The AAC Profile gives multidisciplinary service providers and family members a more systematic and comprehensive approach to:
*Apply evidence-based practice and research
*Determine functional, long-range outcomes
*Determine steps needed and ongoing progress monitoring toward achieving outcomes
*Make objective comparisons of individual performance over time toward desired outcomes
*Support consistency among service providers
*Provide optimal learning environments
*See the "big picture" and processes needed to develop communicative competence using AAC