Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)

I have managed group and individual AAC profiles for users of Proloquo2Go , PECS IV+, and TalkTablet, building customized communication pages and oversee low-to-high density array moves based on user skills. I typically used low-tech AAC for young and beginning users (primarily PECS), and initiate high-tech AAC transitions based on PECS to Speech Generating Device Transition.

Clinical Internship Project:

Tiny Tech Intensive Social Group

I customized a Proloquo2Go interface for the Tiny Tech intensive social group program for pre-verbal children at Seattle Children's Autism Center.

The interface was designed in collaboration with a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D) who specialized in autism and functional communication. Devices were personalized for each group of students, based on their personal preferences. Each student had access to a device with the same layout during class (for students who had an AAC device and Proloquo2Go already, we programmed a 'camp' folder with this layout onto their systems).

I implemented variations of these interfaces with a number of groups of two to five preschool AAC users.

Targets were built to encourage social interactions throughout activities, and vocabulary was selected for a combination of motivation and achievable speech targets for children with co-morbid apraxia of speech diagnoses.

Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC)