Implications for AAC

By Joe Reichle, Ph.D., David R. Beukelman, Ph.D., & Janice C. Light, Ph.D.

This comprehensive text shows professionals how AAC can help establish beginning communication skills among individuals who experience significant communication challenges. Readers will get

• thoughtful explorations of factors that influence beginning AAC communicators
  
  
• a detailed overview of interventions that help individuals develop crucial communicative behaviors
  
  
• guidelines for selecting an AAC system that best matches an individual’s needs
  
  
• enlightening vignettes and examples that bring to life the issues addressed in each chapter

With this blend of theoretical discussion and practical strategies, professionals working in the field of AAC can help individuals acquire and expand the skills they need to interact with the world around them.

(A volume in the Augmentative and Alternative Communication Series.)

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

1. A Continuum of AAC Language Intervention Strategies for Beginning Communicators
   Mary Ann Romski, Rose A. Sevcik, Amy M. Hyatt, and Melissa Cheslock
   
   
2. Overview of the Emergence of Early AAC Behaviors: Progression from Communicative to Symbolic Skills
   Ellin B. Siegel and Cynthia J. Cress
   
   
3. The Importance of Responsivity in Developing Contingent Exchanges with Beginning Communicators
   Kerri Harwood, Steven F. Warren, and Paul Yoder
   
   
4. Replacing Socially Unacceptable Behavior with Acceptable Communication Responses
   David P. Wacker, Wendy K. Berg, and Jay W. Harding
   
   
5. Strengthening Communicative Behaviors for Gaining Access to Desired Items and Activities
   Jeff Sigafoos and Pat Mirenda
   
   
6. Strategies to Achieve Socially Acceptable Escape and Avoidance
   Jeff Sigafoos, Mark F. O’Reilly, Erik Drasgow, and Joe Reichle
   
   
7. "There’s More to Life Than Cookies": Developing Interactions for Social Closeness with Beginning Communicators Who Use AAC
   Janice C. Light, Arielle R. Parsons, and Kathryn Drager
   
   
8. Expanding Children’s Early Augmented Behaviors to Support Symbolic Development
   Cynthia J. Cress
   
   
9. Considerations in Teaching Graphic Symbols to Beginning Communicators
   Krista M. Wilkinson and William J. McIlvane
   
   
10. Breakdowns and Repairs in Conversations Between Beginning AAC Users and Their Partners
    Nancy C. Brady and James W. Halle
    
    
11. Visual Assessment Considerations for the Design of AAC Systems
    Bonnie L. Utley
    
    
12. Choosing Effective Selection Techniques for Beginning Communicators
    Patricia Dowden and Albert M. Cook
    
    
13. AAC Strategies for Enhancing the Usefulness of Natural Speech in Children with Severe Intelligibility Challenges
    Katherine C. Hustad, Toni B. Morehouse, and Michelle Gutmann
    
    
14. The Role of Language Comprehension in Establishing Early Augmented Conversations
    Rose A. Sevcik and Mary Ann Romski

Index