Flip Book Love
February 13, 2013 6:00 am 1 CommentWe love the versatility of flip books and charts. They are a great format option for communication books, particularly the... [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 Language Lost
February 10, 2013 5:44 am Leave your thoughtsIn this week’s video, Dr. Melanie Fried-Oken discusses how AAC can benefit individuals who are losing their language abilities due... [Read More...]
AACtual Therapy: Teaching the Use of Social Phrases and Comments
February 7, 2013 6:09 am 3 CommentsWe are so happy to have Deanna Wagner back with more AACtual Therapy. In her previous post, Deanna talked about... [Read More...]
Language Experience Surveys: 8 Fun Ideas
February 6, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsIn a previous post, we talked about the fun ways to get in some good AAC practice with language experience... [Read More...]
Even More ASHA 2012 Handouts from AAC Presentations
February 4, 2013 5:51 am Leave your thoughtsWe are still looking over content and finding more goodies from AAC presentations at the Atlanta ASHA Convention. Meet Core... [Read More...]
Ted Carr on Challenging Behavior in ASD
February 3, 2013 5:56 am Leave your thoughtsWe are honored to share this talk by the late Dr. Ted Carr, who was a giant in the area... [Read More...]
Beyond Requesting: Thoughts on Teaching Information Transfer
February 2, 2013 6:00 am 2 CommentsAlthough it has been close to 25 years since Dr. Janice Light’s hallmark paper on communicative competence in AAC discussed... [Read More...]
5 References That Support the Use of AAC for People with ASD
February 1, 2013 6:00 am 1 CommentWe occasionally get asked to provide empirical supports for some of the AAC tools and strategies used in our clinical... [Read More...]
AACtual Therapy: Breakthroughs with Bubbles!
January 31, 2013 5:59 am 4 CommentsWe couldn’t be happier that one of our first AACtual Therapists is Tanna Neufeld, a south Floridian on loan to... [Read More...]
How Does It Feel to Not Be Understood?
January 27, 2013 5:57 am Leave your thoughtsReuben explores this topic and finds words of wisdom expressed by people who speak in many ways. But mostly, he... [Read More...]