Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Educational Studies |
Grao en Logopedia |
Subjects |
Augmentative and Alternative Communication |
Contents |
Identifying Data | 2020/21 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Augmentative and Alternative Communication | Code | 652G04022 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Third | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). | Conceptualization of Augmentative and Alternative Communication. People who rely on AAC. A proposed model for AAC. Communicative competence. AAC systems classification. |
Unaided augmentative and alternative communication. | Unaided AAC systems classification. Gestural strategies. Educational manual sign systems. Manual supplements to spoken language. Sign language. |
Aided augmentative and alternative communication: Symbols sets and systems. | Aided AAC systems classification. Objects. Photographs. Lineal drawings. Pictograms. Blissymbolics. Minspeak. Ortography and ortographic symbols |
Comunicación Aumentativa y Alternativa: Selection techniques and Assistive technology | Message selection: direct selection, scanning methods, and encoding systems. Alternative access Assistive technology AAC computer and dedicated devices programs |
Assessment for the selection and use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication systems |
The assessment process. AAC assessment strategies for AAC system use by people with congenital and acquired communication disorders. Assessment materials and adaptations. |
Augmentative and Alternative interventions | Intervention approaches. Specific intervention techniques and strategies Intervention programs |
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