Remote Instruction of Potential AAC Support Personnel
- 1 September 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Speech Language Hearing Association in Perspectives on Augmentative and Alternative Communication
- Vol. 20 (3), 97-101
- https://doi.org/10.1044/aac20.3.97
Abstract
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) facilitators and general interventionists support individuals who rely on AAC to meet their communication needs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of an instructional strategy for potential AAC facilitators to operate and maintain high technology AAC device software using Remote Access Error-Free (RA-EF) instruction. During the RA-EF condition, the researcher and participant were in two different locations. The results of this investigation revealed that, following fewer than 30 minutes of instruction focusing on 11 operational skills, a group of 10 participants who were unfamiliar with the Visual Scenes Display for Aphasia application (Version 2) achieved post-instruction accuracy scores of 98.2%.Keywords
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