Augmentative and alternative communication aac devices are cheaper more user friendly and more readily available than ever.
Augmentative and alternative communication devices for dogs.
Hunger 26 taught her 18 month old dog to use a special version of an augmentative and alternative communication aac system.
These are all forms of augmentative and alternative communication or aac.
Augmentative and alternative communication aac includes all forms of communication other than oral speech that are used to express thoughts needs wants and ideas.
It is inspired by the work of christina hunger who demonstrated that it was possible to teach dogs to use a sound board to express their thoughts and needs.
An aided system uses some sort of tool or device.
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When you press the button for something like water you hear the word water.
No longer relegated to the restrictive domain of uber expensive and hard to use medical hardware today s aac technology is designed for anybody to be able to use.
There are two types of aided systems basic and high tech.
Watch read and follow along on this exciting journey of teaching my dog to talk.
Each button corresponds with a word and can be represented with a label or image.
These augmentative and alternative communication aac boards feature a series of buttons.
Speech language pathologist christina hunger decided to combine her love for her catahoula and blue heeler mix and her passion for augmentative and alternative communication aac devices by.
A pen and paper is a basic aided system.
These devices are often used with non verbal children who can press one of thousands of icons representing different words to express what they re thinking.
So hunger started looking for one but for her dog stella.
We all use aac when we make facial expressions or gestures use symbols or pictures or write.
Pointing to letters words or pictures on a board is a basic aided system.
This is a community generated site dedicated to helping people teach learners to communicate using sound board augmentative and alternative communication aac devices.