Tele-AAC Resolution
<p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">Approximately 1.3% of all people, or about 4 million Americans, cannot rely on their natural speech to meet their daily communication needs. Telepractice offers a potentially cost-effective service delivery mechanism to p...
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| author | Kate Anderson Michelle K. Boisvert Janis Doneski-Nicol Michelle L. Gutmann Nerissa C. Hall Cynthia Morelock Richard Steele Ellen R. Cohn |
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| description | <p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">Approximately 1.3% of all people, or about 4 million Americans, cannot rely on their natural speech to meet their daily communication needs. Telepractice offers a potentially cost-effective service delivery mechanism to provide clinical AAC services at a distance to the benefit of underserved populations in the United States and worldwide<strong>.</strong> Tele-AAC is a unique cross-disciplinary clinical service delivery model that requires expertise in both telepractice and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The Tele-AAC Working Group of the 2012 ISAAC Research Symposium therefore drafted a resolution underscoring the importance of identifying and characterizing the unique opportunities and constraints of Tele-AAC in all aspects of service delivery. These include, but are not limited to: needs assessments; implementation planning; device/system procurement, set-up and training; quality assurance, client progress monitoring, and follow-up service delivery. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">Tele-AAC, like other telepractice applications, requires adherence to the ASHA Code of Ethics and other policy documents, and state, federal, and international laws, as well as a competent technological infrastructure. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">The Working Group recommends that institutions of higher education and professional organizations provide training in Tele-AAC service provision. In addition, research and development are needed to create validity measures across Tele-AAC practices (i.e., assessment, implementation, and consultation); determine the communication competence levels achieved by Tele-AAC users; discern stakeholders’ perceptions of Tele-AAC services (e.g., acceptability and viability); maximize Tele-AAC’s capacity to engage multiple team members in AAC assessment and ongoing service; identify the limitations and barriers of Tele-AAC provision; and develop potential solutions</span><em><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">.</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d486a62e1a5f422da0db106e2a009ce12025-08-20T01:51:20ZengHawaii Pacific University LibraryInternational Journal of Telerehabilitation1945-20202012-12-014210.5195/ijt.2012.61065940Tele-AAC ResolutionKate Anderson0Michelle K. Boisvert1Janis Doneski-Nicol2Michelle L. Gutmann3Nerissa C. Hall4Cynthia Morelock5Richard Steele6Ellen R. Cohn7University of Sydney, AustraliaUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MAUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MADepartment of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TNUniversity of Massachusetts, Amherst, MAThe Children’s Institute of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PALingraphica, Princeton, NJUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA<p><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">Approximately 1.3% of all people, or about 4 million Americans, cannot rely on their natural speech to meet their daily communication needs. Telepractice offers a potentially cost-effective service delivery mechanism to provide clinical AAC services at a distance to the benefit of underserved populations in the United States and worldwide<strong>.</strong> Tele-AAC is a unique cross-disciplinary clinical service delivery model that requires expertise in both telepractice and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems. The Tele-AAC Working Group of the 2012 ISAAC Research Symposium therefore drafted a resolution underscoring the importance of identifying and characterizing the unique opportunities and constraints of Tele-AAC in all aspects of service delivery. These include, but are not limited to: needs assessments; implementation planning; device/system procurement, set-up and training; quality assurance, client progress monitoring, and follow-up service delivery. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">Tele-AAC, like other telepractice applications, requires adherence to the ASHA Code of Ethics and other policy documents, and state, federal, and international laws, as well as a competent technological infrastructure. </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">The Working Group recommends that institutions of higher education and professional organizations provide training in Tele-AAC service provision. In addition, research and development are needed to create validity measures across Tele-AAC practices (i.e., assessment, implementation, and consultation); determine the communication competence levels achieved by Tele-AAC users; discern stakeholders’ perceptions of Tele-AAC services (e.g., acceptability and viability); maximize Tele-AAC’s capacity to engage multiple team members in AAC assessment and ongoing service; identify the limitations and barriers of Tele-AAC provision; and develop potential solutions</span><em><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: small;">.</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"> </span></p>http://telerehab.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/Telerehab/article/view/6106 |
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