These objective-based worksheets, also available on the student website, accompany every section of the text for extra classroom practice or homework.... The worksheets can also be packaged or incorporated into custom versions of the text.

Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln. Introductory resource prepares students and professionals to serve individuals with augmentative or alternative... communication (AAC) needs. Includes expanded coverage on adults with degenerative language disorders, recent AAC devices, and adults with acquired disabilities. Previous edition: c1998. DNLM: Communication Disorders--rehabilitation.

As AAC use continues to flourish and new technology revolutionizes the field, tomorrow's service providers need current, authoritative information on... AAC for children and adults with communication disorders. That's why David Beukelman and Pat Mirenda have revised and updated the bestselling Augmentative and Alternative Communication the trusted, widely adopted graduate-level text on communication disorders and AAC.The foundational textbook for SLPs, OTs, PTs, teachers, and other professionals in clinical and educational settings, this fourth edition is a definitive introduction to AAC processes, interventions, and technologies that help people best meet their daily communication needs. Future professionals will prepare for their work in the field with critical new information onadvancing literacy skills (new chapter by Janice Light and David McNaughton)conducting effective, culturally appropriate assessment to determine AAC needschoosing AAC interventions appropriate for age and abilityselecting AAC vocabulary tailored to individual needsusing new consumer technologies as easy, affordable, and non-stigmatizing communication devicesunderstanding types of symbols and how individuals use thempromoting social competencesupporting language learning and developmentproviding effective support to beginning communicatorsplanning an inclusive education for students with complex communication needs Readers will get a thorough overview of communication and AAC issues for people with specific developmental disabilities (including cerebral palsy, intellectual disability, and autism) and acquired disabilities (such as aphasia, traumatic brain injury, and degenerative cognitive and linguistic disorders). And with helpful photos, figures, and photocopiable forms, readers will be ready to collect and use important information on assessment, individual communication needs, classroom supports, and more.An essential core text for tomorrow's professionals and a key reference for inservice practitioners this new fourth edition expertly prepares readers to support the communicative competence of children and adults with a wide range of complex needs.

A practical resource for clinicians on AAC intervention in medical settings, this book provides information that is understandable and useful to... clinicians who do not specialize in AAC. Chapters discuss providing AAC services to people who have chronic and acute medical conditions that affect their communication as well as specific disorders and illnesses, including brainstem impairments, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, severe aphasia, primary progressive aphasia, dementia, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and how to build and maintain AAC teams. The book is mainly concerned with services for adult populations who use AAC.

The story of a girl who is doing everything to hurt herself and a mother who would try anything to try to save her.True, she had stopped coming down for... breakfast. Stayed up in her room, ran out the door late for school, missed the bus and had to have a ride. But you think, well, that's how they are, aren't they, teenagers? And you try to remember how you were, but you were different and the times were different and it was so long ago. And she's suddenly so angry at you, but then, another time, she's just the same. She's just your little girl. You sit with her and you talk about something, or you go shopping for school clothes and everything seems all right. And you forget how you stood in her room and how the center of your stomach felt so cold. When you found the cigarette. When you found the blue pipe. When you found the little bag she said was aspirin.

Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 B.C. to A.D. 14), which has served as a... powerful model of achievement for societies throughout Western history. Although much research has been done on individual facets of Augustan culture, Karl Galinsky's book is the first in decades to present a unified overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion. Weaving analysis and narrative throughout a richly illustrated text, Galinsky provides not only an enjoyable account of the major ideas of the age, but also an interpretation of the creative tensions and contradictions that made for its vitality and influence.Galinsky draws on source material ranging from coins and inscriptions to the major works of poetry and art, and challenges the schematic concepts and dichotomies that have commonly been applied to Augustan culture. He demonstrates that this culture was neither monolithic nor the mere result of one man's will. Instead it was a nuanced process of evolution and experimentation. Augustan culture had many contributors, as Galinsky demonstrates, and their dynamic interactions resulted in a high point of creativity and complexity that explains the transcendence of the Augustan age. Far from being static, its sophisticated literary and artistic monuments call for the active response and involvement of the reader and viewer even today.

This well illustrated introduction to Rome in the age of Augustus provides a fascinating insight into the social and physical contexts of Augustan... politics and poetry, taking a detailed look at the impact of the new regime of government on society. The ideas and environment manipulated by Augustus are explored, along with reactions to that manipulation.Unlike more standard works on Augustus, this book placed greater emphasis on the art and architecture of the time, and on Roman attitudes and values