{"id":7911,"date":"2016-11-16T15:32:56","date_gmt":"2016-11-16T20:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?page_id=7911"},"modified":"2016-12-21T13:22:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T18:22:59","slug":"augmentative-communication-and-writing-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/augmentative-communication-and-writing-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Augmentative Communication and Writing Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is the Augmentative Communication and Writing Service (ACWS)?<\/h2>\n<p>ACWS provides Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services to adults with physical disabilities. AAC refers to a collection of communicative strategies and technologies that support individuals who cannot communicate effectively using natural speech or in writing.<\/p>\n<p>These can include non-verbal communication techniques such as facial expression, eye gaze and gestures as well as other systems and devices such as<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>picture\/symbol\/word communication displays<\/li>\n<li>electronic devices that produce a synthetic or digitized voice<\/li>\n<li>adapted computer systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who does ACWS serve?<\/h2>\n<p>We provide services to adults (18 years of age or older) with acquired and congenital physical disabilities whose<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>natural speech does not meet their daily needs (i.e., little or no speech or difficult to understand speech) who require assistance with face to face communication, and\/or<\/li>\n<li>ability to write is compromised and client has a daily need to write.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Who are the members of ACWS?<\/h2>\n<p>An Augmentative and Alternative Communication team combines the knowledge and skills of professionals from a number of disciplines. The ACWS team includes clinicians from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Communications Disorders (Speech-Language Pathology)<\/li>\n<li>Occupational Therapy<\/li>\n<li>Rehabilitation Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Which services does ACWS provide?<\/h2>\n<p>Our team assesses and matches an individual&#8217;s needs and abilities to an Augmentative and Alternative Communication system and helps obtain and set up any equipment that is recommended.<\/p>\n<p>As an expanded level AAC clinic designated by the Assistive Devices Program (ADP), we can prescribe a range of AAC devices and obtain funding through ADP for lease or purchase, as appropriate. Equipment trials and continued team support are provided.<\/p>\n<h2>How are clients referred to ACWS?<\/h2>\n<p>As a service of The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, ACWS accepts referrals from any of the physiatrists at the centre. Family physicians may refer, but a physiatrist consultation is required. A screening form will also need to be filled out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the Augmentative Communication and Writing Service (ACWS)? ACWS provides Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services to adults with physical disabilities. AAC refers to a collection of communicative strategies and technologies that support individuals who cannot communicate effectively using natural speech or in writing. These can include non-verbal communication techniques such as facial expression, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":7864,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7911","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7911\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}