Is Your Team Ready for AAC Transition Planning?

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Why is it necessary to adjust the team during transition planning?

To include expertise about the anticipated transition

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 team will lack information that pertains to subsequent intervention efforts

Why is the involvement of key professionals critical in the AAC team's decision-making process?

Because their involvement can avoid later problems that are related to a lack of collaboration or a failure to follow through with team decisions

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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