Exemplary Practices for Beginning Communicators: Implications for Aac

by Reichle, Joe, Ph.D.; Beukelman, David R.; Light, Janice C., Ph.D.

• ISBN13: 9781557665294
• ISBN10: 155766529X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-01
• Publisher: Brookes Pub

Summary

This comprehensive text shows professionals how AAC can help establish beginning communication skills among individuals who experience significant communication challenges. Readers will get thoughtful explorations of factors that influence beginning AAC communicators a detailed overview of interventions that help individuals develop crucial communicative behaviors guidelines for selecting an AAC system that best matches an individual's needs enlightening vignettes and examples that bring to life the issues addressed in each chapter With this blend of theoretical discussion and practical strategies, professionals working in the field of AAC can help individuals acquire and expand the skills they need to interact with the world around them.

Table of Contents

Series Preface	vii
Editorial Advisory Board	ix
About the Editors	xi
About the Contributors	xiii
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	xxi
A Continuum of AAC Language Intervention Strategies for Beginning Communicators	1	(24)
Mary Ann Romski
Rose A. Sevcik
Amy M. Hyatt
Melissa Cheslock
Overview of the Emergence of Early AAC Behaviors: Progression from Communicative to Symbolic Skills	25	(34)
Ellin B. Siegel
Cynthia J. Cress
The Importance of Responsivity in Developing Contingent Exchanges with Beginning Communicators	59	(38)
Kerri Harwood
Steven F. Warren
Paul Yoder
Replacing Socially Unacceptable Behavior with Acceptable Communication Responses	97	(26)
David P. Wacker
Wendy K. Berg
Jay W. Harding
Strengthening Communicative Behaviors for Gaining Access to Desired Items and Activities	123	(34)
Jeff Sigafoos
Pat Mirenda
Strategies to Achieve Socially Acceptable Escape and Avoidance	157	(30)
Jeff Sigafoos
Mark F. O'Reilly
Erik Drasgow
Joe Reichle
``There's More to Life than Cookies'': Developing Interactions for Social Closeness with Beginning Communicators Who Use AAC	187	(32)
Janice C. Light
Arielle R. Parsons
Kathryn Drager
Expanding Children's Early Augmented Behaviors to Support Symbolic Development	219	(54)
Cynthia J. Cress
Considerations in Teaching Graphic Symbols to Beginning Communicators	273	(50)
Krista M. Wilkinson
William J. McIlvane
Breakdowns and Repairs in Conversations Between Beginning AAC Users and Their Partners	323	(30)
Nancy C. Brady
James W. Halle
Visual Assessment Considerations for the Design of AAC Systems	353	(42)
Bonnie L. Utley
Choosing Effective Selection Techniques for Beginning Communicators	395	(38)
Patricia Dowden
Albert M. Cook
AAC Strategies for Enhancing the Usefulness of Natural Speech in Children with Servere Intelligibility Challenges	433	(20)
Katherine C. Hustad
Toni B. Morehouse
Michelle Gutmann
The Role of Language Comprehension in Establishing Early Augmented Conversations	453	(22)
Rose A. Sevcik
Mary Ann Romski
Index	475