Communicative Competence for Individuals Who Use Aac From Research to Effective Practice

This book addresses assessment and intervention for encouraging the development of communicative competence by individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). It examines issues for each of the four skill domains: linguistic, operation, social, and strategic. The research, theory, and intervention strategies included are relevant to both adults and children at all stages of communication development.Indepth coverage includes the following: linguistic competence, which is knowledge of both language and the linguistic code of an AAC system; operations competence, an individual's ability to technically operate his or her AAC system; social competence, the ability to effectively communicate; strategic competence, the skills that allow an AAC user to make the best out of what he or she can do; and intervention strategies for developing communicative competence.Light, Janice is the author of 'Communicative Competence for Individuals Who Use Aac From Research to Effective Practice' with ISBN 9781557666390 and ISBN 1557666393.