| Basic communication needs and context specifics.
You are able to communicate efficiently based on the context.
Where the activity happens | Coverage vocabulary |
| Messages related to timing enhancement
Messages related to message acceleration
Messages related to fatigue reduction | What are the three different types of messages for quick retrieval? |
| Messages that require careful timing and are communicated in a timely manner.
EX: pick up my feet before moving my wheelchair | What is timing enhancement? |
| An encoding strategy is used so less keystrokes are needed to convey a message. | What is message acceleration? |
| Reduce fatigue by moving an item on a page for easier and faster navigation.
Typically done for complex medical conditions | What is fatigue reduction? |
| words or messages commonly used by a variety of individuals and occur very frequently | Core vocabulary |
| Specific and unique to the individual that may not appear in core vocabulary
Person with complex communication needs is the most important informant | Fringe vocabulary |
| Get a checklist of inventories
Children learn from peers by observing.
They only know the vocabulary that we provide them on their device. | Environmental Inventories |
| speech and speech is used as message display | Auditory Scanning is presented as ........ and used as ....... |
| Manual sign systems | What are unaided symbols? |
| Intelligibility
Iconicity
Motoric Complexity
ASL/SEE/MCE
Tactile signing | What are the different types of unaided symbols? |
| if you do not know the language then it is not understandable | Intelligibility |
| signs that are more easily recognized/learned | iconcity |
| Signs using both hands
Signs produced in neutral space
Signs requiring a single or simple hand shape
Signs that require a bi-directional movement | Motor Complexity |
| signs that require bi-directional movement | What complex motor complexity sign is learned first and considered easy to learn ? |
| has it own grammar | ASL- American Sign Language |
| Signs each of the English words ..... follows English grammar | SEE- Sign Exact English |
| signing how the word looks, air signing | MCE- manually coded sign |
| for those that are deaf and blind. | Tactile signing |
| Real Objects
Miniature Objects
Partial Objects
Artificially associated and textured objects | What are aided symbols: tangible symbols? |
| A symbol communicator that is NOT used for literacy!
Photographs
Lined-drawings | What are aided symbols: pictorial symbols? |
| Braille
Fingerspelling (visual- ASL and tactile - dual sensory impairment) | What are aided symbols: Orthography and Orthographic Symbols |
| Braille, fingerspelling, tactile | What kind of symbols would you use for individuals with a dual sensory impairment? |
| Store complete words, phrases and sentences and assign a code to retrieve it.
Encoding skills | What are rate enhancement techniques? |
| a good LTM | What does memory based encoding require? |
| need good auditory and visual discrimination skills | What does display based encoding require? |
| For those who are blind the words are spoken aloud for them.
The individual needs good attention and cognitive skills. | What is an auditory display/presentation and what two skills are required of the individual? |
| No speech output
Limited number of symbols
Not good for syntactic purposes | What are the limitations of a fixed screen display? |
| How the display is positioned relative to the position of the floor. (horizontal- on lap tray, their lap, table, or angled) | What is orientation display? |
| Physical contact
Physical pressure
No contact | Direct selection involves... |
| Actually touch the keyboard | Physical contact |
| Release activation and timed activation | What are the two types of activation for physical contact direct selection? |
| Can touch any icon but will not be selected until you release it | Release activation |
| adjust the amount of time that the individual needs to hold down the button to make a selection | Timed activation |
| Pushing down the actual keyboard | Physical pressure |
| eye gaze, eye pointing, head mouse | No contact |
| Requires TWO switches | Step scanning |
| circular
linear
group-item | What are the scanning patterns? |
