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AAC Round-up: School-based Services
Looking for information on supporting AAC uses in schools? The posts in this list might be helpful. Building an AAC... [Read More...]
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AAC Round-up: School-based Services
Looking for information on supporting AAC uses in schools? The posts in this list might be helpful. Building an AAC... [Read More...]
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AAC in Secondary School: Using Games to Support AAC Learning for Older Students
Looking for activities that will help in teaching older students to be effective communicators with AAC? AAC SLP Ashley Larisey... [Read More...]
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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 37: September 2021
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. Here are some posts you may have missed. Monday – A PrAACtical Labor Day Tuesday –... [Read More...]
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AAC Round-up: Preschoolers with Complex Communication Needs
Do you support children with AAC needs? Check out this list of posts from the archives with an array of... [Read More...]
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A PrAACtical Labor Day
Here in the US, we are celebrating Labor Day and that gives us the opportunity to reflect on all things work-related.... [Read More...]
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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 36: September 2021
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. We have some posts that you might like. Monday – September Year of Core Vocabulary &... [Read More...]
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AAC Fair Testing Practices: Preparation
In an earlier post, we talked about the difficulties that people who use AAC experience when they have to participate... [Read More...]
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September Year of Core Vocabulary & School Year of Core Vocabulary Words
In 2013, when schools and other clinical programs were expanding their emphasis on teaching core vocabulary words, Robin Parker and... [Read More...]
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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 35: August 2021
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. We have a few AAC posts for you to explore. Monday – PrAACtical Considerations: An Introduction... [Read More...]
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Growing AAC Professionals: AAC-friendly Classrooms, AAC for Toddlers, & AAC for Healthcare Providers
As one semester ends and a new one begins, we welcome Vicki Haddix back to these pages to share the... [Read More...]
Video of the Week
Video of the Week: Text-based AAC Tools
How can we support individuals who are literate and prefer a text-based communication app? In today’s video, we travel to... [Read More...]
AACtual Progress: Learning to Use Aided Language Input
The only thing better than watching someone who uses AAC get the hang of it, is having the privilege of... [Read More...]
Malls & Communication…. Supports
I was in the mall with my teenage daughter yesterday (because that is her favorite place to go) and we... [Read More...]
Teachers in AACtion: Aided Language Input
We love people who take a chance and put themselves out there to learn and grow. This video of teacher... [Read More...]
5 Little Things that Make a Big Difference in AAC Intervention
“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.” Betty... [Read More...]
5 Ways SLPs Can Support Friendships for People who Use AAC
No feeling person could read Louise Kinross‘s post, My Child’s Dream: To Have Friends, without being moved. One of the... [Read More...]
Commenting to the Max!
Communication and language involves so much more than requesting. Without much effort, communicators with typical language development and even delayed... [Read More...]
39 Free and Lite Versions of AAC Apps
The content of this post has been updated. Click HERE for the most current version that includes Android apps and a link to... [Read More...]
5 Ways to Help People With AAC Needs Develop Inner Speech
Recent research has strengthened this clinician’s belief that developing inner speech is an important strategy for many people who use... [Read More...]
Video of the Week: Building Switch Skills
This week’s featured video is about helping individuals with significant motor impairments begin to use switches to access AAC and... [Read More...]
HijAACked! Putting An AAC Twist on Gen Ed AACtivities: The Hallelujah Flight
This is the first in an occasional series of posts in which we take activities designed for students in general... [Read More...]