Guiding Principles

Assisting a person to make a decision is a communication Process

Communication Accommodations 

Dependent on the context and decision to be made, communication accommodations may include one or more areas of:

• Communication Strategies 
• • What communication partners can do to facilitate successful communication
• Communication Tools 
• • objects, pictures, written words and devices that people can use to make and communicate decisions. 
• Informal and formal Communication Assistance 
• • Informal communication assistance from a person who knows the individual well and who has been authorized to assist them with communication. 
  • Formal communication assistance from a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist in critical communication situations.