I have worked with several students lately who are using augmentative communication to support their verbal communication. These are students who want to speak but are aware that sometimes their communication partner has trouble understanding what they are trying to say due to their motor speech disorder. Sometimes, the communication partner just needs a few clues to help them figure out what the student is requesting. Our activity for today was to incorporate Head Banz the quick question game into our therapy.
During the game, I wore the card on my head. I asked the student yes/no questions to figure out what category the item was in. I also allowed the student to use the alphabet static board to give me the first letter in the word. Here is an example of a similar static board.
The student was very successful with this activity, and it showed him how much power he had in helping me figure out the word he wanted me to guess. I think this skill would be helpful to have when the student is making a request of the caregiver and the caregiver does not understand the request. It was a fun way to empower the student and caregiver.
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