AAC Language Lab

Target Vocabulary:

1. more
2. play
3. eat
4. want
5. go
6. read
7. Personal nouns (e.g., Mommy/ Daddy) - word location will vary with device user

Target Language Skill: Produce two word utterances

Suggested Objectives:

1. The person will say the phrase "want play" to indicate that he/she wants to play a game/ activity.
2. The person will say the phrase "more play" to indicate that he/ she wants to continue playing.
3. The person will say the phrase "want eat" to indicate that he/ she wants a snack.
4. The person will say the phrase "more eat" to indicate that he/she wants to continue eating.
5. The person will say the phrase "want read" to indicate that he/she wants to read.
6. The person will say the phrase "more read" to direct someone to continue reading a book.
7. The person will say the phrase "Mommy/ Daddy go" to participate in a game.
8. The person will say the phrase "Go more" to request continuation of a game.
9. The person will say the phrase "Mommy/ Daddy read" to request a specific person read to him/ her.
10. The person will say the phrase "Want Mommy/ Daddy" to request the presence of Mommy/ Daddy.

Teaching Activities:

A. Speaking

1. Model and prompt the words on the device. Encourage and demonstrate one quick motor pattern from one word to the next, so that the two words are spoken as close together as possible.
2. Repeat the word that the person speaks on the device, and then proceed to act it out.
3. Try different prompting methods. Consider hand over hand, verbal prompting, and/ using a penlight or laser pointer to highlight the word.

B. Reading

When doing a reading activity, ask if the person wants to read more. Accept "read more", "more read", or "stop read." Model and prompt the two word phrases.

C. Writing

Connect the device to a computer with a USB cable or Blue Tooth module. Let the person practice writing phrases in a word document.

D. Generalization

1. Have 2-3 different activity choices - a book, a game, and a snack. This way, you can have the person first request an activity (want read/ play/ eat). Do the activity in only small increments (e.g., one page at a time, one turn of a game at a time, one small piece of a snack at a time) - then you can use the phrase "more read/ play/ eat) to request continuation of the activity.
2. In addition to Mommy/ Daddy, consider using favorite puppets/ stuffed animals to play with the person. If you don't have that proper name, you can use a pronoun (some people may not understand or be able to use pronouns at this stage).
3. If the person continues to use one word phrases (e.g., "eat" instead of "want eat"), acknowledge that you understand them, model the two word phrase and ask them to repeat. If they still use one word, give them a choice between stopping and continuation (e.g., 'more eat' or 'stop eat'?)

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sbw 08/11/09