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Communication assessment and setting effective AAC goals

Strengthen your professional judgement to assess communication skills and design achievable goals, from emerging communication to communicative autonomy.

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This course is aimed at professionals involved in providing communication resources to users of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems.

The course focuses on two key moments in the process: communication assessment and the design of treatment goals, to help professionals make decisions better suited to each person’s communication needs.

The course covers everything from emerging communication to communicative autonomy, providing criteria to identify skills, needs and intervention priorities.

From assessment to communication goals

The work is based on real cases from daily neurorehabilitation practice, combined with scientific evidence and up-to-date literature.

Through these cases, participants will explore how to assess communication, prioritise needs and define achievable goals in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

A course designed to strengthen professional judgement throughout the assessment and planning process, with the aim of fostering increasingly functional and autonomous communication.

7 hours05 and 06/03/2027Barcelona (in person)15 places

Learning outcomes

  • Learn about the different profiles of AAC users and the participation challenges they face every day.
  • Learn about the types, access methods, selection and implementation of the most widely used high-tech devices.
  • Apply materials and tools to assess communication skills according to each person's profile.
  • Design goals for ecological, communication-focused therapeutic intervention across different settings.
  • Use self-assessment tools to develop your own competence as a communication partner.

Course contents

1

AAC user profiles and theoretical framework

Description of user profiles (biopsychosocial dimensions), the ICF classification, participation challenges and an update on key concepts.

2

Review of AAC systems

Review of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems: types, methodology, access methods and the challenges they pose.

3

Assessment of communication skills

Presentation and analysis of objective assessment tools. Selection criteria and application by communication profile.

4

Designing intervention goals

Ecological person-centred intervention and designing SMART goals linking the ICF, communication skills and language and communication modalities.

5

Self-assessment as communication partners

Presentation, explanation and analysis of the CPP tool (Communication Partner Profile - OpenAAC) for reflecting on your own communicative competence.

6

Case studies

Analysis of real clinical cases with audiovisual material, small-group work and plenary discussion, identification of limitations and good practice, simulated assessments and goal setting based on the cases worked on.

Learning method

Theoretical update

Conceptual grounding: user profiles, the ICF framework and an up-to-date review of AAC systems.

Assessment and goal setting

Guided presentation and analysis of the assessment and goal-setting tools.

Real cases

Hands-on work with real cases: simulated assessments and goal setting in small groups.

Schedule and Calendar

Dates
05 and 06/03/2027
Schedule
Friday, 4 pm to 7 pm · Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm
Format
In person
Location
Carrer dels Tres Pins, 29, Sants-Montjuïc, 08038 Barcelona
Places
15 places
Certificate
Official certificate of the Fundació Aspace Catalunya

Who is it for

Speech and language therapistsClinical professionalsSpecial education and inclusive classroom teachersTeams providing communication resources (AAC)

Teaching Team

Mariana Beltramini Arrúa

Mariana Beltramini Arrúa

Speech and Language Therapy · Outpatient Neurorehabilitation Service, Fundació Aspace Catalunya

Neuro-speech and language therapist trained in Argentina and Catalonia, with over 25 years of experience in neurorehabilitation and specialising in work with families who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication. She holds a degree in Speech Pathology from the University of Buenos Aires and a diploma in Speech and Language Therapy from the UAB, and since 2016 has worked as a speech and language therapist in the Outpatient Rehabilitation Service at Fundació Aspace Catalunya. She is a member of the Talento Aspace AAC working group and has taken part as a speaker and moderator in the most recent ISAAC virtual conferences. She has taught at undergraduate and master's level (UBA, UNLZ, Gimbernat and Tomàs Cerdà University Schools), is co-author of the Manual para Neuroasistentes and currently supervises speech and language therapy undergraduates.

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The course includes:

  • Learning materials and up-to-date bibliography
  • Real clinical cases with audiovisual material
  • Hands-on practice in small groups
  • Official certificate from Fundació Aspace Catalunya
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Official certificate of the Fundació Aspace Catalunya
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