AAC Intervention

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AAC Intervention
Methods of teaching students to use their AAC
device

1. Developmental Approach

2. Second Language Approach
3. Aided Language Stimulation Approach
4. Communicative Competence Approach
5. Using Routines and Choice Making Approach
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Message Selection
Messages on any communication device should be

1. age appropriate

2. gender appropriate
3. reflect the students personal interests
4. reflect the students cultural background
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Message Selection
Messages on any communication device must be
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Message Selection

• include communication facilitators

• include messages for self-advocacy

Examples of Symbol Sets include

• PCS

• Tangible Symbols

• Minspeak

• Orthography

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Literacy and AAC
An AAC student who can spell has the power to
create all their own messages, without having to
rely on someone else.
Key Factors in Learning to Read

1. Expectations of learning

2. Opportunities for practice
3. Attention to meaning rather than form
4. Models of reading
5. Motivation
6. Success
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Use in the Classroom

• greetings
• different academic environments
• transitions
• free times
• different elective environments

• transitions

• different academic environments

• greetings