Tele-Collaboration in Speech and Hearing Sciences: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Equipment

Customizing

*Scanning

Literacy

  

*From Single-Switch to Scanning

Know someone who uses a single switch for communication? Wondering about scanning communication systems? This section of the Tcollab website will give you some of the information you need.

In All About Scanning, you will see a computer simulation of scanning, and learn about the many different varieties of:
* scanning patterns
* control techniques
* symbol displays

In Teaching Scanning, you will learn some of the strategies to teach scanning to an individual who is using a single-switch for communication.

Choose your next topic:

 

I. All About Scanning
   A. Introduction & DEMO
   B. Scanning patterns
   C. Control techniques
   D. Symbol displays

  

II. Teaching Scanning 
   A. Who, what, when?
   B. Pre-scanning activities
   C. Transition to scanning
   D. Scanning activities
   

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