Bernhard Schieber

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Knowledge

AAC expands communication through combinations of speech, gesture, writing, symbols, devices, and partner support. Its aim is participation suited to the person and setting. A functioning device alone does not establish access; vocabulary, pace, physical access, partner behavior, and reliable alternatives remain essential.

What these mean

Editorial orientation · Family

Tool

In this series, Tool names the editorial family primarily used to act on, examine, measure or organize communication. It includes instruments, methods, practices, protocols, codes and institutional arrangements. Membership does not certify effectiveness, portability or safe use in every setting.

Editorial orientation · Category

Intervention Methods & Practices

Organizes actions intended to facilitate, plan, train, negotiate, coordinate or change a situation. It connects a practical purpose with a way of working, whose conditions and consequences must be examined.

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