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Communication Builders for AAC
£35.00
by Andrea Lee with Henrietta McLachlan, Speech and Language Therapists.
This practical and comprehensive book gives you information you need to understand, assess and support a wide range of AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) options. It has been fully updated to reflect current RCSLT guidance (2024) and neuro-affirming practice. Andrea Lee is a highly specialist speech and language therapist, but she writes in a style which makes this important information accessible to teachers, teaching assistants, early years practitioners, parents and carers, and many speech and language therapists use it in their daily work.
Many aspects of AAC are covered including:
- What AAC is, who it is for and who makes up the AAC team?
- Person-based, paper-based and power-based communication methods
- Assessment: cause and effect, intentional communication, symbolic understanding and the expressive-receptive gap
- Assessment tools including the AAC Profile and Action Plan, Circle of Friends and Means, Reasons and Opportunities
- Paper-based aids: symbol boards and books, letter boards, colour-coding and partner assisted scanning
- Power-based aids: single message aids, dedicated aids, tablets and apps, eye gaze and switch access
- Choosing words and messages: core and fringe vocabulary and personalised pages
- Support techniques: modelling, prompt hierarchies and building longer messages
- Social use of a communication aid: initiating, making choices, humour and self-talk
- Setting goals, monitoring progress and where to go for further support
Communication Builders for AAC forms the core reading material for the accredited course Supporting Adults and Children using AAC.
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