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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 10: March 2025
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. We have a bunch of posts that you might enjoy. Monday – March Year of Core... [Read More...]
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PráctiCAAmente Conectados: ISAAC Español
On the first Friday of each month, we publish a post in Spanish by guest author Claudia Marimón to highlight... [Read More...]
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AAC Link Up – February 4
Happy Tuesday, AAC friends! Once a week, we invite you to share your own AAC-related content, product news, or anything... [Read More...]
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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 5: February 2025
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. It was a busy week full of AAC learning at ATIA 2025 with great sessions and... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Mentoring Possibilities for Young People Who Use AAC
Learn about the lived mentoring experiences of AAC users in today’s featured presentation by AAC user and researcher Dr. Lateef... [Read More...]
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After the Holidays: AAC Conversations Using Pre-stored Questions
A great many AAC learners would love to be more actively involved in social conversations but may not have the... [Read More...]
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AAC Link Up – December 31
Happy Tuesday, AAC friends! Once a week, we invite you to share your own AAC-related content, product news, or anything... [Read More...]
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PrAACtically Christmas: AAC-friendly Resources
Add to the fun with some last-minute AAC-friendly Christmas activities. Communication Boards for Hanukkah and Christmas for AAC Users by... [Read More...]
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PrAACtically Hanukkah: Resources & Activities for an AAC-friendly Celebration
The 8-day celebration of Hanukkah begins this week. In recognition of the holiday, we’re sharing some AAC-friendly resources that might... [Read More...]
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December Year of Core Vocabulary & School Year of Core Vocabulary Words
It’s prAACtically time to turn the calendar to a new page, so today we’re re-sharing resources for December year of... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Getting Ready for November School Year of Core Vocabulary Words Older Student Lessons
Lindsay Dougherty and Michaela Sullivan have lots of fun ideas for implementing core vocabulary instruction with older students. Take a... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Strategies for Supporting Children Who Use AAC
How can we support children who are learning to communicate through AAC and help them build a robust repertoire of... [Read More...]
Before We Read: Using Predictions for PrAACtical Learning
This month, we’re focusing on literacy learning for our Monday posts on Strategy of the Month. In honor of that... [Read More...]
Try This: A PrAACtical Idea for Aided Language Input
At the ATIA 2014 conference in January, it was exciting to hear about the updates on how core vocabulary... [Read More...]
Watch It Wednesday: Learn More About iOS 7 with Spectronics
The amazing team at Spectronics has been presenting a terrific set of workshops on iPads for education and special needs.... [Read More...]
Research Tuesday: Literacy Instruction for Students with Significant Disabilities
We all remember certain ‘firsts’ – your first bike, your first plane ride, your first car. One of my memorable... [Read More...]
More Robust Literacy Instruction for People Who Use AAC
We love learning about AAC and literacy from resources that have a ‘presume competence’ philosophy, that provide research support, and... [Read More...]
Video of the Week: An ABA Perspective on AAC for Students with Autism
This week’s video features Dr. Melissa Olive, who provides an introduction to AAC for people with ASD. Thanks to The... [Read More...]
AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week 10, March 2014
Hope you had an AAC-filled week! Here are some posts you might have missed. Sunday: Video of the Week –... [Read More...]
Linguistically-robust AAC Systems
At the NCACA conference last month, a few of us were talking about what it means to have an AAC... [Read More...]
AACtual Therapy with Deanna Wagner: Why Cook When You Can’t Eat?
One of our prAACtical friends loves to think about, talk about, and participate in anything to do with baking. Not... [Read More...]
5 Reasons to Put AAC Training for Staff and Parents into the IEP
SLPs tend to love (good, relevant) professional development. We flock to conferences (15,000+ ASHA attendees this past November), sign up... [Read More...]