AAC Assessment in Early Intervention
AAC assessment in early intervention includes a number of domains, including prelinguistic communication, parent inventories, functional communication, and environmental analysis. Several tools are required for completion within the first months of AAC EI practicum and these are included below:
Child Focused Assessment Tools:
Activity Communication Inventory
Participation Inventory
Parent Focused Assessment Tools:
Family Rating Scale I
Family Rating Scale II
Communication Interview
Communication Forms
Parent-Teacher Communication
Other Caregiver/Teacher Assessment Tools:
Peer Interaction Scale
Additional Asssement Tools:
EKC Wheel
Observing Communication
Sample ObservationLink for Charity Rowland's Online Assessment:
http://www.communicationmatrix.org/en/
AAC & Early Assessment
Department of Special Education and Communicative Disorders Program
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, California 94132
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Special Education Programs
Grant #H325A040109
Funded 2004-2009
Contact:
Gloria Soto, Ph.D., Project Director
gsoto@sfsu.edu
Nancy Robinson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Co-Director
nancyr@sfsu.edu
Marci Hanson, Ph.D., Co-Director
mjhanson@sfsu.edu
Bridge School