Katy Leckenby, Meaghan Ebbage-Taylor

AAC and Aided Language in the Classroom (eBook, ePUB)

Breaking Down Barriers for Learners with Speech, Language and Communication Needs

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book includes a wealth of easy to implement practical strategies that can be adopted in any classroom for maximum impact and enhance learners' communication skills. It is valuable reading for school leaders, SENCOs and teachers, as well as speech and language therapists supporting educators with the implementation of Aided Language/AAC.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040110652
• Artikelnr.: 72284597

Autorenporträt

Katy Leckenby is a Senior AAC Consultant for Ace Centre, a national charity providing support and advice to people with complex needs around the use of Assistive Technology (ATech) and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). Katy is passionate about facilitating communication and removing barriers to ensure that all students can fully access education. She holds an MA in Inclusive Education and was a teacher for seventeen years, starting in Primary then moving into Special Education, where she taught young people with ASC, MLD, SLD, PMLD and complex needs.

Meaghan Ebbage-Taylor is a Senior AAC Consultant for Ace Centre and a trained Primary School teacher. She has worked within a special school, teaching pupils with a range of communication difficulties, including those who have made use of a wide range of AAC, both paper-based and electronic. Meaghan's teaching background has given her a good insight into the everyday implementation of AAC within a classroom context and how to support this to meet the communication need of individuals to get their voice heard.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Chapter 1
More Than the Freedom of Speech Chapter 2
Lifting the Veil of Terminology Chapter 3
Myths and Misconceptions: What the Research Tells Us Chapter 4
Education is not an Island
The Importance of Teamwork Chapter 5
What we Already Know Chapter 6
Getting the Environment Right Chapter 7
What is Symbolic Language? Chapter 8
How do we Teach Symbolic Language? Chapter 9
Modelling Chapter 10
Language Development
The Danger Zone of Just Requesting Chapter 11
Low Cost, Effective Resources Chapter 12
Communication Partner Skills Chapter 13
Supporting Access to Aided Language for Learners with Physical Disabilities Chapter 14
Assessment and Target Setting Chapter 15
Opportunities
Pupil Voice Chapter 16
Whole School Approach to Supporting Learners with Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCNs) Chapter 17
Final thoughts Index