Part 1: Assessment SummaryIn 500-750-words, summarize the following:What areas should an AAC assessment evaluate?What areas of communication do AAC assessments address?How do assessment results inform AAC strategies/techniques?Identify AAC assessments used within your school or district and explain when each assessment would most appropriately be used.Support your assessment summary with 1-3 scholarly resources. Part 2: Case StudiesRead the following case studies to inform Part 2 of the assignment.Case Study 1: MandyMandy is a 3-year-old preschool student who has been diagnosed with ASD and is nonverbal. She is sensitive to loud noises and certain textures. She was recently referred to a child study team by the family physician. Her family doctor described her as having low muscle tone, delayed communication, and delayed motor skills. She uses her behavior and physicality for communicating needs. Mandy does point and reach for desired items, but she has not been able to reproduce any signs, despite her parents' attempts to teach her sign language for the past year. She often appears to be disengaged when playing or when her parents are encouraging her to sign. Her eye contact is minimal, tantrums are common, crying happens daily, and change is very difficult for her.Case Study 2: WilsonWilson is an 11-year-old boy who was diagnosed with ASD as a toddler. He is physically healthy, but he is very sensitive to hot, cold, noises, and pain. He does not like crowds or lines and struggles with class assemblies, lunch time periods, and recesses. He is in a self-contained special education classroom on a public school campus and attends general education class for music only. He is capable of doing some general education class work, but his behavior is far too unpredictable to make further placement in a general education classroom feasible at this time. He can be impulsive and destructive when frustrated or overwhelmed. He is quite social and enjoys interacting with his peers in both settings; however, it can be difficult to discern when he will have a meltdown. He has tantrums and destroys property, and his participation in some aspects of school is limited. When changes in the schedule occur, such as school assemblies or fire drills, Wilson has a hard time adjusting and oftentimes tips over desks or kicks. He has not been able to attend the last two field trips due to his parents’ concerns for his safety.Case Study 3: ColeCole is a 16-year-old boy with ASD and cognitive delays. He was born three weeks premature and required intensive neonatal care for six weeks after birth, but he is currently in good health. He passed all hearing and vision screenings. Cole uses gestures and a few verbal words to express his needs and wants; for example yes/no and hungry. He uses a few sign language gestures and some picture symbols, but mostly relies on a communication device in order to communicate with teachers, peers, and parents. When stressed or uncomfortable, Cole bites his finger and bangs his head. He generally will only use his device when a teacher or other caregiver asks him to, often relying on others to show him how to use the device. He is not independently able to communicate his needs in a meaningful way. Select and analyze two of the case studies. Compose a 250-500 word summary per case study that addresses the following:Identify an appropriate AAC assessmentRationalize your assessment choice.Detail how the assessment results will aid in designing or modifying instruction to meet student needs.Make the case for ongoing evaluation of abilities, strengths, and needs as it pertains to the case study student. Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.http://www.asha.org/uploadedFiles/Communication-Services-Severe-Disabilities.pdfhttp://autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/sites/autismpdc.fpg.unc.edu/files/FCT_Steps_0.pdf

Analyzing the case "Henry Tam," attached. Your assignment is to write a paper of 8 pages maximum (double-spaced) - analyzing the case "Henry Tam," attached.2. Take the perspective of an outside consultant brought in to give feedback to Sasha and Dana, based on the information in this case. Describe your preparations for two separate feedback sessions. For each of them: First develop a general strategy for your feedback. Start with the Ladder of Inference approach: identify specific behaviors in the case, then the inferences you make from those behaviors about what they were feeling or intending, then your interpretation of how they impacted the team and its work.From that, explain what you intend to accomplish in the feedback session and describe your general approach. Explain why you think this approach would work. Use course concepts, previous cases, experience, etc for evidence that this might work.Discuss some of the key things would say in the feedback session (actual words you would use), and why.Discuss some key things you think but would not say. Why can't you say them? Would it be good to bring any of these into the open?3. Recommend other ways of improving this group's functioning in general. This might include changes to the structure of the team, discussions with other team members, or other actions. Explain why you think this would work.Part 2 should be the longest and most detailed. But the initial diagnosis of the team issues should be the basis for this feedback, as well as for recommendations in part 3