AAC Assessment Checklist

Birmingham, Karnezos, and Light (2016) created this AAC checklist as a systematic guide for teams as they complete AAC assessments. It includes the first three components of the revised Participation Model by Beukelman and Mirenda (2013). Each assessment check is included based on evidence that it will improve assessments for individuals with complex communication needs (CCN). Below is a preview of the AAC checklist and here is a printable pdf version of the AAC Assement Checklist available to you for download.聽

聽 What are the students communication need?

What does the student need to understand?
With whom does the student need to communicate?
Why does the student need to communicate?
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When and where does the student need to communicate?
How does the student need to communicate?

聽 Which of the student's communication needs are unmet?聽

聽鈥媁hich of the student's communication needs are priorities for the student? family? school?

聽 What are the student's vision skills?

Visual field?
Visual acuity?

聽 What are the student's hearing skills?

聽 What are the student's motor skills?

Gestures and signs
Access to systems (direct selection and/or switch)
Seating and positioning聽

聽 What are the student's receptive language skills?

Understanding words, morphology, and sentence structure

聽 What are the student's expressive communication skills?

Turntaking?
Natural speech and intelligibility?
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聽 What are the student's literacy skills?

Letter-sound correspondence
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Sight-word recognition
Reading comprehension聽
Spelling
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聽 What are the student's symbol representation skills?

Types of symbols (Objectives, gestures, signs, photographs, line drawings, print)

聽 What are the student's cognitive organization skills?

Display (Grids, visual scenes)
Symbol organization (Context, category, syntax, alphabet, other)

聽 What are partner support to communication?

Opportunities for communication
Knowledge of AAC services, systems, and/or instructional strategies

聽 What are partner limitations to communications?

Limited opportunities for communication
Limited knowledge of AAC services, systems, and instructional strategies

聽 What are environmental supports to communication?

Educational placement
Environmental access

聽 What are environmental limitations to communication?

Educational placement
Limited environmental access
Limited use (Student is unable to use the AAC system across environments)

Who is involved in this assessment?

Student

Family

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Instructional assistant聽
Regular education teacher
Special education teacher
Assistive technology specialist
Occupational therapist
Physical therapist
Speech-language pathologist
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AAC Assessment Checklist