Main description:

* The field of AAC is a rapidly expanding one, as both technology innovations and demographic profiles make it increasingly possible and important to provide non-speech communication options for individuals with significant communication impairments. * Case reports provide a hook for student learning, drawing their interest and providing immediate relevance for students. * Features internationally recognised authors who are experts in their field and have been drawn from Ireland, the United Kingdom, the USA and Australia, to ensure that the reach of the text is broad and internationally relevant.

Contents:

1 Introduction to Clinical Cases in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

MARTINE M. SMITH

2 The I-ASC Explanatory Model as a Support for AAC Assessment Planning: A Case Report

YVONNE LYNCH AND JANICE MURRAY

3 Supporting Emerging Communicators using AAC: Two Case Reports

MUIREANN MCCLEARY AND YVONNE LYNCH

4 Supporting Communication and Language Development in Preschool Children using AAC

NANCY HARRINGTON, CAROLYN BUCHANAN, JENNIFER KENT-WALSH AND CATHY BINGER

5 Supporting Language and Literacy Learning for Children Who use AAC

SALLY CLENDON AND KAREN ERICKSON

6 Using AAC Principles to Guide Language Instruction for Autistic Individuals: A Case Report

LEIGH ANNE WHITE, MARIA GALASSI, LOREN F. MCMAHON, ANNA A. ALLEN, RALF W. SCHLOSSER, SUZANNE FLYNN, CHRISTINA YU AND HOWARD C. SHANE

7 Autism Spectrum Disorder, AAC, and the Feature-Matching Process: A Case Report

MOLLY B. ALLEN, NICOLE CHOE, LOREN F. MCMAHON, RALF W. SCHLOSSER, SUZANNE FLYNN, CHRISTINA YU AND HOWARD C. SHANE

8 Personal Perspectives on AAC

GILLIAN FITZPATRICK, SEAN FITZPATRICK, YVONNE LYNCH AND MARTINE M. SMITH

9 Augmentative and Alternative Communication for People with Aphasia

MICHELLE KRYC AND AIMEE DIETZ

10 Supporting Communication in Traumatic Brain Injury using AAC

LISA G. BARDACH

11 ALS/MND and Voice Preservation Through Voice Banking, the BCH Message Banking Process, and Double Dipping: A Case Report

JOHN COSTELLO

12 Implementing AAC for a Person with Dementia

ADELE MAY, SHAKILA DADA AND JANICE MURRAY