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What are explicit instruction and incidental teaching, and how are they related?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of short (i.e., word-level) versus long (i.e., phrase- or sentence-level) message units for people with CCN?
What are four common vocabulary organizational strategies, and how does each of them appear to affect language learning and ability in people with CCN?
What are four explanations for the morphological difficulties that are commonly experienced by people with CCN?
What are four common characteristics related to the use of syntax by people with CCN, and what might account for them?
What are three issues or practices that affect semantic knowledge in people with CCN?
What are talking switch techniques, and how can they be used?
What are visual schedules, and how can they be used?
What are the three components of a gesture dictionary, and what are some of the purposes of this technique?
What are the components of a scripted routine, and when can this technique be used?
How can attention getting and use of accept/reject signals be taught to a beginning communicator, and why are they important targets for instruction?
Why is facilitator training an important part of an AAC intervention? Describe the eight-step facilitator training process proposed by Kent-Walsh and McNaughton (2005).
What is person-centered planning, and why is it important? Describe two person-centered planning processes that can be used with people who rely on AAC.
What are predictable routines, and why are they important for young children who rely on AAC? Give five examples of how predictable routines can be used to encourage communication at home and at
What three principles are important to nonsymbolic and symbolic interventions for problem behavior?
What is meant by the term beginning communicator? To whom does this description refer?
Describe the five tiers of Ball and Stading’s (2006) model for AAC intervention for children with CAS.
How is suspected childhood apraxia of speech defined?
Describe the role of the intervener as a member of the AAC team of an individual who is deaf-blind.
What are the two main types of deaf-blindness, and what are the communication and AAC implications of each?
What does current research say about the use of SGDs with people with autism and CCN?
How do the characteristics of autism spectrum disorders affect the provision of AAC services and supports?
Describe three particular considerations in delivering AAC services to people with intellectual disabilities.
How is intellectual disability currently defined and evaluated?
Describe three particular considerations in delivering AAC services to people with cerebral palsy.
Differentiate between spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic, and mixed cerebral palsy and discuss the AAC-related implications of each.
Name two specific instruments or processes that can be used to measure functional limitations, consumer satisfaction, and quality of life of people with complex communication needs.
What types of AAC-related questions would be answered by evaluations of functional limitations, consumer satisfaction, and quality of life?
Why is facilitator training an important component of AAC intervention?
What is the difference between intervention efficacy and intervention effectiveness?
Why are strategies aimed at increasing natural motor and speech ability important as part of an AAC intervention?
What are the six steps of the evidence-based practice process?
What are the three main components that are used to make evidence-based practice decisions?
What is the principle of AAC intervention for today and tomorrow?
What strategies can be used to address the five types of opportunity barriers?
Why are opportunity barrier interventions important in AAC?
Describe five considerations that should be addressed in a visual assessment and how each of them is related to AAC.
Describe five components that should be examined in a literacy assessment and how to assess each of them.
Describe three strategies that can be used to assess morphosyntactic knowledge during an AAC assessment.
Why is assessment of single-word vocabulary important, and how can this be done?
Describe four formats that can be used in a comprehensive symbol assessment.
What are the six components of switch control, and how do they affect selection of a cursor control technique for scanning?
Describe the issues involved in cognitive assessment of people with complex communication needs and two approaches to accomplishing this.
What are some specific questions that need to be answered in a direct selection assessment, and how can these be addressed?
What are six principles that can be used to guide an initial assessment related to seating and positioning for AAC assessment?
Why is criterion-referenced assessment preferable to norm-referenced assessment for making AAC decisions?
What does research tell us about the relationship between various AAC techniques and the attitudes of potential communication partners?
In general, how does culture affect the AAC assessment and intervention process?
What does research tell us about the effect of AAC interventions on speech development and production?
What are the five types of opportunity barriers? For each type, give an example that is not provided in the chapter.
Why is it important to assess the participation patterns and needs of an individual with complex communication needs, and how can this be accomplished?
What are the phases of AAC assessment, and what issues are addressed in each phase?
What is the AAC candidacy model, and why is it no longer in widespread use?
What are three essential questions to ask when deciding who should be on an AAC team?
What are the roles of a person with complex communication needs and his or her family in the AAC assessment process?
What are the main roles that are typically assumed by AAC finders, facilitators, specialists, and experts?
What are the similarities and differences between aided and unaided AAC strategies?
What is the difference between the sender-receiver and the co-construction models of communication?
The parent of a child with severe physical limitations who cannot use direct selection wishes to know the difference between directed scanning and automatic scanning. What would you tell this parent?
How do feedback and output differ?
What are the differences between synthesized and digitized speech?
What type of individual might wish to use activation on release?
In direct selection access, what is meant by the word dwell, and what capabilities does the successful use of dwelling require of an individual who relies on AAC?
How do a grid display and a visual scene display differ?
How do fixed and dynamic displays differ?
What factors affect the effectiveness of rate enhancement techniques?
What is prediction, and how can it be used for rate enhancement?
What are message codes, and what is known about their learnability? Provide three examples of message codes.
What are word codes, and what is known about their learnability? Provide three examples of word codes.
What does research indicate about the relative learnability of Picture Communication Symbols, Pictograms, and Blissymbols?
What manual sign systems are currently used by people who rely on AAC in North America, and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each of them?
What are four factors in addition to iconicity that affect symbol learning, and how do they do so?
What is iconicity, and how does it affect symbol learning?
Define aided symbols, and provide four examples.
Define unaided symbols, and provide four examples.
What is the role of an informant in the message selection process for an individual who relies on AAC?
Why would a person who can formulate messages through letter-by-letter spelling choose to store and retrieve whole messages with his or her AAC device?
What are the differences between core vocabulary and fringe vocabulary in an AAC system?
How does AAC vocabulary and message selection differ for preliterate, literate, and nonliterate individuals who rely on AAC?
How do the greeting, small-talk, information-sharing, and wrap-up stages in a conversation differ from each other?
How can AAC systems be designed to deal with crime and abuse at the moment and later during legal and counseling activities?
What percentage of people who rely on AAC experience crime or abuse during their lives?
People who rely on AAC manage their message preparation in several different ways. How does word-by-word message preparation differ from letter-byletter spelling?
What is the central goal of AAC intervention?
If the parents of a child with communication difficulties asked you what it would be like to communicate using AAC supports, what would you tell them that you have learned from this chapter and from
What are the various components of operational competence?
How do strategic and social competences differ?
From an AAC perspective, what is meant by linguistic competence?
In Chapter 1, five different communication purposes are described. What personal, social, and communication roles are associated with each of these purposes?
What type of individual should be considered for AAC support?
2. What additional measures would you use to show the value of investing?
1. If you were the manager of HR, how would you rationalize to your members investing in a culture audit?
2. Though their efforts resulted in improved retention and productivity, what is missing from this case?
1. What methods were used in this case to identify the causes of high turnover and low productivity? What other methods could have been used to obtain better data?
3. The Canada HR Centre provides a turnover calculator for estimating the costs of an employee quitting. In groups, choose a real job (for which you have compensation information) and calculate the
2. A company wishes to increase the sales performance of its staff. It has been determined that for each $15 product sold, the company makes $5 in profit. Currently, employees who are paid $20 an
1. Your HR director has asked you to determine whether your organization (a group of about 50 non-unionized, full-time managers and professionals working in scientific services in Alberta) has an
2. Does the survey help you identify actions that can be taken to improve the engagement scores?
1. Does the survey prompt discussions with your direct reports?
Identify the challenges in measuring HR activities and determine the metrics that are important to the stakeholders in organizations.
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