ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 103 - AUGMENTATIVE AND ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

Course overview

*Describe different communicative needs of persons with disabilities *Discuss basic approaches to meeting *Recognize needs that individuals have for conversation and for graphical output - *Describe major characteristics of alternative and augmentative communication devices *Describe current approaches to speech output in ATs *List and describe major approaches to rate enhancement and vocabulary expansion *Describe major assessment questions that must be asked and answered in determining appropriate augmentative and alternative communication device for an individual user *Discuss major goals for and the significance of training in augmentative and alternative communication device use and communicative competence *Delineate steps and procedures involved in implementing an augmentative and alternative communication device for an individual consumer