Systematic Physical Assistance During Intervention for People Who Use High-Tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems: The Importance of Using a Common Vocabulary.
Allison F BeanWhitney WilliamsLindsey Paden CargillSamantha LyleAmy Miller SonntagPublished in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR (2022)
This article describes how the language used in the FIM may be used by SLPs to provide a consistent, continuous, and systematic approach to fading the physical assistance used during AAC intervention to ultimately support independent use of high-tech AAC systems.