Monday, March 23, 2015

What is the best way to teach communication?

Toward Functional Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Students with Autism: Manual Signs, Graphic Symbols, and Voice Output Communication Aids.

The article is a review on research conducted on functional augmentative and alternative communication tactics for students with autism. The author’s method of determining the “best” plan for learning independent communication was by researching all of the methods that Speech Language Pathologist use for helping students with autism. The best tactics determined from the author are in need of more research, though the best plan must be individualized based on the students strengths and weaknesses.

The article can be found from the Language Speech Hearing for Students in Schools Journal: http://lshss.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1780324&resultClick=3

One example of a VOCA (Voice Output Communication Aid) is the LAMP (Words for Life) app. This is the link for the website that describes the features of the app: https://aacapps.com/lamp/

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