Autism/Augmentative Communication
Social skills/pragmatic language disorder
Speech therapy is often needed for the treatment of a pragmatic language disorder. The speech-language pathologist can be a great coach for pragmatic language skills. He or she will assess the child, and then formulate goals that are individualized to meet the child’s specific needs. Because social communication skills are often the concern, group therapy is often recommended so that therapy can be done in real communication situations.
Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC)
Augmentative communication (AAC) encompasses the communication methods a speech therapist assists to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments such as autism in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
Speech Generating Devices
Colleen is well versed as a speech therapist working with autism and augmentative communication in the area of SGDs including:
- Proloquo2go
- Go Talk
- LAMP
- Tobii Dynavox