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...]
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
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...]
Making It Work: The PrAACtical Side of Therapy to Teach Requests
January 26, 2013 1:49 pm 2 CommentsThis month we’ve been talking about requesting and choicemaking, specifically how to teach it. Today, we’ll put it into a... [Read More...]
Integrating AAC Instruction with Curriculum Standards
January 25, 2013 6:00 am Leave your thoughtsMany of our prAACtical AAC friends are members of ASHA’s Special Interest Group (SIG) on AAC and are able to... [Read More...]
AACtual Therapy: Running AAC Groups
January 24, 2013 12:56 am 2 CommentsWe are just delighted to share the AACtual Therapy of Arizona-based SLP, Deanna Wagner. We’ve known Deanna by reputation for... [Read More...]
“Can I ask you a question?” Using Language Experience Surveys
January 23, 2013 6:03 am 3 CommentsWant to give your AAC learners more frequent opportunities to interact with others? We love using Language Experience Surveys for... [Read More...]
Still More AAC Handouts from ASHA, 2012
January 21, 2013 6:07 am Leave your thoughtsHope that many of our prAACtical friends are working on proposals for the 2013 ASHA Convention in Chicago. To inspire... [Read More...]
A PrAACtical Look at Video Modeling
January 20, 2013 5:51 am Leave your thoughtsThe research base for using video modeling as a tool to help AAC learners understand what to do is well-documented.... [Read More...]