Lecture type	Total
Lectures	15
Seminar	30

* Load is given in academic hour (1 academic hour = 45 minutes)

Aims of the subject:
To teach students on master level about concept of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), term complex communication needs, different classifications and possibilities for AAC implementation. The aim is to enable students to recognize needs for AAC implementation with child/person, to independently adjust and use low technology and high technology devices for communication and to organize support in environment.

Requirements and entry competencies needed for the subject:
Regularly accomplished obligations in the subject Ontogenesis of Communication

Subject content elaborated in detail according to the weekly schedule:
1. To describe augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)
2. To describe complex communication needs and AAC users
3. To know about contemporary AAC tools (low technology and high technology)
4. To describe language development and literacy in the context of AAC
5. To select appropriate vocabulary for AAC systems
6. To explain various types of visual support
7. To decide comeptently about use of spcific type of AAC for users
8. To apply competently noncommercial softver solutions
9. To create individualized material for improving communication and language development
10. To conduct and organize support for AAC user in preschool and school setting

1. AAC and early intervention: Myths and realities, , Romski, M. i Sevcik, R.A., , 2005.
2. Augmentative communication and literacy, , Mirenda, P., Erickson, K. A., Brookes, 2000.
3. Digitalna tehnologija za potporu posebnim odgojno-obrazovnim potrebama, , Car, Ž., Ivšac Pavliša, J., Rašan, I., Algebra, 2018.
4. Effects of AAC interventions on communication and language for young children with complex communication needs, , Drager, K., Light, J., McNaughton, D., Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Approach, 2010.
5. What Every Speech Language Pathologist Should Know About Augmentative and Alternative Communication, , Kent-Walsh, J., Binger, C. (2010)., Pearson Education, 2010.
6. Enhancing Communication for Individuals with Autism. A guide to the Visual Immersion System, , Shane, C. H., Paul H Brookes Publishing Co, 2015.
7. Započnimo: Tečaj potpomognute komunikacije za roditelje, , Thunberg, G., Carlstrand. A., Claesson, B., Rensfeldt Flink, A. R., Golden marketing, 2018.
8. The iPad and Mobile Technology Revolution: Benefits and Challenges for Individuals who require Augmentative and Alternative Communication, , McNaughton, D., Light, J., Augmentative and Alternative Communication, 2013.

Logopedija, 2. semestar - Regular studij - Speech and Language Pathology

Logopedija, 2. semestar - Regular studij - Speech and Language Pathology