Session 1.4
Location:
Room 4 (Stamford House) Date:
27th Monday 2010 Time:
10:15 - 11:15
Summary
The choice of your GCSE subjects is a tense time in any teenager's life – but imagine the problems when English is not your first language, you have no intelligible speech and no form of augmentative communication. These were the problems facing a teenager in a mainstream school who was referred to the Communication SCAMP clinic (Switch Communication and Mobility Potential Assessment). This service assesses any young person with complex needs, including physical, sensory and/or learning disabilities, who requires a specific assessment for AAC. It is focused around their own environment, including school, home, and social clubs.
This session will give examples of the assessment, outreach and training offered in a Communication SCAMP, including the benefits and difficulties encountered, and will consider the awareness of AAC within the general community.
Handout Available
Author(s)
- Hilary Eggleston
- Rachel Pennell
Level
- General session — assumes participants have some experience of AAC
Type of Paper
Age Group
Interest
- Primary school
- Secondary school transition
- Transition
- Mainstream
- Special
- Further/Higher Education
