When working with beginning communicators, it is important to incorporate designated times to teach and practice communication during the instructional day. 

If a patient has managed care insurance, who is the usual gatekeeper to authorize consultations with specialists?

Match the examples to the proper term.

What does it mean to model AAC without expectation? (1-2 sentences)

Students with severe disabilities and CCNs can acquire literacy. 

Why are routines helpful when teaching emergent communicators? (1-2 sentences)

Students must prove they can use low-tech/mid-tech tools before being offered high-tech AAC tools. 

We should wait until students with complex communication needs (CCNs) develop language before we start to teach them literacy. 

One way we can organize our understanding of high-tech AAC is to think about 3 components, the ware, the ware, and the method.

Give an example of explicit, systematic instruction for AAC or literacy for students with CCNs. (1-2 sentences)