Transcript Getting going with no tech!

Getting going with no tech!
Gillian Hazell
AAC Consultancy
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Is There a Life After Speech?
Carole Janow
Is there life after speech?
Sometimes late at night
In the silence of my room
I think not
The world is made up of words
Words I cannot utter
Words that no-one understands
Conversations only to myself
How can I live without them
It’s like being sentenced to die
Everyday is a struggle no one knows
A loneliness only I can feel
For without speech I am disconnected and apart
MRS SMITH
[VOCA
not
shook
head
here
gesture]
What do we need to think about?
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Individual needs
Positioning
Graphic image system/sign system
Vocabulary
Arrangement of vocabulary
Modelling
Activities
Moving on
What is available?
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Signing
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Graphic symbols
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Simple digitised VOCAs
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Digitised VOCAs
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Synthesised VOCAs
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Computer-based applications
What to choose? Photos?
What to choose? Pictures?
Accessing Symbols (1)
Seating
Positioning
Direct
of AAC user
of communication system
hand
eyes
Accessing Symbols (2)
Scanning
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visual
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Auditory
“Tom, you can choose what to do, I’ll say the
list and you listen….. drink…….tape……..going
out…. I’m going to say them again and you
tell me when I say the one you want …..
drink…….tape……..going out……drink
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And repeat if necessary.
“Tom would you like a drink? [wait for a
response, if positive continue]
OK you can have a hot drink or a cold drink,
which would you like? Hot drink………cold
drink…….[wait for a response and read out the
one chosen e.g. hot drinks]
OK a hot drink. You can have tea, coffee,
hot chocolate, something else.
Tea……coffee…….hot
chocolate…….tea……..coffee [yes from Tom]”
“Tom would you like to go out? [wait for a
response]
OK, where would like to go, would you like to
go and see someone or go somewhere like the
park? See someone……..go somewhere…….see
someone…….[wait for a response and read out
the one chosen]
OK who shall be go and see? Grandma and
Grandpa………..(names of friends)
Accessing Symbols (3)
Colour Encoding
Accessing Symbols (4)
Encoding
co-ordinate
Creating a Communication System
‘The purpose of a communication display is
to arrange language in space so individuals
can,...say what they wish to say as quickly
as possible, and can do so with a minimal
amount of effort’
(Blackstone 1993).
A “word on a communication aid is
NOT just a word. It is a STRATEGY
to make another person guess a
word”
(von Tetzchner taken from Blackstone 1992)
Communication charts
Topical placement of
vocabulary
Grammatical
placement of
vocabulary
Placement of core vocabulary
Communication books
Topic Pages
Curriculum vocabulary
Gail van Tatenhove
http://www.vantatenhove.com/showfree.php3?id=70
Promoting Success
ASUMME COMPETENCE and MODEL
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Positioning
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Access to the communication system
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Encouragement
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Availability
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Training communication partners
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Organise the environment
Communication Bill of Rights
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You have the right to:
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be offered choices
to express feelings
to understand communications
to reject
to request information
to have access to information
to be communicated with in a dignified manner
to aids, services and resources
to be listened to
to be included in social interaction
to learn about yourself
to learn about life
Useful websites
What is AAC?
www.communicationmatters.org.uk/page/what-is-aac
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If you give an AAC user a large vocabulary …
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_R1Lf0uysoRVktBdUJ0Rk01c28/view?pli=1
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Core vocabularies
http://www.vantatenhove.com/showfree.php3?id=70
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Ideas and games for AAC use
http://www.aacscotland.org.uk/Home/
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Picture sets and Curriculum sets in symbols
https://w3.setbc.org/students/Pages/PictureSET.aspx
https://w3.setbc.org/students/Pages/CurriculumSET.aspx
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ACE Centre symbol and alphabet charts
http://acecentre.org.uk/new-ace-centre-alphabet-and-symbol-charts-freelyavailable
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