AAC - Using Core Vocabulary to Report A Problem

This video shows John - a young man using a Pathfinder with Unity128. He came to see his therapist to tell her about a problem he was having with a caregiver in his group home. The sentences he created were generated word-by-word, but for the purpose of the video, he relates the information by speaking everything sentence-by-sentence. This video shows how a person with expressive language disabilities can still be a powerful communicator when given and taught how to use Core Vocabulary. Using his device, he reported the incident to the authorities and it was resolved. He used all CORE VOCABULARY and no specialized vocabulary was needed.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Augmentative
• Communication
• AAC
• Pathfinder
• Core
• Vocabulary

[bburney06]

I work with a girl who uses a Dynavox to speak. We hope to see this kind of independence in her.

[superjuniorluvrmax]

this is so touching especially since i have a brother who cant tak and has 4p-

[SLPGuru]

Nice example of the speed of communication using an AAC device. Thanks Gail!

[speechgrrl]

Thank you for sharing this film!