Literacy and Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
In order to read, individuals with severe speech impairments must access a set of written symbols and decode them to abstract meaning just as anyone else must do. They must convert underlying messages into an alternative external symbol format in order to write.
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Full text (MCPHS users only) |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Burlington :
Emerald Group Pub.,
2004
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Preliminaries; CONTENTS; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 The Process of Reading and Writing; CHAPTER 3 Literacy Learning; CHAPTER 4 Literacy and Augmentative and Alternative Communication; CHAPTER 5 Assessment Principles; CHAPTER 6 The Practicalities of Assessment; CHAPTER 7 Principles of Intervention; CHAPTER 8 Some Practicalities: SCRAWLing a Path to Literacy; CHAPTER 9 The Role of Technology; CHAPTER 10 Planning the Way Forward; Appendix A Dolch Word List; Appendix B Useful Books; Index.
