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Throwback Thursday: Families & AAC

October 13, 2022 by - Leave your thoughts

Throwback Thursday: AAC & Families

Whether by birth or by choice, families play such an important role in our lives. They’re the focus of this edition of Throwback Thursday so if it’s a topic of interest, here are some posts to browse. Videos Growing Up with AAC in the Family From Presence to Contribution – A Family’s Journey Towards an Inclusive Life Family Collaboration by Dr. Barry Prizant Empowered Families in the World of AAC Articles Faces of AAC: Making It Work in A Busy Family PrAACtically Reading with Karen Natoci: The Family Book Emergency Preparedness for the AAC Family AAC Therapy: Putting Parents in Charge    

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 25: June 2022

June 19, 2022 by - Leave your thoughts

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 25: June 2022

Happy Sunday, AAC friends, and Happy Father’s Day to those who are celebrating. In the US, it is Juneteenth, a day of commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Whether this is a time for celebration or thoughtful reflection in your household, we wish you well. If you have a little extra time and energy, we have some AAC posts for you to browse through. Monday – AAC-friendly Resources for Juneteenth Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week: AAC & Aphasia Thursday – Throwback Thursday: AAC Assessment & Intervention for People with Aphasia :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Still have an appetite for AAC? Here are a handful of past posts to browse. Faces of AAC: Making It Work in a Busy Family PrAACtically Reading with Karen Natoci: The Family Book Family Collaboration by Dr. Barry Prizant From Presence to Contribution: A Family’s Journey Toward and Inclusive Life From... [Read More...]

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 13: March 2022

March 27, 2022 by - Leave your thoughts

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 13: March 2022

Happy Sunday, AAC friends. Here are some posts that you may have missed in your busy week. Monday – Language Experience Surveys: 3 Ideas for AAC Implementation Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week: SMoRRE Partner Training Supports Thursday – How I Do It: AAC Practitioners, Part 2 Friday – Autism Acceptance Month 2022: AAC App Discounts ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: If you have the time, check out these posts from the archives. Faces of AAC: Making It Work in a Busy Family PrAACtically Reading with Karen Natoci: The Family Book Family Collaboration by Dr. Barry Prizant How I Do It: Digital Connections With Families to Support AAC Users Using Visual Sidekicks to Support Language Intervention From Presence to Contribution: A Family’s Journey Toward and Inclusive Life

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 3: January 2022

January 16, 2022 by - Leave your thoughts

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 3: January 2022

Happy Sunday, AAC friends. Here are some AAC posts you may have missed. Monday – PrAACtical Questions: “Can We Use an AAC Tool Created by Our Service Provider?” Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week: Getting Started with Eye Gaze SGDs Thursday – Throwback Thursday: Honoring Martin Luther King Jr, AAC Style ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Before you go, here are a couple of other suggestions for posts to explore. Transitioning to the Workplace: Resources for AAC Learners with Significant Disabilities Working with Multiple Symbol Sets Faces of AAC: Making It Work in A Busy Family Supporting AAC Learners in Working with Words Vocabulary Instruction: When Definitions Don’t Work

Improving Assessment Practices for Students Who Use AAC: Mobilizing the Power of Social Narratives

January 6, 2022 by - Leave your thoughts

Improving Assessment Practices for Students Who Use AAC: Mobilizing the Power of Social Narratives

Social narratives are an empirically supported intervention that can be helpful in supporting people with AAC needs. They are commonly used to help individuals with autism understand and deal with challenging situations such as fire drills, birthday parties, and trips to the dentist. All types of social narratives can be written in text alone or include pictures and illustrations.  Social Stories are a particular kind of social narrative that have a specific set of guidelines for their development and use. The originator of Social Stories, Carol Gray, defines Social Stories this way: “A Social Story accurately describes a context, skill, achievement, or concept according to 10 defining criteria. These criteria guide Story research, development, and implementation to ensure an overall patient and supportive quality, and a format, ‘voice’, content, and learning experience that is descriptive, meaningful, respectful, and physically, socially, and emotionally safe for the Story audience (a child, adolescent,... [Read More...]

