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Messaging & Vocabulary Their Relationship to AAC Goals 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 1

Goal of AAC: Beukelman & Miranda (2002), Hill (n. d. ) • is to enable the augmented communicator to develop communication skills that are socially and linguistically appropriate to their abilities • is to provide individuals with opportunity and capability – To communicate effectively – To communicate messages so that they can interact in conversations – To participate in different settings – To establish and maintain their social roles – To meet personal needs 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 2

What do we need to accomplish the goal? • Messaging is unique to AAC field – Due to efficient and automatic process for natural speaker. – Message selection is affected by many factors • Age • Gender • Context – Social roles/cohorts – Activities & environments 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 3

Conversations • Conversations – Greetings – Small Talk • Generic – How is your family – What’s happening – Good story • Specific – How is your wife – What are you doing – Good story about your vacation – Story Telling – Procedural Descriptions • Specific • Sequence is critical – Content-Specific – Wrap Up & Farewell 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 4

Modes & Contexts • Spoken versus Written Communication – Written (TTR: . 46) more diverse than Spoken (TTR: . 30) among 3 rd graders (Mc. Ginnis, 1991) • School Talk Different from Home Talk with Preschoolers – 1/3 spoken at home & school, 1/3 home (Marvin, Beukelman, & Bilyeu (1994) • Age (Stuart, Vanderhoof, & Beukelman, 1993) – Younger Females –topics related to family life – Older Females – social networks outside family 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 5

Modes & Contexts • Gender (Gottschalk, John, 1959) – Males: • fewer pronouns, more adjectives, unusual adverbs • refer to time, space, quantity, destructive actions – Females: • more auxiliary words and negations • refer to motiviations, feelings, emotions 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 6

Preliterate & Nonliterate • Preliterate – Coverage Vocabulary • Messages dealing with basic communication needs • Organized by environment or activity – Development Vocabulary • Selected not for functional purposes • Chosen to encourage language and vocabulary growth • Words for various language structures and combinations – Relational words (bg, little) – Proper names first, personal pronouns next • Nonliterate – Chosen from functional rather than developmental perspective – Single words and whole messages 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 7

Literate • Are able to read and spell • Access to greater of messages – Letter by letter – Word by word – Retrieve complete messages 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 8

Vocabulary Types • Core Vocabulary – Refers to words and messages that are commonly used by a variety users and occur very frequently • Fringe Vocabulary (personalized) – Refers to vocabulary words and messages that are specific or unique to the individual AAC user – Names of specific people, locations, activities 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 9

Vocabulary Selection Processes • • Environmental or ecological inventories Diaries and Checklists Ongoing vocabulary maintenance critical Resources – ATTO • http: //www. atto. buffalo. edu/registered/ATBasics/Populations/aac/printmodule. php#core – UNL • http: //aac. unl. edu/vocabulary. html 3/9/2021 Messaging & Vocabulary 10