How can a student’s augmentative communication system be designed to meet the communication demands of home and the community?

I just discussed why it is important for the teacher to serve as a liaison to families by providing training which helps them get the most out of the augmentative communication system. In order to meet the demands of the home and community several things should be considered. Teachers should help identify common vocabulary to be used at home. They should encourage family members to provide lots of practice with communication. Teachers should also assist family members with the evaluation of the system during use at home. While helping families, it is important to keep the training simple so that they understand how the device works and what the student can do with it. At school, the teacher should also provide some practice for the student to interact with novel communication partners.