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How to make partners model AAC – challenges and success factors from 20 years research and practice

October 30, 2024 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT

Session ID: 1040

 

Objectives:

1. Describe Akktiv – a comprehensive partner training program.

2. Discuss evidence with regard to partner based interventions.

3. Describe the challenges in instructing different types of communication partners.

4. Describe how to implement aided language input using universally designed AAC.

 

Moderator: Kirsi Neuvonen

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Date:
October 30, 2024
Time:
8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT
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Venue

Online (Zoom)

Speakers

  • Gunilla Thunberg

    Dart centre for AAC and AT, Sahlgrenska university hospital/ University of Gothenburg

Abstract

This session focusses on training of communication partners to persons in need of AAC, all from parents of young children with communication needs not yet diagnosed, to school staff and staff of adults in residential homes and day care centers.

The swedish program AKKtiv, founded in 2005, and now being used all over Scandinavia and in some other countries is presented, overviewing the different partner training packages that has been developed and researched over the years. AKKtiv focuses multimodal AAC with a main focus on implementing aided language input using basic universal activity based boards.

Research results as well as our experiences will be shared and discussed with a focus on challenges and success factors that we have identified and worked with over the years.