AAC | alternative and augmentative communication | autism | community-based | PECS | picture exchange communication system | residence
Staff at community-based residences can be taught to use alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) to improve the care of people with autism.
This study describes a program to teach service providers how to use AAC with adults with autism. This study is special because the staff was taught to use AAC while they were working in a community setting. The good thing about this approach is that it helped the staff to learn to use AAC in the natural setting. Before the study, the staff had already learned about PECS (picture exchange communication system). The authors propose that this sort of training be included in all community-based residences where people with autism live.
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