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Area of Science:
- Speech and Language Pathology
- Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
- Child Language Acquisition
Background:
- Childhood spoken language and AAC interventions aim to maximize communication outcomes.
- Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) is crucial for children with significant expressive language impairments.
- Early expressive language development provides a foundation for effective communication strategies.
Purpose of the Study:
- To guide AAC decision-making for preliterate aided communicators using a developmental language acquisition model.
- To focus on vocabulary selection within AAC interventions for children.
- To ensure AAC interventions support expressive language acquisition alongside other communication goals.
Main Methods:
- Review of early expressive language development principles.
- Application of a developmental model to various AAC vocabulary selection strategies.
- Analysis of AAC approaches based on pragmatic, semantic, grammatical, and narrative development alignment.
Main Results:
- No single AAC approach fully meets immediate and long-term expressive language needs for preliterate learners.
- All AAC approaches for preliterate children have inherent strengths and weaknesses.
- A developmental model highlights linguistic gaps in current AAC strategies.
Conclusions:
- Clinical decision-making requires a thorough analysis of AAC approaches to identify and address linguistic gaps.
- Combining different AAC approaches is necessary to meet diverse communication needs.
- Future preliterate AAC service provision should integrate developmental models with family, educator, and clinician input for feasibility.
