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PrAACticamente Conectados: a Matriz de Comunicación
On the first Friday of each month, we publish a post in Spanish by guest author Claudia Marimón to... [Read More...]
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July AAC Year of Core Vocabulary Resources: PreK Throught High School
Planning for comprehensive core vocabulary instruction? The Year of Core Vocabulary Words has resources that can be helpful to therapists,... [Read More...]
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AAC Link Up – June 17
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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Video of the Week: Supporting AAC at Home
Building fluency with AAC tools and strategies is most successful when AAC is supported across environments. In today’s featured... [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...]
Video of the Week
Video of the Week: SGD Research to Support People with Aphasia
Learn about research in developing new AAC tools from Humphrey Curtis, Duncan Lau, and Timothy Neale in this archived presentation... [Read More...]
Complete Vocabulary Instruction Ideas & Activities
We love incorporating new vocabulary into fun motivating activities even when we are doing direct vocabulary instruction. We embed new... [Read More...]
Let’s Get Specific About Speech Intelligibility
When we’re writing AAC evaluation reports, compiling funding documents, and summarizing the present level of performance in IEPs, we frequently... [Read More...]
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Vocabulary Learning Materials & AAC Strategies
We are super big fans of Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT). We need the PrAACtical resources that TPT offers. In addition... [Read More...]
Explicitly Speaking: Vocabulary Teaching in AAC
An essential part of the model we shared for AAC semantic intervention is Step 2, teaching the new words with... [Read More...]
Choosing a Focus for Vocabulary Instruction
In writing our posts on vocabulary teaching, we came across a host of vocabulary materials, games, apps, activities, lesson plans,... [Read More...]
Words Matter
For anyone who doesn’t see how vocabulary instruction can possibly be a priority for kids who have intellectual disabilities or... [Read More...]
A PrAACtical Look at the Incredible 5-Point Scale
In an earlier post we listed some of our favorite strategies that aren’t as widely used as they could be... [Read More...]
Building Word Consciousness: Vocabulary Instruction in AAC
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled. Plutarch Last week, Robin discussed... [Read More...]
Vocabulary Learning Using Infographics
Infographics are a great way to explore vocabulary. Learners can make choices, view and comment, and even create their own... [Read More...]