Augmentative and alternative communication in South Africa: accessibility and implementation.
This paper deals with the development of a community-based service for the implementation of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies for people with severely limited verbal expression. The concept of community-based intervention is explained and the process of training as done in the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (CAAC) is described. Data of pre- and post-training evaluations is discussed as well as follow-up data obtained in the various training contexts. Finally, critical issues related to the follow-up data are discussed.
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Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria.
D003142:Communication; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy; D008297:Male; D013019:South Africa