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Aided Alternative Communication System
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:07.08.2020 16:45:24
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_070 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Klatenberga | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Acquire knowledge and skills for alternative aids, their application needs and training methods. To get basic understanding of the various technical aids to be used in work of an audiologist. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Speech and language substitute technical aids. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | AAC parts, alternative aids the user group. AAC technical levels, training forms and methods. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | "Go talk" speech whiteboard and alternative communication software. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | AAC to autism and ASD (autism spectrum disorders). Bliss system. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Sign language (AAC). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | TEACCH system: Treatment and Education of Autistic and Related Communication Handicapped Children. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | PECS methods: Pictures Exchange Communication System. Social stories. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Glenn Domain Therapy method. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work – literature review. Working drawing up plans for working with children with communication difficulties and its harmonization with the teacher. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Active and fruitful participation in lectures and practical classes; • Independent work presentations; • At the end of course test. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will be able to define and describe the nature of the AAC system, will be able to describe alternative aids user groups. Will know and will be able to describe the translation of training methods. Gain knowledge about AAC practical application at work. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will be able to select the desired alternative system aids in connection with the speech disorder severity. Learn aids operating principles, ways and means to work with people who have communication and interaction difficulties. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to apply practical communication training systems and methods: object system, images, pictures, speech whiteboard. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | AKO- info „Rasa ABC” No.1, 2, 3, 4., 2001. | ||||||||
| 2 | Autisms un autiska spektra traucējumi, RSU, ESF, 2008. | ||||||||
| 3 | Čerstina Falka, Piktogrammu praktiskais pielietojums, Velku fonds, 2003. | ||||||||
| 4 | Vaclava V., Aldenrūda U., Ilsteds S. „Bērni, kuriem ir autisms un Aspergera sindroms”, 2003. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | П. Питерс, Аутизм. От теоретического понимания к педагогическому воздеиствию, Владос, Москва, 2003. | ||||||||
| 2 | Shriberg LD, Aram DM, Kwiatkowski J (1997) Developmental Apraxia of Speech: I Descriptive and Theoretical Perspectives, JSLHR, 40, 273 – 285 | ||||||||
| 3 | Shriberg LD, Aram DM, Kwiatkowski J (1997) Developmental Apraxia of Speech: III, JSLHR, 40 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | www.asha.org/public/speech/.../AAC/ | ||||||||
| 2 | www.isaac-online.org/ | ||||||||
| 3 | www.informahealthcare.com/loi/aac/ | ||||||||
