TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reichle, Joe
AU  - Beukelman, David R.
AU  - Light, Janice C.
TI  - Exemplary practices for beginning communicators: Implications for AAC
SN  - 1-55766-529-X
U1  - BCir. 618.92855 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - --Baltimore
PB  - Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
N1  - Include index; 1. A continuum of AAC language intervention strategies for beginning communicators  --2. Overview of emergence of early AAC behaviors: progression from communicative to symbolic skills  --3. The importance of responsivity in developing contingent exchanges with beginning communicators  --4. Replacing socially unacceptable behavior with acceptable communication responses  --5. Strengthening communicative behaviors for gaining access to desired items and activities  --6. Strategies to achieve socially acceptable escape and avoidance  --7. "There's more to life than cookies": developing interactions for social closeness with beginning communicators who use AAC  --8. Expanding children's early augmented behaviors to support symbolic development  --9. Considerations in teaching graphic symbols to beginning communicators  --10. Breakdowns and repairs in conversations between beginning AAC users and their partners  --11. Visual assessment considerations for the design of AAC systems  --12. Choosing for beginning communicators  --13. AAC strategies for enhancing the usefulness of natural speech in children with severe intelligibility challenges  --14. The role of language comprehension in establishing early augmented conversations
ER  -