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Video of the Week – Effective Coaching of AAC Partners

June 17, 2020 by - 2 Comments

Video of the Week - Effective Coaching of AAC Partners

How can we help communication partners use more facilitative strategies during AAC interactions? AT Specialist and SLP Chris Bugaj helps us better understand how we can use practice and coaching to support the growth of communication partners.  Many thanks to Chris and New Jersey’s Assistive Technology Advocacy Center (ATAC) for creating this content and making it available to AAC stakeholders throughout the world.  You can download the handout for this session here or scan the QR code in the image below. Direct link to video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5IZv6rMNBw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1QtHDiTuJVL8V6kmuvFo8poDgFoqTVIq0_jRgSKPCuP1XN18iQcktORi0  

Video of the Week: Social Networks Inventory

June 10, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: Social Networks Inventory

Do you have a formal process for identifying how AAC communicators interact with the people who are part of their daily experiences? If not, you may want to add this tool to your AAC assessment protocol: Social Networks, A Communication Inventory for Individuals with Complex Communication Needs and their Communication Partners. In today’s video, we feature AAC pioneer Dr. Sarah Blackstone discussing this well-established tool and how to implement it. The video is an archived webinar done for the ECHO Voices initiative from the Oregon Technology Access Program (OTAP). You can download the handout for this session here.   We are grateful to Dr. Blackstone and the OTAP ECHO Voices Team for hosting this wonderful presentation and making it freely available to the global AAC community. Direct Link to Video – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FEvPWsBeJH80_kGYt8Z5YthP2l0M-3_2/view

Video of the Week: Engaging AAC Learners with Complex Bodies

June 3, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: Engaging AAC Learners with Complex Bodies

Engaging with the activity at hand is an important piece of the learning plan, but it’s not something that comes easily to all AAC learners. In today’s featured video, OT Karen Kangas helps us understand some of the factors that help learners with complex bodies engage and focus in instructional activities. Many thanks to Karen and the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) for making this valuable information accessible. Accessing AAC: Competence Through the Lens of Activity and Engagement Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYrdA8H7yL8&list=PLCkBP2csbOsstD9Wga4bgj-ZK0-zcRLkr&index=10&t=0s You can learn more from Karen here.

Video of the Week: AACtivity Ideas to Jumpstart Learning

May 27, 2020 by - 1 Comment

Video of the Week: AACtivity Ideas to Jumpstart Learning

We’re so glad to have AAC SLP and AT Specialist Lauren Enders back on these pages. This time, it’s an archived video of a webinar that she presented for PRC-Saltillo. Enjoy Make It Fun! Activity Ideas for Jumpstarting AAC Learning. Direct link to video – https://youtu.be/kJPKMAETbyY Many thanks to Lauren and PRC-Saltillo for creating and sharing this wonderful presentation.

Video of the Week: Tech Tips for Modeling in Tele-AAC Activities

May 20, 2020 by - 1 Comment

Video of the Week: Tech Tips for Modeling in Tele-AAC Activities

Everywhere you look, therapists and clinicians are providing remote services to support AAC learners. They’re working through the challenges of remote learning and figuring out ways to support their clients and families, sometimes with little or no guidance from their own agencies. And through it all, they are finding making time to support other AAC practitioners throughout the world.  It’s pretty impressive! We’re really pleased to feature a video by PrAACtical AAC contributor and AAC SLP Sarah Gregory in today’s post. In this video, Sarah helps us with some of the technical aspects of AAC modeling while running an online activity.  Take a look.  Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbVSndMvlMg You can see some of Sarah’s previous contributions here.

Video of the Week: AAC Explainers for Parent & Staff Training

May 13, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: AAC Explainers for Parent & Staff Training

Looking for materials that you can use for staff and parent training on basic AAC concepts? Rebecca Eisenberg of Language During Mealtime created a set of short explainer videos on several AAC topics that can be used in remote support or in-person training. Take a look.   Using an iPad for Communication Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNGwlKNxLuk&list=PL-VC-d9SJoOS0ZAPnVCX7GV5FSFM_NW-A&index=5   Tips for AAC Device Refusal Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgNo_A8ZtSM&list=PL-VC-d9SJoOS0ZAPnVCX7GV5FSFM_NW-A&index=6   Core and Fringe Vocabulary Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEO6oGxm0Os&list=PL-VC-d9SJoOS0ZAPnVCX7GV5FSFM_NW-A&index=1   Prompting Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNGwlKNxLuk&list=PL-VC-d9SJoOS0ZAPnVCX7GV5FSFM_NW-A&index=5   Communication Functions Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7xjAm-XXP0&list=PL-VC-d9SJoOS0ZAPnVCX7GV5FSFM_NW-A&index=4

Video of the Week: Some Good AAC News

May 6, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: Some Good AAC News

Young or old, working or not, parent or professional. We could all use some good news these days so when Chris Bugaj reached out about his parody of John Krasinski’s YouTube show Some Good News, we knew it had to be shared. Enjoy some Good AAC News! You can learn more about Co-VidSpeak, including how to access it, here. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSVI2yEbf2M&feature=youtu.be

Video of the Week: Environmental Communication Training – Strategies for Implementation

April 29, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: Environmental Communication Training - Strategies for Implementation

Implementation challenges are a frequent reality in serving students with AAC needs across the age and ability levels. In today’s post, we feature two videos from AbleNet University that share a process for addressing some of those challenges. AT Expert and Special Education Consultant Kelly Fonner explains a team approach to supporting AAC implementation, Environmental Communication Training.  Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKcnUoLCRLw You can view the second training in this series here.  Many thanks to Kelly and to AbleNet for these fine presentations. You can learn more from Kelly here.

Video of the Week: Strategies & Resources for Students with Complex Support Needs in Distance Learning Environments

April 22, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: Strategies & Resources for Students with Complex Support Needs in Distance Learning Environments

Because so many of you are fully engaged with online support of students with AAC needs right now, we’re featuring another video on that topic. Today, we learn about Strategies & Resources for Students with Complex Support Needs in Distance Learning Environments through an archived webinar sponsored by the National Technical Assistance Center on Transition and the Workforce Innovation Technical Assistance Center. In this video, you’ll learn more about supporting older students in this virtual environment.

Video of the Week: Telepractice in AAC – Working with What You’ve Got

April 15, 2020 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: Telepractice in AAC - Working with What You’ve Got

Given the increased demand for remote AAC services, we are continuing to highlight videos on this topic. Today, we feature an archived webinar from ISAAC with practical tips and strategies for effective AAC telepractice. Hillary Jellison and Nerissa Hall, whose previous article on Tele-AAC can be found here, discuss privacy, candidacy, and other important issues that impact our use of telepractice and provide us with practical information about providing these services. To view the closed captioning in other languages, view this in Youtube using the link at the bottom and select the autotranslate option. You can obtain the handout for this session here. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkslnsio054&feature=youtu.be