Core Vocabulary Determination for Toddlers

Teachers’ perceptions of implementation of aided AAC to support expressive communication in South African special schools: a pilot investigation

“…For example, many teachers felt that selecting and adding vocabulary to nonelectronic aided AAC was part of their role. Vocabulary selection is one of the most challenging aspects of designing and customizing aided AAC (Banajee, Dicarlo, & Buras Stricklin, 2003) and teachers' involvement in this process suggests a high level of ownership in not only implementation but also customization. In contrast, Kent-Walsh and Light (2003) found that general education teachers tended to lack ownership of the process of implementing aided-AAC with students in their classes, and relied on educational assistants to address any operational issues.…”

Teaching Graphic Symbol Combinations to Children with Limited Speech During Shared Story Reading

“…Running head: TEACHING GRAPHIC SYMBOL COMBINATIONS 41 appropriate in different situations (Banajee, Dicarlo, & Stricklin, 2003). Easy access to such words on a communication aid may be pivotal to enhance symbol combinations.…”

An exploration of pain-related vocabulary: implications for AAC use with children

“…These words, which occur with high frequency in typical language samples, have been deemed useful across various settings and activities (Banajee, Dicarlo, & Buras Stricklin, 2003;Marvin, Beukelman, & Bilyeu, 1994;Trembath, Balandin, & Togher, 2007).…”

“…However, there is a lack of information on determining vocabulary for sensitive topics such as pain. For example, currently available core vocabulary lists for toddlers and children (Banajee et al, 2003;Marvin et al, 1994;Trembath et al, 2007), do not include any pain-related words, perhaps in part because recordings of activities that were unlikely to result in painful experiences were used to compile these lists. Alternatively, the infrequent occurrence of pain-related utterances may have precluded them from being designated as core words, and they may have been regarded as fringe vocabulary.…”