This competency requires clinicians to use the computer as a context for
conversation with one or more clients. This means that a computer activity
serves as the topic and focus for communication between the clinician and
client(s). They may be working together, for example, to create a greeting card,
write a story, or solve a puzzle. This way of using a computer leaves the
responsibility for goals and sequencing the activity in the hands of the
clinician. The clinician is also responsible for providing reinforcement and
deciding how and when the client has met the goals of the activity. Software
used for such activities is usually more flexible and more open-ended than CAI
software.
Based on content from:
Cochran, P. S. (2005).
Clinical computing competency for speech-language pathologists.
Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.
