Online Continuing Education Courses

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems

• Describe the different communicative needs of persons with disabilities
• Discuss the basic approaches to meeting these differing needs
• Recognize the needs that individuals have for conversation and for graphical output such as writing, mathematics, and drawing
• Describe the ways that mainstream technologies are used to meet AAC needs
• Describe the major characteristics of alternative and augmentative communication devices
• Describe current approaches to speech output in assistive technologies
• List and describe the major approaches to rate enhancement and vocabulary expansion
• Describe the major assessment questions that must be asked and answered in determining the most appropriate alternative and augmentative communication device for an individual user
• Discuss the major goals for and the signi???cance of training in augmentative and alternative communication device use and communicative competence
• Delineate the steps and procedures involved in implementing an augmentative and alternative communication device for an individual consumer