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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...]
5 Great Ways to Help People with AAC Needs Develop Inner Speech
Inner speech is important. Recent research has strengthened our belief that developing inner speech is an important strategy for many people... [Read More...]
How I Do It: 5 Ways to Tell If Your Students are Becoming Competent Communicators with Marlene Cummings
It’s always a good day when we get to share the thoughts of veteran AAC SLP, Marlene Cummings. In this... [Read More...]
Make It PrAACtical: Modify a Battery-Operated Toy to Make It Accessible by Switches
Professionals of a certain age (ahem) may remember when the only switch-accessible toys we had to work with were the... [Read More...]
Apps to Prepare, Learn, & Talk About Summer Vacations
Vacations are great! But all great vacations need preparation because new experiences and change can be stressful even if the... [Read More...]
Working with Worksheets
We’re not big fans of worksheets. In fact (true confession!), many years ago we actually hid a notebook full of... [Read More...]
Employment is for Everyone!
Employment is for Everyone. Work is more than work in that we often define ourselves by what we do, we... [Read More...]
Creating Communication Opportunities for the ‘Older’ Learner
The Strategy of the Month involves AAC and the ‘older learner’. The ‘older learner’ involves a range of ages (We... [Read More...]
Getting to ‘Yes’
We wanted to be sure that none of our prAACtical friends missed this series of great posts by Kate Ahern... [Read More...]
Visual Schedule Myths Live On..
There are many myths about visual schedules for learners with special needs. Those myths multiply for older learners as well... [Read More...]
Did You Know: AADMD Offers Specialty Webinars for Working with Adults with Developmental Disabilities
This month’s strategy is about AAC and older children. This topic happens to dovetail with some work I am doing... [Read More...]