Chapter 5

Question 1

Forming a Team-

Who Should Be on It?

Answer 1

• Who has the expertise needed by the team to make the best decisions?
• Who is affected by the decisions?
• Who has an interest in participating?

Question 2

AAC Teams

Answer 2

• Individual with a disability (CNN)
o CNN=complex communication needs
• Family members (if not in another category)
• AAC facilitators (translate, facilitate, maintain & program AAC system)
• AAC finders (refer individuals)
• General practice clinicians or educators (support and implement AAC)
• AAC specialists (work often with AAC and train others)
• AAC experts (research, make policy, etc. teach others)
o What category do SLPs fall into?
o What category(ies) should they fall into?

Question 3

Assessment Models

Answer 3

• Candidacy Model (do NOT use this)
• Participation Model
o p. 109

Question 4

Phases of Assessment

Answer 4

• Phase 1: Referral for AAC Assessment
• Phase 2: Initial Assessment and Intervention for Today
• Gather Info - Current communication interaction needs (physical, cognitive, language, sensory capabilities)
• Phase 3: Detailed Assessment for Tomorrow
• Assess individual’s current participation patterns/refine AAC system
• Phase 4: Follow-Up Assessment- Maintenance of AAC system

Question 5

Participation Inventory

Answer 5

•	Page 112 (copy)
•	Complete for each regularly occurring activity (at home, school, work, etc.)
o	For individual with CCN
o	For peers
•	ID individuals with whom the user of AAC will be communicating (circles)
o	Family
o	Friends
o	Acquaintances
o	Paid professionals
o	Unfamiliar people

Question 6

ID participation Barriers

Answer 6

• Opportunity barriers – refers to barriers that are imposed by people other than the individual with CCN
• Access barriers – present primarily because of limitations in the current capabilities of the individual with CCN

Question 7

Opportunity Barriers

Answer 7

• Policy barriers (i.e. separate classrooms)
• Practice barriers (i.e. “We don’t do that.” Taking devices home)
• Knowledge barriers (“They don’t know what they don’t know. OR They don’t know what you know.)
• Skill barriers (If you can’t help, who can? If you don’t know how, how can you learn?)
• Attitude barriers (reduced expectations)

Question 8

Access Barriers

Answer 8

• Pertains to capabilities, attitudes, and resource limitations of individuals who communicate through AAC.
• Current Communication (118) – operational and social
• Potential to use and/or increase speech (119)
• Potential for environmental adaptations – alter physical spaces, locations, structures
• Potential to use AAC systems/devices

Question 9

Potential to Use AAC

Answer 9

• Determine an individual’s ability to use AAC systems or devices in order to reduce access barriers
1. Operational Requirements Profile – electronic and nonelectronic
2. Constraints Profile
• Considerations:
o Preferences and attitudes of people with CCN and their families/cultures
o Preferences and attitudes of other communication partners
o Skills and abilities of communication partners and facilitators (Ex. learning how to play the guitar)
o Funding
3. Capabilities Profile (Chapter 6)