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Title Augmentative communication : clinical issues / Susan M. Attermeier, editor
Published New York : Haworth Press, ©1987

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 137 pages) : illustrations
Contents Augmentative Communication: Clinical Issues; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Comments From The Guest Editor; Augmentative Communication: An Interdisciplinary Challenge; Introduction; History of Augmentative Communication; Current Status of Clinical Practice in Augmentative Communication; Clinical Considerations; Summary; The Prerequisites to Augmentative Communication: Their Implications for Therapists and Early Interventionists; Psychological Assessment of the Nonvocal, Physically Handicapped Child; The Need for Adequate Assessment; Problems in Assessment; Current Best Practice; Summary
An Overview of Therapeutic Positioning for Multiply-Handicapped Persons, Including Augmentative Communication UsersTherapeutic Positioning as It Relates to Function; The Need for a More Definitive Approach to Therapeutic Positioning; Additional Considerations Regarding Therapeutic Positioning; Clinical Guidelines from the Literature: Positioning the Handicapped Client; Clinical Implementation of Therapeutic Positioning; Summary; Motor Assessment for Unaided and Aided Augmentative Communication; Screening; Unaided Motor Assessment; Unaided Communication Systems; Aided Motor Assessment; Summary
Aided Motor Assessment Resource ListAugmentative Communication: Selection of an Initial Vocabulary; Literature Review; Proposed Content Guidelines for a First Vocabulary; Proposed Selection Strategy; Vocabulary Expansion; Summary; Appendix; Language vs. Communication in Training for Augmentative Communication System Use; Discussion; Supporting Families of Augmentative Communication Users; Family Involvement in Augmentative Communication; Clinical Issues with Families; Funding Considerations; Summary; Interaction Strategies; Introduction; Components of Communicative Interaction
Differences Affecting the Communication of Nonvocal ChildrenInteraction Suggestions for Partners; Personal Perspectives; Appendix I: Record Forms for Augmentative Communication Evaluation; Appendix II: Resources on Communication and Computer Technology
Notes "Has also been published as Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics, volume 7, number 2, summer 1987"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Speech disorders in children -- Patients -- Rehabilitation
Communication devices for people with disabilities.
Nonverbal communication.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities.
Communication Aids for Disabled
Nonverbal Communication
Self-Help Devices
Speech Disorders -- rehabilitation
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Self-help devices for people with disabilities
Nonverbal communication
Communication devices for people with disabilities
Communicatiemiddelen.
Spraakstoornissen.
Gehandicapten.
Form Electronic book
Author Attermeier, Susan M., 1942-
ISBN 9781134755257
1134755252