| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Description |
xv, 634 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 547-610) and index. |
| Contents |
Augmentative and alternative communication processes -- Message management: vocabulary, small talk, and storytelling -- Symbols and rate enhancement -- Alternative access -- Team building for AAC assessment and intervention -- Principles of assessment -- Assessment of specific capabilities -- Principles of decision making, intervention, and evaluation -- AAC issues for people with developmental disabilities -- AAC strategies for beginning communicators: opportunity and nonsymbolic interventions -- AAC strategies for beginning communicators: symbolic approaches -- Language learning and development. |
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Literacy development of children who use AAC / with Janet Sturm -- Educational inclusion of students who use AAC -- Adults with acquired physical disabilities / with Laura J. Ball -- Adults with severe aphasia / Kathryn L. Garrett and Joanne P. Lasker -- Adults with degenerative cognitive/linguistic disorders / with Elizabeth K. Hanson -- Individuals with traumatic brain injury / with Susan Fager -- AAC in intensive and acute medical settings. |
| Subject |
People with disabilities -- Means of communication.
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Communication devices for people with disabilities.
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Communication Disorders -- rehabilitation. |
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Communication Aids for Disabled. |
| Added Author |
Mirenda, Pat.
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| Added Title |
Augmentative and alternative communication |
| ISBN |
1557666849 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101246694 |
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