SIMON FRASER UNIVERS10,
    Educ
    374-3
    Special Topics:
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    Augmentative & Alternative Communications
    Summer Session, 1989
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    (August 8 - 16)
    M/T/W/Th/F/Sat ?
    9:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Location: UBC Jericho Hill School
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    Instructor: David Beukelman
    Course Description:
    - Basic AAC Concepts
    - Model of AAC
    - Participation Model of AAC Intervention
    - Opportunity
    - Discrimination Issues
    - Knowledge Issues
    - Access
    - User Capability
    - Requirements of AAC Approaches
    - Access Display Requirements
    Symbols Systems
    - Access Control Requirements
    Direct Selection
    Scanning Options
    - Feedback Requirements
    - Constraints
    - Funding
    - Facilitator Preparation
    - Assessment: The Beginning of Intervention
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    - Philosophy of AAC Intervention
    - Assessment of Current Communication Function
    - Assessment of Current and Future Communication Needs
    - Language Assessment
    - Physical Assessment
    - Visual Assessment
    - Intervention with Cognitively Limited Individuals
    - Intervention with Physically Limited Individuals
    - Preschool Children
    - Intervention with Visually Impaired Individuals
    - Intervention with Academically Competitive School-aged Individuals
    - Review of Service Delivery Models
    Evaluation of Students:
    All students enrolled in this course will be required to complete two exams
    over the conceptual, clinical, and technical information presented in the course.

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