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AAC Link Up – May 6
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: AAC-enhanced Music Videos
We’re ending the month on a lighter note, with a handful of music videos enhanced with AAC symbols. Roses and... [Read More...]
What Makes a Good Vocabulary Teaching Activity? 4 Things to Look For
This post is a follow-up to some others in which we introduced a general sequence of how we conceptualize semantic... [Read More...]
Video of the Week: AT Under 3
This week our video focuses on the little ones and features a detailed workshop presentation by OT Amy Henningsen. If you... [Read More...]
Ideas about Vocabulary Instruction for the Beginning Communicator
Vocabulary instruction is a topic not often discussed for beginning communicators. As we work with beginning communicators the primary focus... [Read More...]
Simple Start: Visual Supports for Places We Go
No matter where they work, SLPs supporting people who use AAC generally do what they can to improve communication across... [Read More...]
10 Things to Do in Using Focused Language Stimulation in AAC Vocabulary Teaching
All this month we are talking about considerations in teaching new words to people who use AAC. We’ve talked about... [Read More...]
Tell Me About It: Focused Language Stimulation In AAC Vocabulary Teaching
Earlier this month, we introduced a general sequence of how we conceptualize semantic instruction. We promised to elaborate on that.... [Read More...]
A Word About Word Order
Lots of AAC learners make mistakes when they assemble words into sentences. Here is a brief screencast talking a little... [Read More...]
Avaz AAC App & Vocabulary Learning
We originally talked about Avaz, the first commercially available AAC app developed in India, back when we introduced PrAACtical AAC... [Read More...]
Hearing the Whispers
Recently, I had a great conversation with an insightful SLP/AT specialist about how to best help professionals who just seem... [Read More...]
Vocabulary Instruction In AAC
For all of us, the process of how we learn to use words begins with the expression of our own... [Read More...]