Multimodal AAC for Individuals with Down Syndrome

AvKrista M. Wilkinson,Lizbeth H. Finestack

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Many people with Down syndrome—one of the most common genetically-linked developmental disabilities—experience difficulty developing spoken and written communication skills. In this groundbreaking book, discover how augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) can enhance communicative competence and improve outcomes for people with Down syndrome across the lifespan. The newest volume in Beukelman and Light’s respected Augmentative and Alternative Communication Series, this book fully explores how interdisciplinary, multimodal AAC strategies can promote speech, language, and literacy success across many contexts, including homes, schools, communities, health care settings, and the workplace.Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of more than 25 experts on AAC and Down syndrome, this is a must-have resource for speech-language pathologists, special educators, and AAC specialists—and a key supplementary text for courses on AAC and developmental disabilities. Use the research-based guidance in this book to help people with Down syndrome develop stronger communication skills and participate meaningfully in their schools and communities, from early childhood through adulthood.Readers will learn how to:Skillfully pair unaided AAC supports (gestures and manual signs) with aided AAC (technology and other supports external to the body)Enrich young children’s communication and language development with AAC Use AAC to boost older children’s vocabulary, grammatical language, and narrative language skills Enhance reading instruction using AAC technologySupplement speech and improve speech intelligibility with carefully chosen interventions and visual communication aids Engage whole families as collaborative partners to integrate AAC supports into everyday life Address young adults’ communication needs, as they evolve to include more varied communication partners, more complex topics, and new contextsAssess cognitive and social functioning in adolescents and adults who use AACSupport communication and self-advocacy across health care settings with AAC strategies

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-10-30
Mått:175 x 251 x 20 mm
Vikt:459 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Augmentative and Alternative Communication Series
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Brookes Publishing Co
ISBN:9781681254128

Utforska kategorier

Medicin: allmänt inom Medicin
Tal- och språkstörningar inom Medicin
Specialundervisning inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Dr. Krista Wilkinson is Professor at the Pennsylvania State University and Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology (2014-2016). Dr. Wilkinson's research applies the tools of neuroscience to understand visual and cognitive processing of individuals with severe disabilities, in order to optimize visual augmentative and alternative communication interventions used to support their communication functioning. Lizbeth H. Finestack, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, is an associate professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Science at the University of Minnesota. She teaches courses focused on child language development and the assessment and treatment of child language disorders. Her research is focused on identifying the most effective and efficient language approaches to use with children with language impairment. She works with children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as developmental language disorder, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, and autism spectrum disorder.

Innehållsförteckning

Series PrefaceSeries EditorsAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsAcknowledgementsDedicationSection I Introduction to Down syndrome and Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationChapter 1 Introduction to How Augmentative and Alternative Communication Can Promote Communication, Speech, And Language in Individuals with Down Syndrome Across the LifespanChapter 2 Introduction to Individuals with Down syndrome: Genetics, Cognition, Behavior, and Language Chapter 3 Speech Intelligibility and Communication in Down Syndrome: Intervention Approaches and the Role of Speech Supplementation Chapter 4 Overview of Multimodal AAC Intervention Across the Lifespan For Individuals With Down SyndromeSection II Considerations for Communication Supports across the LifespanChapter 5 Integration of AAC into Early Language Intervention With Children With Down SyndromeChapter 6 Language Development of School-Age Children and Adolescents With Down Syndrome and Pertinent Interventions That Integrate AAC Chapter 7 Adolescents and Adults with Down Syndrome: Supporting Communication and Participation with AAC Chapter 8 Assessment and Intervention of Cognitive and Social Functioning in Adolescents, Young Adults, and Older Individuals with Down Syndrome Section III Supporting Participation across Valued ContextsChapter 9 Collaborating with Families to Support Multimodal AAC For Individuals with Down SyndromeChapter 10 Supporting Communication and Self-Advocacy Related to Special Health and Medical Needs and ServicesChapter 11 Supporting Literacy and Access to Technology for LearningIndex