PrAACtically August: AAC Resources for A Year of Core Vocabulary Words

July 24, 2017 by - 2 Comments

PrAACtically August: AAC Resources for A Year of Core Vocabulary Words
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The summer is flying by here in Florida and we’re starting to think about heading back to school. Teachers, therapists, and aides play a pivotal role in helping AAC learnersPrAACtically August: Resources for A Year of Core Vocabulary Words develop skills with core vocabulary so that they have a body of words that can be used across activities, environments, and communication partners. There are lots of ‘right’ ways to support these students. Among them is an instructional approach in which a new set of core words is introduced every few weeks in order to build their experiences with AAC. Our Year of Core Words materials has two versions, one from 2013 (12 words/month) and one from 2014 (16 words/month; Different than the previous year’s core words). If you’ve been following along, or are just getting started, these resources may be of interest.

Set 1 (2013) Words: any, bring, day, fall, give, hot, job, know, other, sick, sorry, together

Set 2 (2014) Words: aide, animal, clothes, finger, from, leg, only, must, night, pick, room, stay, still, town, white, woman

  1. Templates for you to plug in your own symbols: Set 1 wordsSet 2 words
  2. Minspeak/Unity version: Set 1 words
  3. PCS versions: Set 2 words
  4. Lesson Pix: Set 1 words 
  5. Smarty Symbols: Set 1 wordsSet 2 words
  6. Symbol Stix: Set 1 words
  7. CoughDrop: Set 1 words; Set 2 words
  8. WordPower Set 1 words: Set 1 (Note: This is a large file that contains the resources for several versions of WordPower)
  9. Speak for Yourself: Set 1 and Set 2 Words
  10. Unidad English 84 or 36: Set 1 wordsSet 2 words

Model them in sentences like these:

PrAACtically August: Resources for A Year of Core Vocabulary Words

Reading is a great way to get in some additional core word modeling and practice. Here are some book suggestions for Set 1 Words:

Looking for more ideas? Check out Rachael Langley’s 2015 calendar for August Set 1 words here.

PrAACtically August: Resources for A Year of Core Vocabulary Words

Have you moved on to the Set 2 words? If so, you’ll want to look at Rachael’s calendar for those words (download here).

PrAACtically August: AAC Resources for A Year of Core Vocabulary Words

Much appreciation to Brian Whitmer, Nancy Inman, Lisa Timm, Eric Sailers, Rachael Langley, Kathryn Dorney, Barbara Fernandez, Bill and Lori Binko, Heidi LoStracco, Alison Wade, Russell Cross, Gail Van Tatenhove, and all the others who contributed these resources.

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This post was written by Carole Zangari

2 Comments

  • Julie says:

    Will the calendars be updated for 2017?

    • Avatar photo Carole Zangari says:

      Hi Julie, I think Rachael has her hands full with AAC camp and school resuming shortly, so I don’t know that this will happen. We’re indebted to her for developing the 24 calendars that she allowed us to publish for Sets 1 and 2, and have been applying the ideas even though the dates aren’t correct.

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