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AAC Link Up – May 13
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 # 19: May 2025
Happy Sunday, AAC friends, and a fulfilling Mother’s Day to those who are celebrating today. We have some posts that... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Supporting AAC at Home
Need ideas for how to support families in implementing AAC at home? In today’s featured video, we learn from Carolyn... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Supporting Part-time AAC Users
Individuals who require AAC support on an intermittent basis are somewhat different from those who use it all day, every... [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...]
Video of the Week
Video of the Week: Integrating AAC into Daily Routines
Join us in learning from AAC SLP Sarah Brown, who shares ideas for incorporating AAC into everyday life. Many thanks... [Read More...]
AAC Vocabulary Lists
We were looking for some core vocabulary lists the other day and it struck us: Maybe you were, too! Here... [Read More...]
Video of the Week: Determining the Cause of Challenging Behavior
In many cases, SLPs start their careers without the knowledge or experiences that prepare them to support individuals with challenging... [Read More...]
Breaking Through with Emerging Intentional and Beginning Communicators of All Ages
We are thinking a lot about emerging-intentional and beginning communicators. Even within these categories it seems there are sub-categories. We... [Read More...]
3 Responses to Programs that Make Kids ‘Prove Worthiness’ Prior to Providing Access to AAC
Like many of you, we continue to hear about programs that withhold AAC supports from children who are nonverbal or... [Read More...]
Throwback Thursday: Talk About Me 2
originally published December 13, 2012 We write about a lot of AAC strategies and we often give examples of different... [Read More...]
Visual Supports in Action: The Preschool Classroom
Visual supports are good teaching for ANY child, but particularly if there are issues with language processing. Check out this... [Read More...]
Does AAC Benefit Children with Profound and Multiple Disabilities?
For most SLPs, it is easy to see how AAC can be beneficial to someone with motor difficulties, like cerebral... [Read More...]
AAC Goes to the Eddies!
. A strange thing happened while we were busy thinking and writing about AAC. Two strange things, actually. First, we... [Read More...]
The Essential Stuff of an AAC Speechie by Gail Van Tatenhove
Master clinician, Gail Van Tatenhove, shares her AAC speechie stuff. What is yours?
Strategy of the Month: Supporting Pre-Intentional Communicators
Scene 1 Alex looks at the picture symbol choices placed in front of him and knocks them to the floor.... [Read More...]