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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week 15: April, 2014
Here are some AAC posts you may have missed. Sunday: Video of the Week – What Do You Want to Do? Monday: A PrAACtical Reflection: Do No Harm Tuesday: Teach Me Tuesday – SpeechTree App Wednesday: PrAACtical Resources: Models of Best Practice in the Education of Students with ASD Thursday: PrAACtically SLPs- Hungry for Bilingual AAC Friday: Resources for A Year of Core Words
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Resources for A Year of Core Words
We’re big fans of the Speak for Yourself app, so when we saw that Christine Bayley used our Year of Core Words 2013 version (see also: 2014 version) to make an SFY version, we were thrilled! You can check it out for yourself here. Christine is adding to it little-by-little, so visit her site (Hi, I’m Tom) for the most current version. Interested in A Year of Core Words for other symbol sets/systems? There are a few more in the Download section of our e-Toolbox. Enjoy!
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Tagged With: Christine Bayley, core vocabulary, Year of Core
PrAACtically SLPs: Hungry for Bilingual AAC
We are so excited to launch, PrAACtically SLPs, a new series featuring the voices of graduate students in SLP programs who do outstanding work in AAC. We start off with a wonderful group from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Allie Rodriguez, Caitlin Rich, and Megan Latta are second year SLP students who will be graduating in May. They recently concluded an AAC course taught by Dr. Penny Hatch, who continues to mentor them in the field of AAC and literacy. I met these energetic young professionals at the North Carolina Augmentative Communication Association Conference in February and was inspired by their passion. In this post, they tell us about their AAC experiences on a trip to Guatemala. Hungry for Bilingual AAC? Today, our population is becoming more culturally diverse, which, in turn, has caused our caseloads to reflect this change. There is a growing... [Read More...]
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Tagged With: graduate students, Lisa Domby, Penny Hatch, SLP students, UNC, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
PrAACtical Resources: Models of Best Practice in the Education of Students with ASD
Need information on systematic instruction, Functional Behavior Analysis, or other best practice ideas? This document, by the Virginia Department of Education, is easy to read and covers a great many topics. Take a look.
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Teach Me Tuesday: SpeechTree AAC App
We are back with another Teach Me Tuesday post, this time featuring the AAC app, SpeechTree. Come learn along with us! User Manual User Manual for Lessons Videos Videos on Lessons SpeechTree Facebook Page Where to go for help: Website contact form If you know of any other helpful training resources, please let us know via the comments so that all can benefit.
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Tagged With: SpeechTree, Teach Me Tuesday
A PrAACtical Reflection: Do No Harm
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Tagged With: Cheryl Jorgensen, least dangerous assumption, presume competence
AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week 14, April 2014
Hope your prAACtical week is going well! Sunday: Video of the Week – Connecting with Prelinguistic Communicators Monday: Strategy of the Month: Thoughts on Teaching Word Prediction Tuesday: 10 AAC Things to Do for Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month Wednesday: Watch It Wednesday – Music and Communication by Ryan Judd Thursday: AACtual Therapy – Supporting the Development of Early Grammar with Kimberly Ho Friday: 3 AAC Presentation Handouts You May Have Missed
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3 AAC Presentation Handouts You May Have Missed
Couldn’t get to the ATIA conference in Orlando in January? Here are some wonderful handouts from three AAC presentations. Lauren Enders: AAC-Ideas for Infusing Core Language Across the Curriculum Kate Ahern: Bringing AAC Home Jennifer Buxton: AT Implementation in the School Setting – Struggles and Successes The Call for Papers for the next ATIA conference will be out later this month. Hope to see you there in 2015!
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Tagged With: ATIA 2014, handouts, Jennifer Buxton, Kate Ahern, Lauren Enders
AACtual Therapy: Supporting the Development of Early Grammar with Kimberly Ho
Our guest post for today is from SLP Kimberly Ho, an AAC specialist who operates a private practice, AAC Services. I met Dr. Ho many years ago when she was getting her master’s degree at Purdue University. She went on to get her doctorate and now consults for a number of public schools and works with individuals with AAC needs from preschoolers to adults. Kimberly is active in teaching (undergraduate and graduate courses), writing (published three articles in peer reviewed journals) and public speaking (15 presentations at regional, national and international conferences). In this post, she discusses some concepts in teaching grammar to people who are learning AAC. Traditionally, individuals with complex communication needs (CCN) were provided with communication boards or speech generating devices (SGDs) filled with topic specific vocabulary often called fringe words. The field of AAC is only just beginning to provide early communicators with access to Core... [Read More...]
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Tagged With: Brown's stages, grammar, Kimberly Ho, language intervention