Facilitating Communication, Language and Social Skills Development Using A Multi-modal Approach with AAC
About This Course
By the end of the course, learners will be able to:
1. Review the different types of AAC systems available for use with children and adolescents having speech & language impairments
2. Choose an appropriate Augmentative and Alternative Communication
(AAC) system for children and adolescents with speech and language
impairments
3. Apply specific communication strategies using AAC devices
4. Use the concept of Aided Language Stimulation (ALS) with children to
facilitate their receptive language skills development
What You'll Learn
Using a multi-modal communication makes language more concrete and less transient and hence facilitates better cognitive processing of language. Providing a multi-sensory input for language also enables better support for emerging literacy and numeracy skill development.
This course will focus on the use of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) as a mode to facilitate the development of communication, language and social skills for children and adolescents with disabilities.
Entry Requirements
The skills and knowledge for this course, which the learner is assumed to possess, are as follows:
* A minimum of GCE ‘N’ Level with credits including English Language as a first language; or
* Be able to listen, speak, read and write English at a proficiency level equivalent to the Employability Skills Workforce Skills Qualifications (ES WSQ) Workplace Literacy (WPL) Level 5