Is Your Team Ready for AAC Transition Planning?
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Why is it necessary to adjust the team during transition planning?

  • To avoid collaboration
  • To reduce the number of team members
  • To exclude family members
  • To include expertise about the anticipated transition (correct)
  • What negative outcomes can result if individuals with CCN and their family members are not incorporated into the team throughout the assessment and intervention-planning processes?

  • The agency delivering AAC services will develop trust issues.
  • The family will assume ownership of interventions
  • The team will lack information that pertains to subsequent intervention efforts (correct)
  • The team will be more efficient
  • Why is the involvement of key professionals critical in the AAC team's decision-making process?

  • Because their involvement can cause more problems
  • Because their involvement is not critical
  • Because their involvement can avoid later problems that are related to a lack of collaboration or a failure to follow through with team decisions (correct)
  • Because their involvement is not important
  • What should the AAC team assess once the initial team has been assembled?

    <p>An individual's communication needs and participation goals, existing barriers to participation, and capabilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of an AAC assessment?

    <p>To determine if an individual requires AAC assistance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were some individuals excluded from AAC services in the past?

    <p>Because they were considered too young, old, or cognitively/motorically/linguistically impaired</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were some children with childhood apraxia of speech excluded from AAC supports in the past?

    <p>In the hopes that their speech abilities might improve and/or out of concern that if they received AAC systems they might not exert the effort required to become natural speakers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why were some people with CCN secondary to intellectual impairments, autism spectrum disorders, congenital deaf-blindness, or multiple disabilities viewed as 'not ready for' AAC in the past?

    <p>Due to misguided interpretations of research examining communication and language development in typical children</p> Signup and view all the answers

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