communication Technology

• Range of speech generating devices from Spectronics
• DynaVox Devices
• DynaVox Vmax with EyeMax
• iPad/iPod touch Apps for AAC list
• AAC Apps – Speaking Appropriately
• AAC RERC White Paper: Mobile Devices and Communication Apps

Small Talk

• SmallTalk for Children and Adults
• Sequenced Social Scripts

 One Voice video (from YouTube)

Other links are contained within the SlideShare.