This comprehensive text shows professionals how AAC can help establish beginning communication skills among individuals who experience significant communication challenges. Readers will get thoughtful explorations of factors that influence beginning AAC communicators a detailed overview of interventions that help individuals develop crucial communicative behaviors guidelines for selecting an AAC system that best matches an individual's needs enlightening vignettes and examples that bring to life the issues addressed in each chapter With this blend of theoretical discussion and practical strategies, professionals working in the field of AAC can help individuals acquire and expand the skills they need to interact with the world around them.

