Augmentative Communication Systems at Home and in the Community

As I touched on in my previous post, some non-speaking students are going to use augmentative communication systems in order to communicate.  The direct instruction and guidance in developing augmentative communication skills will be developed in the classroom.  However, it is important for students to use their devices at home and in the community.  Utilizing those skills outside of the classroom helps generalize the skills in other settings.

And once again, the communication between the team at school and the team at home is crucial!  The communication demands are going to be different depending on the setting, so the more in sync the efforts of family and school staff are, the increased likelihood of effective communication.