Thursday, March 26, 2015

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Questions



Distinguish between aided and unaided communications?

Answer in your own words:

Unaided describes communication behaviors that require a person own body (pointing) Aided communications includes pens and pencils, a letter or picture communication board (electronic or nonelectronic)

Question#

What factors influence the attitudes of children toward their peers who use AAC?

Answer in your own words:

Girls are more positive, sometimes it is only visual and some individuals can be influenced by their familiarity with children.

 

Question #

List three encoding methods used in AAC devices and give an advantage  and a disadvantage of each.

 

Answer in your own words:

Control Interface – dual switches; instant phases – come here, please ; and minispeak – word strategy used by symbols.

 

Question #

What are the dynamic displays and what advantage do they provide?

Answer in your own words:

It provides greater flexibility in selection sets by changing the set displayed when a choice is being made.

 

Question #

What are visual scene displays and what unique features do they have?

Answer in your own words:

They create displays that capture events in a person’s life on screen.

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