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AAC at ATIA 2023: Presentations to Get Excited About
AAC stakeholders from around the US and beyond are looking forward to the ATIA 2023 Conference in Orlando this week.... [Read More...]
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PrAACtically February: AAC Resources for a Year of Core Words
It takes time and effort to plan for comprehensive core vocabulary instruction. The Year of Core Vocabulary Words and The... [Read More...]
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AAC Link Up – January 24
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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PrAACtical Partner Instructions
While training communication partners is an important role for SLPs and other professionals, there’s an additional way to promote supportive... [Read More...]
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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 4: January 2023
Happy Sunday, AAC friends. Here are some AAC posts that you might have missed. Monday – Toward Communicative Competence in... [Read More...]
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Toward Communicative Competence in AAC: 5 Strategic Skills to Consider Targeting
Communicative competence is a multi-faceted concept that was introduced to the AAC field by Dr. Janice Light over 3 decades... [Read More...]
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Throwback Thursday: AAC-friendly Resources for Martin Luther King, Jr Day
In just a few days, people around the US will be taking time to honor the slain civil rights leader,... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Aging Without Community – Thoughts from Rick Creech
The AAC community lost a powerful voice recently. Today, we honor Rick Creech by looking back at his testimony at... [Read More...]
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AAC Implementation Framework: Steps to Learning
We’re so pleased to welcome PrAACtical AAC contributor Vicki Clarke back to these pages. While you may remember Vicki from... [Read More...]
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Growing AAC Professionals: A Guide to Voice Banking
When university faculty and graduate students work together on AAC content, good things are bound to happen. In this post,... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Incorporating Comprehensive Literacy Instruction into AAC Intervention
The work of Drs. Karen Erickson and David Koppenhaver on comprehensive literacy instruction in AAC has inspired many educators and... [Read More...]
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Video of the Week: Baking with AAC
Learning to integrate AAC into typical daily routines takes time and a little support. In today’s featured video, provided by... [Read More...]
5 Features of AAC Apps & SGDs that Make Us Happy
1. Doing a back-up or restore by email? Sounds good to us! Thanks, PictureCanTalk. 2. Allowing people to explore all... [Read More...]
Video of the Week: Aided Language Input Demo
This week’s video features Gail Van Tatenhove doing part of a lesson on disaster preparedness, something we take pretty seriously in... [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...]