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Messaging & Vocabulary Their Relationship to AAC Goals

Messaging & Vocabulary Their Relationship to AAC Goals. Goal of AAC: Beukelman & Miranda (2002), Hill (n.d.). is to enable the augmented communicator to develop communication skills that are socially and linguistically appropriate to their abilities

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Messaging & Vocabulary Their Relationship to AAC Goals

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  1. Messaging & VocabularyTheir Relationship to AAC Goals Messaging & Vocabulary

  2. Goal of AAC:Beukelman & Miranda (2002), Hill (n.d.) • is to enable the augmented communicator to develop communication skills that are socially and linguistically appropriate to their abilities • is to provide individuals with opportunity and capability • To communicate effectively • To communicate messages so that they can interact in conversations • To participate in different settings • To establish and maintain their social roles • To meet personal needs Messaging & Vocabulary

  3. What do we need to accomplish the goal? • Messaging • Messaging is unique to AAC field • Due to efficient and automatic process for natural speaker. • Message selection is affected by many factors • Age • Gender • Context • Social roles/cohorts • Activities & environments Messaging & Vocabulary

  4. Conversations • Conversations • Greetings • Small Talk • Generic • How is your family • What’s happening • Good story • Specific • How is your wife • What are you doing • Good story about your vacation • Story Telling • Procedural Descriptions • Specific • Sequence is critical • Content-Specific • Wrap Up & Farewell Messaging & Vocabulary

  5. Modes & Contexts • Spoken versus Written Communication • Written (TTR:.46) more diverse than Spoken (TTR:.30) among 3rd graders (McGinnis, 1991) • School Talk Different from Home Talk with Preschoolers • 1/3 spoken at home & school, 1/3 school, 1/3 home (Marvin, Beukelman, & Bilyeu (1994) • Age (Stuart, Vanderhoof, & Beukelman, 1993) • Younger Females –topics related to family life • Older Females – social networks outside family Messaging & Vocabulary

  6. Modes & Contexts • Gender (Gottschalk, John, 1959) • Males: • fewer pronouns, more adjectives, unusual adverbs • refer to time, space, quantity, destructive actions • Females: • more auxiliary words and negations • refer to motiviations, feelings, emotions Messaging & Vocabulary

  7. Preliterate & Nonliterate • Preliterate • Coverage Vocabulary • Messages dealing with basic communication needs • Organized by environment or activity • Development Vocabulary • Selected not for functional purposes • Chosen to encourage language and vocabulary growth • Words for various language structures and combinations • Relational words (bg, little) • Proper names first, personal pronouns next • Nonliterate • Chosen from functional rather than developmental perspective • Single words and whole messages Messaging & Vocabulary

  8. Literate • Are able to read and spell • Access to greater of messages • Letter by letter • Word by word • Retrieve complete messages Messaging & Vocabulary

  9. Vocabulary Types • Core Vocabulary • Refers to words and messages that are commonly used by a variety users and occur very frequently • Fringe Vocabulary (personalized) • Refers to vocabulary words and messages that are specific or unique to the individual AAC user • Names of specific people, locations, activities Messaging & Vocabulary

  10. Vocabulary Selection Processes • Environmental or ecological inventories • Diaries and Checklists • Ongoing vocabulary maintenance critical • Resources • ATTO • http://www.atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Populations/aac/printmodule.php#core • UNL • http://aac.unl.edu/vocabulary.html Messaging & Vocabulary

  11. Eye Gaze BoardCompass Technique Messaging & Vocabulary

  12. Eye Gaze BoardGreatest Frequency of Use are at Top Messaging & Vocabulary

  13. Topic BoardNumber codes & Written Cues to Direct Partner Questioning Messaging & Vocabulary

  14. Etran BoardLetters & Numbers refer to Messages shown in lower figure Messaging & Vocabulary

  15. Number-Coded Message BoardFinger Combinations Messaging & Vocabulary

  16. Message BoardsRecurring words & phrases – Spell Novel Utterances Messaging & Vocabulary

  17. Directions/Hints for Partners Messaging & Vocabulary

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