Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Acquired Neurologic Disorders (Beukelman, Yorkston, & Reichle)

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Acquired Neurologic Disorders
Edited by

David R. Beukelman, Ph.D., Kathryn M. Yorkston, Ph.D., & Joe Reichle, Ph.D.

The loss of speech in adulthood due to acquired disabilities causes an enormous life change for the person it happens to — and everyone close to them. With this important book, you'll explore the challenges these individuals face during the transition from speaking to using augmentative and alternative communications (AAC). You'll learn new ways to design individualized AAC systems that will help rebuild their communicative confidence and encourage acceptance of their new lives — and for some, even before speech is lost.

Practical, and accessible, this research-based resource addresses recent social, medical, and technical changes and how they affect adults with communication disorders. Part 1 discusses the everyday transition issues they struggle with — such as establishing new communication roles and integrating their natural speech with AAC — while Part 2 covers the six leading neurological disorders in adults: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington and Parkinson's diseases, traumatic brain injury, aphasia, and dementia.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Acquired Neurologic Disorders

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ISBN 1-55766-473-0
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425 pages / 6 x 9
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Table of Contents

Series Preface
Editorial Advisory Board
Volume Preface
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments

Part One

Meaningful Communication Roles
Lynn E. Fox and McKay Moore Sohlberg
AAC Message Management
Sheela Stuart, Joanne P. Lasker, and David R. Beukelman
Decision Making in AAC Intervention
Kathryn M. Yorkston and David R. Beukelman
Integrating AAC Strategies with Natural Speech in Adults
Katherine C. Hustad and David R. Beukelman
Acceptance of AAC by Adults with Acquired Disorders
Joanne P. Lasker and Jan L. Bedrosian
Rebuilding Communicative Competence and Self-Determination
Janice C. Light and Maija Gulens

Part Two

AAC for Individuals with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Pamela Mathy, Kathryn M. Yorkston, and Michelle L. Gutmann
AAC for Huntington Disease and Parkinson's Disease: Planning for Change
Estelle R. Klassner and Kathryn M. Yorkston
AAC and Traumatic Brain Injury: The Influence of Cognition on System Design and Use
Molly Doyle, Mary R.T. Kennedy, Ginta Jausalaitis, and Barbara Phillips
Proactive Management of Primary Progressive Aphasia
Margaret A. Rogers, Julia M. King, and Nancy B. Alarcon
AAC and Aphasia: Cognitive-Linguistic Considerations
Kathryn L. Garrett and Mikael D.Z. Kimelman
AAC and Dementia
Melanie Fried-Oken, Marie T. Rau, and Barry S. Oken

Index