AAC & AT Downloads - School Setting Info Abounds!

Great resources. Hawaii Dept of Ed, British Columbia, the world wide...AAC assessment, implementation, and planning abounds!!!

The Hawaii Department of Education may be a long way from home, but they're no strangers to our students' complex communication needs and best interests. Take a peek at these two resources (click each title to download PDFs):

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication Handbook (11 pgs, HERE) features: Easy reference table of AAC types, description of communicator/learner types, case example of feature matching, sample AAC matrix for collecting info on communication competence, sample IEP goals that match AAC to content standards at different grade levels, book references.
• Assistive Technology Handbook (13 pgs, HERE) features: Action Steps flowchart, IDEA requirements, standards of practice, examples of modifications and adaptations, source documents.

AAC: A Way of Thinking (2003, 68 pgs, HERE) Supporting Augmentative & Alternative 
Communication Technologies in the Classroom, Second Edition - This comes to us from Special Education Technology - British Columbia (Ministry of Education, Canada). 68 pages well worth a download and thorough perusal.

A preview of the AAC: A Way of Thinking contents -

• Section 1: Planning for the Use of AAC Technologies 
  
  Roles
  Assessment
  Access
  Transition / Adulthood
  
  
• Section 2: AAC Intervention 
  
  Models of Intervention
  Message Selection
  Literacy & AAC
  AAC Outcomes
• Section 3: Voice Output Communication Aids  
  
  Devices: Single-, Multiple-, Dynamic, Sequencing, Text-to-Speech 
  
  
• Glossary (nice!), References & Resources