Throwback Thursday: AAC & the Teenage Years

December 2, 2021 by - Leave your thoughts

Throwback Thursday: AAC & the Teenage Years

Teenagers are a fun and exciting group to work with. In today’s post, we reach into the archives for some past posts that address some of the issues that arise in serving this age group. Starting AAC in the Teen Years: 3 Considerations for Families & Practitioners How I Do It: Starting AAC with Teens & Young Adults by Angela Adams How I Do It: Pocket Flipbooks for Adults & Teens How I Do It: Pocket Flipbooks for Adults & Teens, Part 2 How I Do It: Pocket Flipbooks for Teens, Part 3 How I Do It: Conversation Practice with Teens and Young Adults by Angela Adams Faces of AAC – Zainab Omar Let’s Hit the Town, AAC Style Bridging Literacy and AAC for Adolescents Communication Strategies for Adolescents as They Transition through Adulthood AAC in Secondary School: Defining Age Respectful

AAC Fair Testing Practices: Test Administration Procedures

November 4, 2021 by - Leave your thoughts

AAC Fair Testing Practices: Test Administration Procedures

Without a thoughtful assessment plan in place, people who use AAC may be at a disadvantage when taking tests. Fatigue, excessive anxiety, comprehension difficulties, motor challenges, limited access to robust language, and other factors may make it difficult for them to demonstrate what they know. Today, we continue our series on AAC Fair Testing Practices with a discussion of test administration practices. In formal testing, any changes to testing procedures invalidate the use of normative data. If we modify the directions or response options provided to an AAC user, we can’t compare their scores to the scores of individuals who took the test without any modifications. That means we aren’t pouring through the tables at the back of the test manual to find age or grade equivalency scores.  Still, we have to be thoughtful in when and how to make adjustments to testing practices. In this post, we consider two... [Read More...]

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 42: October 2021

October 17, 2021 by - Leave your thoughts

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 42: October 2021

Happy Sunday, AAC friends. Here are a few posts that you might have missed. Monday – AAC in Secondary School: Collaborative Teaming for High School Students Who Use AAC Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week: This Is Not About Me Thursday – AAC Fair Testing Practices: The Testing Environment ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: If you have a little bit more time, these posts from the archives may be of interest. The Faces of AAC: Gretchen and Zach The Faces of AAC: Justyna & Wictoria The Faces of AAC: Dianna & Brian The Faces of AAC: Zainab Omar Enjoy your week, AAC friends!

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week #7: February 2021

February 14, 2021 by - Leave your thoughts

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week #7: February 2021

Happy Valentine’s Day, AAC friends. We’re glad you are here. Monday – AAC in Secondary School: Defining Age Respectful Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week: Covid Lessons for the AAC Community Thursday – PrAACtically Valentine’s Day: AAC-friendly Activities and Resources :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: While you’re here, stay awhile and browse the selection of AAC stories below. An AAC Journey: From “No to AAC” to “AAC All Day, Every Day” with Desirae Pillay Faces of AAC – Zainab Omar The Faces of AAC: Dianna and Brian The Faces of AAC: Justyna and Wiktoria Faces of AAC: Making It Work in A Busy Family

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week #25: June 2020

June 21, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week #25: June 2020

Happy Sunday, AAC friends, and Happy Father’s Day to the dads out there. Here are some posts that might be of interest. Monday –  PrAACtically Juneteenth: AAC Ideas for Learning & Celebration Tuesday – AAC Link Up Wednesday – Video of the Week – Effective Coaching of AAC Partners Thursday – Asking Good Questions During Interactive Book Reading with AAC Learners :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Still have an appetite for AAC? Here are a handful of past posts to browse. Faces of AAC: Making It Work in a Busy Family PrAACtically Reading with Karen Natoci: The Family Book Family Collaboration by Dr. Barry Prizant From Presence to Contribution: A Family’s Journey Toward and Inclusive Life From ‘No AAC’ to ‘AAC All Day, Every Day!’ Autism and AAC: 5 Things I Wish I Had Known