Video of the Week: AT Assessment for People with Motor and Sensory Difficulties
July 21, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsSLP Jane Korsten is well known to many as the author of the popular program, Every Move Counts, and for... [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
How I Do It: 5 Ways to Tell If Your Students are Becoming Competent Communicators with Marlene Cummings
July 18, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsIt’s always a good day when we get to share the thoughts of veteran AAC SLP, Marlene Cummings. In this... [Read More...]
Make It PrAACtical: Modify a Battery-Operated Toy to Make It Accessible by Switches
July 17, 2013 6:00 am 5 CommentsProfessionals of a certain age (ahem) may remember when the only switch-accessible toys we had to work with were the... [Read More...]
Working with Worksheets
July 15, 2013 6:00 am 5 CommentsWe’re not big fans of worksheets. In fact (true confession!), many years ago we actually hid a notebook full of... [Read More...]
Getting to ‘Yes’
July 12, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsWe wanted to be sure that none of our prAACtical friends missed this series of great posts by Kate Ahern... [Read More...]
AAC Therapy: Putting Parents in Charge
July 7, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsIn this week’s video, we share the thoughts of Australian SLP Gail Bennell. In this video, Gail provides some interesting... [Read More...]
Visual Supports in AAC Therapy with Older Students and Adults
July 6, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsWhen learners are still struggling with communication in their teenage years and beyond, it means we have a lot of... [Read More...]
PrAACtical Questions: Can Students Take Their AAC Devices Home?
July 2, 2013 6:00 am 15 CommentsYes. Although this question was settled definitively in 1991 by US Special Education Programs former director Judith Schrag, there are... [Read More...]
Free Text-based AAC Apps for the iPad
July 1, 2013 6:00 am 4 CommentsLooking for an AAC app for someone who reads and writes? Here are a few free ones that you can... [Read More...]
Video of the Week: Intimacy as a Human Need (2012 ISAAC-Words+ Consumer Lecture Award)
June 30, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsThis week’s video features a presentation by Lisa Lehman, winner of the 2012 ISAAC-Words+ Outstanding Consumer Lecture Award. Presented in... [Read More...]