10 AAC Intervention Strategies We Can’t Live Without

September 13, 2013 by - 4 Comments

10 AAC Intervention Strategies We Can’t Live Without
A- A+

It’s a new semester for us and we’re having lots of conversations with student clinicians about teaching strategies. Here are some of the things they’re putting in their AAC toolkits.

  1. Making language visible: Use visual supports to give information, explain, set boundaries, and make expectations clear.

  2. Aided language input and focused language stimulation: Teach AAC by speaking AAC.

  3. Communication temptations: Make the client want to communicate to get his/her own agenda met

  4. Expansions and extensions: The language facilitation strategies we all studied in our language intervention classes work in AAC, too!

  5. Repetition with variety: Working on the same thing in different ways is a sure way to build learning and keep treidthings fresh

  6. Contrastive examples: Teach through the power of clear examples, both positive AND negative 

  7. Backward and forward chaining: Great for teaching things that have multiple steps, like sending emails or posting to Facebook

  8. Structure: Creating structure helps learner better understand the expectations. And understanding builds cooperation and engagement.

  9. Written choice: Love this for our adults who are so eager for conversation

  10. Recasts: Another tried-and-true strategy used by therapists with speaking children and adults that is just as effective with AAC learners

Do you have a favorite teaching strategy? We’d love to hear about it.

 

Print Friendly, PDF & Email

Filed under:

Tagged With: ,

This post was written by Carole Zangari

4 Comments

  • Liz Tree says:

    Is there a print button I am not seeing? by the way I am finding this site amazing!! Helping me and my kid so much

    • Avatar photo Carole Zangari says:

      Liz, no, that’s not a function we have. Sorry! For the images, you can usually click on those to get a larger version then right-click (on a PC) and save the image. Glad you are finding the content helpful. 🙂

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.