Visual+Immersion+Program+(VIP)

=Visual Immersion Programing:= VIP is an environment where visual symbols clarify spoken language, support expressive communication, assist with transition, and facilitate learning.

Webinars: http://aac-rerc.psu.edu/index.php/webcasts/show/id/6 PDF:

Teaching Language Concepts within VIP:

 * Visual instruction for teaching language concepts that are difficult for people with moderate to severe autism (prepositions, verbs, attributes.
 * Confined visual language limited to essential language and syntax needed to support comprehension and expression of practical everyday language.
 * Instruction typically starts with a virtual environment (video clips) and table top then extends to a natural environment to enable functional communication at home and in the community.

Three Phases:

 * **Dynamic Scene Cues-** full motion video clips of action scenes
 * **Static Scene Cues-** photographs that capture the action scene.
 * **Language Element Cues-** symbols that represent the individual language concepts that comprise and action scene.

//(These examples were made in fun, better examples to come later)//

Dynamic Scene Cue:
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Language Element Cues:


The research is being done by:

People
===[|AAC-RERC Partners] === ===[|Support Staff] === ===[|Advisory Board] ===

Project Organizations

 * [|Duke University]
 * [|Temple University - Institute on Disabilities]
 * [|Children's Hospital Boston - Communication Enhancement Center]
 * [|Pennsylvania State University - Communication Sciences & Disorders]
 * [|State University of New York at Buffalo, Communication and Assistive Device Labo]
 * [|InvoTek, Inc.]
 * [|University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Barkley Speech and Hearing Clinic]
 * [|Augmentative Communication Inc.]
 * [|Oregon Health and Science University]

Language Element Cues pictures provided by Mayer-Johnson Boardmaker Plus!