{"id":5578,"date":"2015-09-16T19:46:33","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T19:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abilitynowbayarea.org\/?p=5578"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T22:06:32","slug":"augmentative-communication-skills","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/augmentative-communication-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmentative Communication Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/advocacy\/\">Advocacy<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/\">Adult Education<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/basic-life-skills-1-and-2\/\">Basic Life Skills 1 and 2<\/a> &gt;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The purpose of this class is to teach participants with little or no speech how to communicate with the use of computerized speech generating devices.<\/p>\n<h2>Curriculum<\/h2>\n<p>Uses participants&#8217; devices to communicate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Answering questions<\/li>\n<li>Holding a conversation<\/li>\n<li>Pointing or learning how to use the device appropriately<\/li>\n<li>Constructing sentences using symbols or typing words<\/li>\n<li>Learning to use other forms of communication like communication boards or books when devices are not working<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]&lt; <a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/advocacy\/\">Advocacy<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/\">Adult Education<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/basic-life-skills-1-and-2\/\">Basic Life Skills 1 and 2<\/a> &gt;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]&lt; Advocacy[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Back to Adult Education[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Basic Life Skills 1 and 2 &gt;[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The purpose of this class is to teach participants with little or no speech how to communicate with the use of computerized speech&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more-container wp-block-button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/programs-and-services\/adult-education\/augmentative-communication-skills\/\" class=\"link-more wp-block-button__link\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Augmentative Communication Skills\">Continue reading&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":5557,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5578","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry","entry-type-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5578"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9493,"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5578\/revisions\/9493"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abilitynowbayarea.org\/staging\/8133\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}