Chapter 12 Alternative and Augmentative Communication

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Across
  1. 2. an image that represents an object, a concept, or a message.
  2. 3. forms of AAC require some form of external support-either electronic or non-electronic.
  3. 7. an indirect method of access that entails stepping through choices that the user selects using switch activation.
  4. 10. the degree to which a sign or a symbol resembles or suggests its referent
  5. 12. the sequential presentation of symbols choices
  6. 13. used in AAC to represent objects, actions, concepts, and emotions.
  7. 14. picture exchange communication boards
  8. 15. microcomputer systems that allow for storage and retrieval of messages.
  9. 16. vocabulary of lower frequency words, mostly nouns, which tend to be context-specific.
  10. 18. vocabulary with high-frequency words that make 80% of the words we use every day.
  11. 19. forms of AAC that do no require an external tool but motor control.
Down
  1. 1. a scene of an environment consisting of drawings, photographs, and or virtual environments organized in a meaningful way.
  2. 4. natural speech that is recorded, stored, and reproduced.
  3. 5. assessment based on individual skills and needs determines appropriate AAC system features.
  4. 6. a display where one symbol automatically activates change in symbol set.
  5. 8. an integrated group of components used to enhance communication.
  6. 9. electronically produced speech
  7. 11. symbols that remain in a fixed location
  8. 12. nonelectronic systems such as picture boards, alphabets boards.
  9. 17. a hardware device that either opens or closes electrical circuits and is used to stop and start scanning on a communication device.