Social Networks

Social Networks: A Communication Inventory for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs and their Communication Partners

This assessment and intervention planning tool includes a Manual and Inventory Booklet designed to help professionals work with family members and individuals with complex communication needs to determine the most appropriate technologies and communication strategies for communication with partners in various context.

Social Networks Video & DVD

The Social Networks Video features five individuals with complex communication needs and their “social network” of family, friends, acquaintances, paid professionals and people in the community (store clerks for example.) The video depicts how the Social Networks Communication Inventory by Sarah Blackstone and Mary Hunt Berg can assist teams in (1) setting goals, (2) measuring outcomes, (3) making transition plans and (4) preparing IEPs, IPPs and so on. Also, the Social Networks video can increase the likelihood that teams collaborate and make good decisions about assistive technology recommendations.

The Social Networks DVD includes the video (see above), plus expanded interviews with Michael B. Williams (on using multi-modalities), Elisa Kingsbury (tips for administering Social Networks), and David P. Wilkins (a linguist's perspective on using Social Networks with people with aphasia).

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Social Networks Frequently Asked Questions
Complete the Social Networks Clinical Survey

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Examples of Clinical uses of Social Networks

From time to time we will add case examples of how clinicians, individuals who rely on AAC and advocates are using Social Networks. If you have something you would like to share, please contact us through email at sarahb@augcominc.com. Click on example below.

Mr. R: A Person with Aphasia by Juli Trautman Pearson

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Use of Social Networks in research

Researchers in many countries are using Social Networks to do both quantitative and qualitative research. A strand of the 2004 International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) Research Symposium focused on Social Networks.

Translations

To date, we are granted permission for the Social Networks manual and inventory booklet to be translated into several languages, including Catalan, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Some are readily available NOW, and others are in process. For more information, contact Sarah W. Blackstone at sarahb@augcominc.com