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Social Networks: A Communication Inventory for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs and their Communication Partners » Manual and Inventory Booklets This Social Networks assessment and intervention planning tool includes a Manual and 10 Inventory Booklets designed to help professionals work with family members and individuals with complex communication needs to determine the most appropriate communication technologies and strategies. By Sarah W. Blackstone and Mary Hunt Berg. » Social Networks: Video The Social Networks video features five individuals with complex communication needs and their "social network" of family, friends, acquaintances, paid professionals and people in the community (store clerks for example.) The video depicts how the Social Networks Communication Inventory can assist teams in (1) setting goals, (2) making decisions about assistive technologies, (3) measuring outcomes, (4) making transition plans and (5) preparing IEPs, IPPs and so on. By the Attainment Company. » Social Networks: DVD The Social Networks DVD includes the video (see above) plus expanded interviews with Michael B. Williams (on using multi-modalities), Elisa Kingsbury (tips for administering Social Networks), and David P. Wilkins (a linguist's perspective on using Social Networks with people with aphasia). By the Attainment Company Newsletters Augmentative Communication News (ACN) is a quarterly publication written by Sarah Blackstone. This 8 to 16 page news report features a range of "hot" topics in the area of AAC. » Click here for back issues Alternatively Speaking (AS) is published three times per year. It is edited by Michael B. Williams and written by individuals who rely on AAC. AS highlights the consumer's perspective. » Click here for back issues Talking Photo Album & AAC Idea Book The Talking Photo Album (TPA) is a simple, inexpensive, easy-to-use device that offers four minutes of digitized speech on 24 pages. The AAC Idea Book is a compilation of 21 applications of the Talking Photo Album written by AAC experts and compiled by Sarah W. Blackstone and Harvey Pressman. Waves of Words: Augmented Communicators Read and Write Edited by Karen Erickson, David Koppenhaver and David Yoder, this book contains a collection of stories portraying the literacy learning successes of people with complex communication needs and describes how they learned to read and to write. Part of the ISAAC Series. Beneath The Surface: Creative Expressions of Augmented Communicators dited by Michael B. Williams and Carole Krezman, this anthology features the creative works of 51 authors and artists from around the world. Each painting, drawing, poem, story and essay – many in full-colour – was created by an individual who relies on AAC to communicate. Part of the ISAAC Series. Technology and Literacy for Regular Classroom Students Linking Technology and Literacy: Practical Approaches to Helping Elementary Students Learn to Read and Write, by Janet Levenson and Harvey Pressman, provides an "alternative" view of ways to integrate technology to promote literacy in regular classrooms, especially in support of "struggling" students.

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