AAC & Reading with Stepping into AAC (Weeks 13-14)

Today’s segment of the Stepping into AAC journey takes us into the world of literacy and focuses on how to support beginning AAC users during book reading and other activities. 

Missed the earlier posts in this series? You can access those below.

1. Introduction: A PrAACtical Guide to Stepping into AAC
2. Week 1: Starting a Journey with Stepping into AAC
3. Weeks 2-5: Building a Foundation with Stepping into AAC 
4. Weeks 6-8: Customizing AAC Tools with Stepping into AAC
5. Weeks 9-12: Getting More Comfortable with AAC Practices

Target Words: all, it, same, this, turn

Communicative Intents: Commenting, describing

Hands-on Activities: To keep the momentum going during this segment of the journey, dedicate 10 minutes a day to building habits of supporting your learner’s AAC use. 

• Comment
• Find
• Play
• Read
• Say
• Share
• Think
• Try 

Videos: Dive into the world of reading and learn ways to engage your learner while reading books together and using AAC during those conversations. You’ll also learn a new AAC support strategy and have the opportunity to make books that appeal to your AAC learner..

Print Resources: Explore the helpful handouts on reading with AAC and descriptive talking. Consider sharing some or all of them with your learner’s teacher or educational team.

Here’s what to expect for the next two weeks.

WEEK 13

• Interactive Book Reading
• All About Shared Reading
• AAC, Repeated Storybook Lines, & Rhyming
• A Closer Look at the Communication Bill of Rights
• Language Walk-Through: Reading Picture Books

WEEK 14

• Descriptive Talking
• The Role of Questioning in AAC Learning
• Make Your Own Books
• Highlights from the Communication Bill of Rights
• Language Walk-Through: Reading Picture Books with Informational Text

We hope you engage with these materials and keep moving forward in your Stepping into AAC journey. Next time, we’ll take it outside and look at ways to keep AAC going during outdoor activities. See you then!