Italian context
Policy related to AAC in education
It was not possible to find policies issued by the Ministry of Education at the Italian national level. The following research is
based on the sources of nationally recognised bodies such as: ISAAC Italy (International Society of Augmentative Alternative
Communication), the Centro Sovrazonale di Comunicazione Aumentativa di Milano e Verdello (CSCA).
However, it was possible to find several courses on AAC recognised by MIUR (Ministry of Education and Merit), a sign that AAC is an increasingly widespread practice in Italy, studied and applied by teachers.
Main objectives
Key figures
Application of AAC in your country
Italian schools have made great strides, offering much wider physical and virtual spaces for the CAA approach. Today, the value of inclusion and the importance of making a continuous and increasing effort to open up to all pupils, leaving no one behind, has finally been understood. The problem encountered today in classrooms throughout our regions is no longer one of ideology, therefore, but of a practical nature: classrooms still lack specific books for this type of lesson and do not have sufficient resources to be able to purchase them.
However, several Italian schools are implementing courses recognised by the Ministry of Education and Merit for teachers concerning AAC.
Other relevant findings
MIUR-accredited course “Alternative Augmentative Communication (AAC): strategies, practical indications and operational tools for the teaching and inclusion of pupils with complex communication needs”.
References
Comunicazione Aumentativa Alternativa: cos’è, quando e come si utilizza – Scuola.net.
https://www.scuola.net/news/393/cos-e-la-comunicazione-aumentativa-alternativa-e-come-implementarla-a-scuola
Corso accreditato MIUR “La Comunicazione Aumentativa Alternativa (CAA): strategie, indicazioni pratiche e strumenti operativi per la didattica e l’inclusione di alunni con bisogni comunicativi complessi” – Istituto Comprensivo – Cariati https://www.iccariati.edu.it/2023/10/10/corso-accreditato-miur-la-comunicazione-aumentativa-alternativa-caa-strategie-indicazioni-pratiche-e-strumenti-operativi-per-la-didattica-e-linclusione-di-alunni-con-bisogni-comunicativ-2/
Csca – Centro sovrazonale di comunicazione aumentativa. (n.d.). http://sovrazonalecaa.org/Isaac Italy, https://www.isaacitaly.it/
ISAAC Italy (2016), PRINCIPI E PRATICHE in CAA, https://www.isaacitaly.it/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/DOC_PRINCIPI_CAA_-2022.pdf