Thinking about Thinking for AAC

(TAT₄AAC)

All humans are learners. Individuals have unique learning profiles. Learning to communicate is a basic human right. Learning to use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) technology is complex. This online resource provides information by summarizing literature in the fields of AAC and cognition to support clinical decision-making.

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Feedback from the Field

I think [the TAT₄AAC] is a great resource both for the clinician and for educating other team members on why a client may be struggling or succeeding with a particular device.

[The TAT₄AAC] stimulates a lot of clinical questions and gets people thinking about cognition, which is good. The cognitive demands of AAC are an afterthought; this emphasizes to learn and develop cognitive skills is important and can happen with consistent teaching and instruction.

I could use [TAT₄AAC] when talking about parents or family members to justify a programming decision (e.g. photographs as a symbolic decision) for an individual’s AAC device.

I could use citations in writing a funding report to support my recommendations.

I would have found [TAT₄AAC] helpful during my AAC class, to supplement other resources we learned about. Obviously it’s not an assessment tool but at least it’s a place to start.

About Us

We are the REKNEW research lab at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). REKNEW: Realizing Expressive KNowledge in Everyone With Communication Impairments. Our work addresses the complex communication needs of individuals with developmental or acquired disabilities.

The content of this website was developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR grant #90RE5017) awarded to the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (RERC on AAC) from 2014-2019. NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this site do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, HHS, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

The recommended citation for Thinking about Thinking for AAC (TAT₄AAC) is:

Mooney, A., Kinsella, M., McLaughlin, D. E., & Fried-Oken, M. (2019). Thinking about Thinking for AAC. Retrieved from: http://TAT4AAC.ohsu.edu

Thinking about Thinking for AAC

(TAT4AAC)

Feedback from the Field

About Us

(TAT₄AAC)