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Table 1
Emerging Pre-symbolic
Communicator
Concrete Symbolic
Communicator
Abstract Symbolic
Communicator
Phase I
Early Phase II
Late Phase II
Phase III
The detailed tables that follow in the AAC/CVI Matrix are organized by
CVI Phase (Phase I, Early Phase II, Late Phase II, and Phase III), with each table
divided in columns by expressive communication level. The team will then refer to
the corresponding table that matches their student's respective aligned CVI Range
results and Communication Matrix results. For example, a student may be
identified as being in Late Phase II of CVI, and a Concrete Symbolic
Communicator. The team would refer to the corresponding column on the
AAC/CVI Matrix (Russell & Willis, 2020, p. 18-20). The extensive list of
considerations in each column were developed to address the unique impact of
CVI characteristics in each Phase, as they apply to communication modalities
which are appropriate to each respective level of expressive communication.
