Griffiths, T;
Price, K;
Bloch, SJ;
Clarke, MT;
(2019)
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC).
In: Cowan, D and Najafi, L, (eds.)
The Handbook of Electronic Assistive Technology.
(pp. 181-213).
Elsevier: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Abstract
This chapter includes a history of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and explores its development, key elements when considering AAC such as prevalence of needs, classification of systems, components of systems, important factors in AAC assessment and a section on evidence-based practice and service delivery in the United Kingdom followed by two case studies.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780128124888 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/B978-0-12-812487-1.00007-7 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812487-1.00007-7 |
| Language: | English |
| Keywords: | AAC, Augmentative and alternative communication, Case study, Clinical experience, Evidence-based practice, High tech, Language processor, Low tech |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Language and Cognition |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10061440 |
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