May 28, 2025
by Carole Zangari -
Building fluency with AAC tools and strategies is most successful when AAC is supported across environments. In today’s featured video, AT and AAC Specialist Carolyn Parker provides information to help families implement AAC at home. Many thanks to Carolyn and to Alt+Shift and Michigan Alliance for Families for this helpful video. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjd9-Ile32k&ab_channel=AltShiftInformation
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May 27, 2025
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May 20, 2025
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May 11, 2025
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Happy Sunday, AAC friends, and a fulfilling Mother’s Day to those who are celebrating today. We have some posts that may be of interest. Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week: Supporting AAC at Home Have time for a little more? Here are a couple of suggestions. A Focus on Self-advocacy AAC Funding Help Building Your AAC SLP Toolkit: Obtaining Free Apps for AAC Evaluations Check Your Knowledge of AT History AACtual Therapy: Making Core Words Fun for Students with Autism AAC Goes to Summer Camp
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May 7, 2025
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Need ideas for how to support families in implementing AAC at home? In today’s featured video, we learn from Carolyn Parker, an AAC/AT Specialist and SLP with Michigan’s ALT+Shift initiative. Check it out for helpful information and lots of prAACtical ideas. Many thanks to Carolyn, ALT+Shift, and the Michigan Alliance for Families for creating and offering this recorded webinar. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjd9-Ile32k&ab_channel=AltShiftInformation
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March 26, 2025
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Individuals who require AAC support on an intermittent basis are somewhat different from those who use it all day, every day. In this video, Sara Ayers and Sarah Kinsella discuss their specific needs and supportive strategies. This presentation was hosted by the Special Education Technology Center. Many thanks to Sara and Sarah for this helpful presentation and to SETC for hosting it. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxzD2lB7kVc&ab_channel=SETCSpecialEducationTechnologyCenter
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March 7, 2025
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On the first Friday of each month, we publish a post in Spanish by guest author Claudia Marimón to highlight AAC work being done in Spanish-speaking countries and offer translations of material that can help families and service providers. In this month’s post, Claudia tells us about ISAAC Español. Check it out and support these efforts if you can. You can find the online membership form here. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Comenzamos el mes de Marzo haciendo una invitación a todos los lectores de PrAACtical AAC que hablan español, o que conocen a usuarios de CAA, familias y profesionales de habla hispana a unirse a nuestro capítulo de ISAAC español. https://isaac-online.org/english/about-isaac/members/membership/isaac-espanol/ ISAAC, la Sociedad Internacional para la Comunicación Aumentativa y Alternativa, es una organización de miembros que trabaja para mejorar las vidas de niños y adultos con necesidades complejas de comunicación. https://isaac-online.org/english/about-isaac/ En ISAAC Español, estamos construyendo una comunidad vibrante y comprometida con... [Read More...]
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February 4, 2025
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Happy Tuesday, AAC friends! Once a week, we invite you to share your own AAC-related content, product news, or anything else that you’d like others in the AAC community to know about. It may be a recent post you’ve written, a slide deck from your AAC presentation, a handout, video, or meme that you’ve posted online, an AAC product you’ve created, an announcement for an AAC course or conference, or any other prAACtical content you developed and want to share with the AAC community. . To post your own link, scroll all the way down to the bottom of this post and complete the form. Enter the URL and the name/title in the boxes provided below. If you are on a mobile device, click over to the full website version to do this. . The AAC Link Up is moderated to keep us from being spammed, so it may take... [Read More...]
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February 2, 2025
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Happy Sunday, AAC friends. It was a busy week full of AAC learning at ATIA 2025 with great sessions and lots of connection with AAC people. Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week: Mentoring Possibilities for Young People Who Use AAC :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Stick around for some more AAC reading if you can. Here are some suggestions with info and resources from conferences in previous years. Enjoy! PrAACtical Resources: Partner Strategies Handout PrAACtical Fun A PrAACtical Idea for Aided Language Input Toward Improved Diversity in AAC 3 Presentation Handouts on Core Vocabulary Implementation
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January 29, 2025
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Learn about the lived mentoring experiences of AAC users in today’s featured presentation by AAC user and researcher Dr. Lateef McLeod. This session was hosted by the AAC Peer Support Project, led by Dr. Melanie Fried-Oken at the Oregon Health Sciences University. We are grateful to them and to Dr. McLeod for this informative session. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YCaOvt3wzA&ab_channel=AACPeerSupportProject
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