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Parette, Phil; Huer, Mary Blake; Wyatt, Toya A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2002
Discusses issues related to providing augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems to young African American children with disabilities and their families. Issues related to the family include stress on the family, communication partners, cultural mistrust, communication needs and values, and language patterns and communication style.…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Black Youth, Communication Disorders, Cultural Relevance

Huer, Mary Blake – Journal of Children's Communication Development, 1997
Presents a culturally sensitive four-part augmentative and alternative communication assessment protocol. The protocol is inclusive, emphasizing the need to address cultural features directly, and it includes a self-assessment for all practitioners before they engage in the delivery of services to children from different cultural backgrounds.…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Utah State Office of Education, Salt Lake City. Special Education Services Unit. – 1991
These guidelines outline procedures for the communication disorders specialist/speech-language pathologist employed in the Utah public schools. The guidelines are designed to ensure that all students with communication disorders, ages 3-21, will be provided with appropriate speech-language services in the public schools, that the criteria for…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Communication Disorders, Curriculum, Disability Identification