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The role of the communication partner in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
Author(s) -
MURPHY JOAN,
MARKOVÁ IVANA,
COLLINS SARAH,
McCALL FIONA,
MOODIE ELEANOR
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-6984.1995.tb01762.x
Subject(s) - augmentative and alternative communication , psychology , cerebral palsy , augmentative , nonverbal communication , health communication , communication disorder , communication , applied psychology , language disorder , linguistics , psychiatry , cognition , philosophy
Comunication is a cooperative undertaking and the successful use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems is as dependent on the communication partner as it is on the user. This paper presents findings from a two‐year research study, funded by the Scottish Office Home and Health Department, which examined the communication of 93 adolescent and adult AAC users with cerebral palsy (CP) and 186 of their communication partners. This paper focuses on four issues relating to the role of the communication partner: range of communication partners, communication partners' knowledge of AAC systems, training of communication partners, coordination between speech and language therapists and other communication partners.