Best Practices in Choosing and Using AAC
April 28, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsWhat better way to wrap up a busy month of Autism Awareness and Acceptance than by thinking about best practices?... [Read More...]
Author Archives for Carole Zangari
AboutCarole Zangari
Carole Zangari has been involved in the practice and teaching of AAC for over 30 years. She is a professor of speech-language pathology and has been fortunate to have been able to introduce many children and adults to the world of AAC. "Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." Theodore Roosevelt
A Year of AAC Core Vocabulary, Unity Style
April 26, 2013 6:00 am 8 CommentsOne of the things we most appreciate about the AAC community is the generosity of spirit and sense of collaboration.... [Read More...]
How I Do It: Writing IEP Goals for Students Who Use AAC with Lauren Enders
April 25, 2013 6:00 am 6 CommentsWe’re so happy to welcome Lauren Enders back to share some more thoughts on AAC and the IEP. In her... [Read More...]
A PrAACtical Look: AAC at the Baldwin Wallace Speech Clinic
April 23, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsWe’re always curious to know how other SLPs are running their AAC programs. When we got the idea for a... [Read More...]
More on Teaching Core Vocabulary
April 20, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsLast week, we talked about two key strategies for teaching core language: using aided language input and creating frequent opportunities... [Read More...]
Using Visual Supports to Bring Music Alive with Marlene Sotelo
April 19, 2013 6:00 am 1 CommentWhen I first met our guest blogger almost 20 years ago, she was using more visual supports in her music... [Read More...]
AACtual Therapy: Harlem Shake, AAC Style with Shareka Bentham
April 18, 2013 6:00 am 1 CommentWe’re back again with another AACtual Therapy post from SLP Shareka Bentham. We love the way she creates ‘buy in’... [Read More...]
5 Reasons for Using Pre-Stored Messages in AAC Systems
April 16, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsAlthough we are deeply invested in AAC systems that have a robust set of core language, that doesn’t mean we... [Read More...]
AAC and RTI
April 15, 2013 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsMost American schools are implementing some form of a service delivery model called Response to Intervention (RTI). In this post,... [Read More...]
Core Vocabulary: Making Sense of Symbols
April 12, 2013 6:00 am 2 CommentsTake a look at these pictures and try to guess their meanings. Now do it again with these symbols. ... [Read More...]