Posts Tagged ‘Wellspring Guild’
ACCEPTS, Inc.: FC Support and Advocacy for North Florida and Southeast ASD Community
As members of the extended Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) community, we’ve all heard the statistics. As of 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that 1 in 68 children have some form of ASD. One symptom of these disorders is the inability to speak or communicate, with as many as 25% of…
Read MoreWellspring Guild: Employing Best Practice Standards for Facilitated Communication Training and Support
Facilitated Communication (FC,) also known as Supported Typing (ST) is, put simply, a technique in which physical, communication, and emotional support is provided by a facilitator to an individual with a communication disorder (communicator). Facilitated Communication Training (FCT) is a strategy within the methods of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) where the facilitator provides a…
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