Students’ willingness to augmentative and alternative communication in educational and therapeutic activities with a person with speech disorders

The subject of the study is supportive and alternative communication and its importance in educational and therapeutic activities with a person with speech disorders. The article is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the main theoretical assumptions about non-verbal communication from the perspective of special education and speech  therapy. In the second part of the text is devoted to presentation of the results of our own research which eventually attempts to answer the question: how do special education students perceive help in overcoming the communication barriers of people with disabilities?

The subject of the study is supportive and alternative communication and its importance in educational and therapeutic activities with a person with speech disorders. The article is divided into two parts. The first part discusses the main theoretical assumptions about non-verbal communication from the perspective of special education and speech  therapy. In the second part of the text is devoted to presentation of the results of our own research which eventually attempts to answer the question: how do special education students perceive help in overcoming the communication barriers of people with disabilities?