Music
Methods
Augmentative
and Alternative Communication Music
Music
- Provide taped songs that can be turned on with a switch to "Sing along"
with the class.
- Provide picture symbols that represent the songs so that the child
can choose a song.
- Use simple songs that can be easily represented through manual signs
or pictorial symbols.
- Simplify the movements for a song so that the child can participate.
- Slow the speed of the song/activity to increase the ability of the
child to participate.
- Simplify the vocabulary of a song.
- Include visual aids or objects for children who do not yet engage
in pretend play.
- Allow the child to activate a switch and act as the activity leader
for games like Simon Says or Duck, Duck Goose.
- Provide a method for the child to say:
- "I like that song?"
- "Let's sing it again."
- "Can I do it?"
- "Can we sing ?"
- "My turn to sing. / Your turn to sing."
Methods
Augmentative
and Alternative Communication Music