Introduced in the 1960s, the Total Communication philosophy aims to make use of several strategies or modes of communication, including sign, speech, auditory, written, and other visual aids. First developed by Roy Holcomb, TC uses a choice of modalities depending on the particular needs and abilities of the child and professes to provide whatever is needed to foster communicative success. Children will need to be placed in a TC classroom or have an interpreter if in general education classrooms. Family members also will need to learn sign language and other prescribed techniques to teach their child and to communicate with their child.