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AAC Link Up – December 9
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 39
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. Here are some posts from our prAACtical week. Monday – Make It Monday: Customizing Core Boards... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: SLPs in the Classroom to Support AAC Learning
How can SLPs provide effective AAC support in the classroom? Today’s video features a recorded session from AAC in the... [Read More...]
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September AAC Year of Core Vocabulary Resources: PreK Through High School
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 34
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. We have some posts that may be of interest. Monday – August AAC Year of Core... [Read More...]
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Beyond “Good” & “Nothing:” Helping Children With AAC Needs Tell About Their School Day
“How was school?” (Good) “What did you do?” (Nothing) This scenario plays out in many cars and kitchens in the after... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Exploring The Communication Matrix
The Communication Matrix has evolved to be one of the most useful assessment tools available for individuals who are at... [Read More...]
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AAC Link Up – August 19
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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August AAC Year of Core Vocabulary Resources: PreK Through High School
We’re back and ready for a new school year and all that comes with it. Are you planning for comprehensive... [Read More...]
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PrAACticamente Conectados: Comunicación y Participación Inclusiva con SAAC en los Parques de Parques Reunidos
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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July AAC Year of Core Vocabulary Resources: PreK Through High School
Planning for comprehensive core vocabulary instruction? The Year of Core Vocabulary Words has resources that can be helpful to therapists,... [Read More...]
Video of the Week
Video of the Week: Supporting Autistic Students Without Encouraging Masking
Much has changed in our understanding of how to support autistic children and adults with AAC needs. In today’s video,... [Read More...]
Watch It Wednesday: Using Visual Scene Displays to Build Language and Literacy
Deanne Shoyer, from Small But Kinda Mighty, has been sharing some fantastic ideas for building language in kids who are... [Read More...]
Teach Me Tuesday: TapSpeak Button and Sequence
We love single message and sequential message communicators for their ease and flexibility. This week in Teach Me Tuesday we’re... [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...]