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Augmentative Communication Integration for Enhanced Learning

Learn how to integrate augmentative communication in classroom, home, and community settings to support children with communication challenges. This inclusive approach involves teachers, parents, and the community. Discover tips for parents and ongoing skill development strategies for effective communication. Engage in interactive activities to enhance learning.

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Augmentative Communication Integration for Enhanced Learning

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  1. Chapter 11: Integrating augmentative communication in the classroom, home, and community.Meghan WallErin ShylitBrittany SpatolaVernessa Taylor

  2. Springboard: Augmentative Devices Go Talk Tango

  3. Teacher’s Role: • Adapting the curriculum • Writing goals/objectives for communication • Identifying appropriate vocabulary • Training others to use augmentative communication system. • Teach parents how to use augmentative devices • Facilitate positive experiences with the community Parents/Community Role: • Must work with child at home using the device • Included in augmentative planning to support their child or the child’s communication in these environments.

  4. Tip for Parents: • Direct instruction on the use of the system • Identify vocabulary that is relevant to the home • Teach family members to provide opportunities for communication and to wait. • Provide simple data and evaluation sheets for home and community use • Give parents permission to expand the child’s communication • Keep it simple

  5. Ongoing Skill Development in Communication: • Environmental communication teaching: • Focuses on identifying the communication demand of natural environments, providing partners to prompt communication messages, and systematically arranging to expand communication exchanges. • Pivotal response training: • A behavioral strategy based on the principles of a plied behavior analysis. • Picture exchange communication system: • Method for teaching children with autism and related developmental disabilities a functional communication system.

  6. Activity: Students will watch a short clip about sea life and respond to questions using the three augmentative devices. The devices will incorporate vocabulary words and pictures associated with the short clip.

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