1. Messaging & Vocabulary Their Relationship to AAC Goals
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2. Goal of AAC: Beukelman & Miranda (2002), Hill (n.d.)
is to enable the augmented communicator to develop communication skills that are socially and linguistically appropriate to their abilities
is to provide individuals with opportunity and capability
To communicate effectively
To communicate messages so that they can interact in conversations
To participate in different settings
To establish and maintain their social roles
To meet personal needs
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3. What do we need to accomplish the goal?
Messaging
Messaging is unique to AAC field
Due to efficient and automatic process for natural speaker.
Message selection is affected by many factors
Age
Gender
Context
Social roles/cohorts
Activities & environments
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4. Messaging & Vocabulary
Conversations
Conversations
Greetings
Small Talk
Generic
How is your family
What’s happening
Good story
Specific
How is your wife
What are you doing
Good story about your vacation
Story Telling
Procedural Descriptions
Sequence is critical
Content-Specific
Wrap Up & Farewell
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5. Messaging & Vocabulary
Modes & Contexts
Spoken versus Written Communication
Written (TTR:.46) more diverse than Spoken (TTR:.30) among 3rd graders (McGinnis, 1991)
School Talk Different from Home Talk with Preschoolers
1/3 spoken at home & school, 1/3 school, 1/3 home (Marvin, Beukelman, & Bilyeu (1994)
Age (Stuart, Vanderhoof, & Beukelman, 1993)
Younger Females –topics related to family life
Older Females – social networks outside family
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6. Messaging & Vocabulary
Modes & Contexts
Gender (Gottschalk, John, 1959)
Males:
fewer pronouns, more adjectives, unusual adverbs
refer to time, space, quantity, destructive actions
Females:
more auxiliary words and negations
refer to motiviations, feelings, emotions
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7. Preliterate & Nonliterate
Coverage Vocabulary
Messages dealing with basic communication needs
Organized by environment or activity
Development Vocabulary
Selected not for functional purposes
Chosen to encourage language and vocabulary growth
Words for various language structures and combinations
Relational words (bg, little)
Proper names first, personal pronouns next
Nonliterate
Chosen from functional rather than developmental perspective
Single words and whole messages
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8. Messaging & Vocabulary
Literate
Are able to read and spell
Access to greater of messages
Letter by letter
Word by word
Retrieve complete messages
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9. Messaging & Vocabulary
Vocabulary Types
Core Vocabulary
Refers to words and messages that are commonly used by a variety users and occur very frequently
Fringe Vocabulary (personalized)
Refers to vocabulary words and messages that are specific or unique to the individual AAC user
Names of specific people, locations, activities
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10. Vocabulary Selection Processes
Environmental or ecological inventories
Diaries and Checklists
Ongoing vocabulary maintenance critical
Resources
ATTO
UNL
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11. Eye Gaze Board Compass Technique
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12. Eye Gaze Board Greatest Frequency of Use are at Top
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13. Topic Board Number codes & Written Cues to Direct Partner Questioning
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14. Etran Board Letters & Numbers refer to Messages shown in lower figure
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15. Number-Coded Message Board Finger Combinations
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16. Message Boards Recurring words & phrases – Spell Novel Utterances
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17. Directions/Hints for Partners
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