"Meaningful and Evidence-Based Goals - Part One AAC"
"06 AAC Assessment Part 1: Recognizing and Assessing Communication Needs"
Communication Matrix
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and Intervention Strategies for
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Children with Complex Communication Needs
"The Pragmatics Profile for each of the two age ranges falls into four sections, covering:
Communicative Functions;
Responses to Communication;
Interaction and Conversation;
Contextual Variation;"
"The Communication Supports Inventory- Children & Youth (CSI-CY) is a tool to help professionals working with students with complex communication needs make educational plans that are comprehensive enough to capture their strengths and restrictions. The CSI-CY is designed to make goal writing easier for teachers and speech-language pathologists who work with students who are augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users or potential users. By itself, it is not an assessment, but rather a guide to organize the professional’s understanding of the impact of a student’s communication strengths and limitations on their participation at school and home. The Inventory consists of a survey and a report. The World Health Organization developed the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health-Children and Youth Version (ICF-CY) in 2007 to provide a global common language for describing the impact of health conditions and disabilities on human functioning. This Inventory uses that same global common language. It utilizes the broad perspective on function and disability of the ICF-CY to characterize students who use AAC."
WHAT IS THIS? The Communication Supports Inventory-Children and Youth (CSI-CY ) is a tool designed to make
goal writing easier for teachers and speech-language pathologists who work with students who rely on augmentative and
alternative communication (AAC) to communicate effectively. It is not an assessment, but a guide to organize your
understanding of the impact of a student’s communication strengths and limitations on participation at school and at
home. The idea is that you would use the CSI-CY to prepare for the IEP meeting by prioritizing areas that should be
targeted in IEP goals related to communication.
Also available as online tool