"If the people around them suck, the whole thing falls apart": Perspectives of successful AAC users.
| Monday, May 27, 2024 |
| 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM |
| River View Room 05 |
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"If the people around them suck, the whole thing falls apart": Perspectives of successful AAC users.
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMPresentation summary
Materials & methods: This study used online semi-structured interviews to gather the perspectives AAC users (n=5). NVivo 12 software was used to facilitate an inductive approach to coding, and thematic analysis was subsequently used to analyse the data through the lens of the CCA.
Results: Findings suggest that social and personal influences, and conversion factors such as the attitude, knowledge and skill of the individual using AAC, and their communication partners impact an individual’s ability to achieve communicative success. The CCA provided a scaffold to understanding the perspective of AAC users which can provide clinicians with a nuanced understanding of the supports that AAC users find most helpful.
Conclusion: This study highlights areas that SLPs can use when introducing an AAC system that move from beyond just providing instruction for the person to use the device. Clinicians need to address ways in which the person can develop not only multimodal communication, but also self-advocacy and resilience in order to use AAC effectively and these broad skills are required throughout the journey of a person learning to use AAC.
Key messages
2. Even the most proficient AAC users choose to not use their device in situations where device use is not helpful
3. Clinicians need to understand more than just how to use a device in order to empower AAC users to be successful.
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