Effective Augmentative and Alternative Communication Practices: A Handbook for School-Based Practitioners

Effective Augmentative and Alternative Communication Practices provides a user-friendly handbook for any school-based practitioner, whether you are a special education teacher, an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) consultant, assistive technology consultant, speech language pathologist, or occupational therapist. This highly practical book translates the AAC research into practice and explains the importance of the use of AAC strategies across settings. The handbook also provides school-based practitioners with resources to be used during the assessment, planning, and instructional process.

• Core Words for Classroom & Home: Developing Verbal Communication Skills and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Abilities
• Systematic Instruction for Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
• Interventions for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Complex Communication Needs (AAC)
• AAC in the Schools: Best Practices for Intervention
• Teaching Literacy to Students With Significant Disabilities: Strategies for the K-12 Inclusive Classroom
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Supporting Children and Adults with Complex Communication Needs, Fourth Edition
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention: An Intensive, Immersive, Socially Based Service Delivery Model
• Who's Afraid of AAC?: The UK Guide to Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• The New Transition Handbook: Strategies High School Teachers Use that Work!