This text describes the development of augmentative and alternative
communication. The focus is not on disabilities, although the
atypical developmental paths to language described in this book are
caused by a variety of disabilities, but on the developmental
achievements of children using augmentative and alternative
communication systems.
This book is a first attempt to look at the achievements of
children using alternative language forms from a broad
developmental perspective and discuss how their semantic,
grammatical and pragmatic development is promoted through social
interactions, both planned and incidental in nature, that take
place in particular sociocultural circumstances. The authors use
small group data and dialogues to show how the children use
grammatical structures and strategies to convey meaning and solve
communicative challenges.
The overall aim of the book is to inspire a shift towards a
developmental understanding of augmentative and alternative
communication in both research and clinical practice, leading to
new knowledge and a better basis for intervention practices, and
thereby to improved social and societal participation for children
using augmentative and alternative communication.
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