AAC interventions have a positive impact on speech production among all ages and across a variety of AAC intervention approaches. Of the participants reviewed, 94% demonstrated an increase in speech production. Research When a student is nonverbal or minimally verbal, adults will sometimes delay introducing an augmentative or alternative communication system believing that the… Read More The Impact Of AAC On Natural Speech Production
Nonlinguistic Representations and Visual Literacy
Visual literacy is the ability to interpret and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image. This ability is a pre-reading skill that is also needed for success with augmentative communication. Research Research demonstrates that presenting content in multi-modes will assist students with learning new information. According to Marzano, Pickering, &… Read More Nonlinguistic Representations and Visual Literacy
Behavior is Communicative
Challenging behavior, either from a student with significant disabilities or a mild learning disability, is frequently an inappropriate attempt to communicate a need or a feeling. Children do not always communicate their wants and needs accurately. Whether verbal or nonverbal, children do not always communicate their wants and needs accurately. Observe body language to… Read More Behavior is Communicative
