AKK i undervisningen

: för att främja kommunikation, relation och delaktighet

Abstract

Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) can have a significant role in the teaching situation for students with functional variations. The present study's ambition was to find out in what way pedagogues in primary special schools and upper secondary special schools experience teaching with the help of AAC. The purpose is to investigate how educators perceive communication, relationship and participation between educator and student and student and student, where AAC is used as support and amplifier in communication during teaching. The study has been guided by the theory communicative relation-oriented perspective (KoRP). Both quantitative method by questionnaire and qualitative method by semi-structured interviews were used in the collection of the empirical data. The empirical data was analyzed through a phenomenographic method approach, this in order to understand the importance of and the perceptions of AAC in the teaching of the respondents. The results show, among other things, that the choice of AAC in teaching is governed by the teacher's knowledge, skills and commitment. It shows that students need practice and support in communicating using AAC. The results also show the importance of being able to communicate so that all students are given opportunities to participate in teaching, that the influence of relationships is of great importance for students' comfort in their use of AAC, and that knowledge of AAC is available to everyone who meets the students in teaching. A collaboration with habilitation, leisure activities, supervisory units and short-term stays is desirable for mapping and choosing AAC. The need for time is also needed for continuing education and the production of materials.

This study can give active special education teachers and staff within the special school's activities an awareness of how important and significant they are in providing and developing the students' language through various AAC aids and methods. The study also wants to show the importance of accurate mapping of the students' linguistic communication, which is facilitated through collaboration between different support functions.

Date of Award	2023-Jun
Original language	Swedish
Supervisor	Johanna Lüddeckens (Supervisor), Kamilla Klefbeck (Assessor) & Heléne Tjärnemo (Examiner)