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Supporting Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Breaking Down Opportunity Barriers

Description:

Individuals with complex communication needs who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) frequently encounter barriers that limit their ability to achieve their full potential in communication and in life. These barriers include access barriers (limitations in the current capabilities of the AAC user or the communication systems that they use) as well as opportunity barriers (e.g., policy, practice, knowledge/skill, and attitude barriers that extend beyond the AAC user). It is essential to consider both access and opportunity barriers when designing systems and supports for individuals who use AAC. However, often the emphasis of research and practice is on addressing issues related to access barriers with far less attention to opportunity barriers. Supporting Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Breaking Down Opportunity Barriers is the first book to focus specifically on practical strategies for breaking down opportunity barriers experienced by individuals who use AAC.

The text is divided into four sections, with each section devoted to a frequently encountered opportunity barrier (knowledge/skill, practice, attitude, and policy). Within each section, readers will (a) develop a deeper understanding of the impact of the barrier through the eyes of individuals who use AAC or their families, (b) acquire knowledge based on current research and recommended practices related to addressing the barrier, and © learn how professionals have successfully addressed the barrier via case examples from the field. The final chapter provides readers with information (as well as tools and examples) about how to go “beyond the book” and actively address the unique opportunity barriers they encounter.

Title: Supporting Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Breaking Down Opportunity Barriers

Author: Susan S. Johnston, Cindy Gevarter, Samuel Sennott, Lateef McLeod, Eric J. Sanders

Publisher: Plural Publishing

Publication: 2023

Edition: 1st Edition

Language: English

Pages: 297

Ebook: PDF

File size: 7 MB

ISBN Number: 9781635503913

CBID: CBM128

Supporting Individuals Who Use Augmentative and Alternative Communication