supporting children and adults with complex communication needs Beukelman, David R. Pat Mirenda creator text Baltimore Paul H. Brookes Pub. 2013 monographic xv, 593 p. ; 26 cm. : ill. Augmentative and alternative communication processes -- Message management : vocabulary, small talk, and narratives -- Symbols and rate enhancement -- Alternative access -- Principles of assessment -- Assessment of specific capabilities -- Principles of decision making, intervention, and evaluation -- Augmentative and alternative communication issues for people with developmental disabilities -- Supporting participation and communication for beginning communicators -- Language development and intervention : challenges, supports, and instructional approaches -- Instruction to support linguistic and social competence -- Literacy intervention for individuals with complex communication needs / Janice C. Light and David B. McNaughton -- Educational inclusion of students with complex communication needs -- Adults with acquired physical conditions / with Laura Ball -- Adults with severe aphasia and apraxia of speech / Kathryn L. Garrett and Joanne P. Lasker -- Adults with degenerative cognitive and linguistic disorders / with Elizabeth Hanson -- Individuals with traumatic brain injury / with Susan Fager -- Augmentative and alternative communication in intensive, acute, and long-term acute medical settings. Rev. ed. of: Augmentative & alternative communication / by David R. Beukelman, Pat Mirenda. 3rd ed. c2005. Includes References and index Communication Aids Nonverbal Communication Needs Assessment Literacy interventions Acquired physical conditions Brain injury Assessment Developmental disabilities Message management Alternative access Aphasia Apraxia RCRS SLP 616.85503 BEU 1598571966 (hb) 9781598571967 (hb)