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This volume presents current research and accepted good practice in the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The authors give detailed information on the neurology of speech and language, and offer guidelines for the assessment of non-speaking children. The chapters discuss such topics as issues of prognosis for speech, timing of intervention, and the importance of working within a multidisciplinary framework. The central role of families and schools in the successful introduction and support of AAC for social communication and curriculum access is recognized, and a range of AAC systems and resources are described, as are the views of AAC users and their families.
List of contents
1. The neurology of speech and language disorders in children.Part I: Disorders of comprehension and inner language (J. Keith Brown and Mary E. O'Regan).2. The neurology of speech and language disorders in children.Part II: Disorders of speech (Mary E. O'Regan and J. Keith Brown).3. Who needs augmentative communication, and when? (Martin Bax, Lesley Carroll-Few and Helen Cockerill).4. Assessing children for augmentative and alternative communication (Helen Cockerill and Prue Fuller(.5. Working with families to introduce augmentative and alternative communication systems (Mats Granlund, Eva Bjork-Akesson, Cecilia Olsson and Bitte Rydeman).6. Supporting children using augmentative and alternative communication in school (Sally Millar).7. The impart of adoloscence on the use of voice output communication aids (Pam Stevenson).8. Supporting augmentative and alternative communication (Susan Balandin and Tessa Barnes-Hughes).9. Experiences of children and families who use augmentative and alternative communication compiled by Gillian Hazell, Lesley Carroll-Few and Helen Cockerill.10. Communication resources (Gillian Hazell and Helen Cockerill).Index.
About the author
(d.o.b. 14.7.60) - specialist speech and language therapists at Guy's Hospital - part-time lecturer City University, London and University College London - specialises in areas of cerebral palsy, learning disability, autism, feeding, augmentative & alternative communication and play & communication - lectures in UK and internationally on specialist subjects - authored chapters on cerebral palsy, play Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists Council for Professionals Supplementary to Medicine International Society for Augmentative & Alternative Communication
Summary
This is essential reading for clinicians, therapists and other professionals who treat and support non-speaking children.
