Choices in Choicemaking
January 12, 2013 6:36 am 3 CommentsChoicemaking and requesting may be the most frequently targeted areas for beginning communicators who are starting out with their AAC... [Read More...]
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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
31 AAC Posts You May Have Missed, December 2012
January 11, 2013 5:56 am Leave your thoughtsPrAACtically Thinking Happy New Year Let’s Cook: It’s PrAACtically the New Year! 10 Resources for Planning and Designing Communication Books... [Read More...]
AACtual Therapy: AAC Goes to the Zoo
January 10, 2013 5:51 am 2 CommentsWelcome to AACtual Therapy, a new series on PrAACtical AAC that we’re undertaking in order to give you an up-close-and-personal... [Read More...]
A Year of Core Vocabulary Words
January 8, 2013 5:54 am 12 CommentsAs clinicians, we frequently ask ourselves how we can help AAC learners become fluent with their core vocabulary words. A... [Read More...]
More Handouts from ASHA 2012 Convention
January 7, 2013 5:53 am Leave your thoughtsGetting to conferences to hear about new developments in AAC is always re-energizing. Here are some of the handouts from... [Read More...]
Teaching Prelinguistic Communication to Beginning Communicators
January 6, 2013 5:47 am 2 CommentsAlthough we are eager to get our AAC learners communicating with symbols, there are some times when we have to... [Read More...]
Strategy of the Month: Teaching Basic Requests
January 5, 2013 5:52 am 1 CommentWith the start of the new year, we thought it would be a good time to get back to basics.... [Read More...]
Magic Moments with Verb Circus
January 4, 2013 5:56 am 1 CommentWe are so excited to see the expanded web presence by SLPs who are blogging, running groups on Facebook, sharing... [Read More...]
PrAACtical Ways to Make Decisions about Thematic Therapy Materials, Part 1
January 2, 2013 5:55 am 3 CommentsIs it just us, or have other people been blown away by the number of SLPs sharing therapy materials that... [Read More...]
In the Treasure Bag: Using Sharing Time To Focus on Vocabulary
December 30, 2012 5:47 am Leave your thoughtsOver the past few months, we’ve been advocating for a multi-stage process for vocabulary teaching that begins with focused (aided)... [Read More...]