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Naturalistic Aided AAC Instruction

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Abstract

If communication skills are to be functional, they must be used in and across natural contexts. People with ASD, in particular, have difficulties generalizing skills learned across contexts, settings, materials, and communicative partners. Given the central role communication plays in human life and interaction, interventionists must carefully plan to ensure skills are acquired across all contexts. This chapter defines and describes naturalistic instruction, applies this information to interventions involving AAC, and provides a review of the literature on the use of naturalistic instruction involving AAC use for people with developmental disabilities and ASD.

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Ganz, J.B., Hong, E.R. (2014). Naturalistic Aided AAC Instruction. In: Aided Augmentative Communication for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0814-1_5

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