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AAC Posts from PrAACtical Week # 16: April 2025
Happy Sunday, AAC friends, and a meaningful Easter to those who are celebrating today. We have a couple of things... [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...]
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PrAACtically Hanukkah: Resources & Activities for an AAC-friendly Celebration
The 8-day celebration of Hanukkah begins this week. In recognition of the holiday, we’re sharing some AAC-friendly resources that might... [Read More...]
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December Year of Core Vocabulary & School Year of Core Vocabulary Words
It’s prAACtically time to turn the calendar to a new page, so today we’re re-sharing resources for December year of... [Read More...]
Video of the Week
Video of the Week: Communication Boards in the Early Years
How can professionals support families of young children with complex communication needs? Today, we address this topic through a presentation,... [Read More...]
Not Good Enough
It’s been a depressing week for us. Too many exchanges with SLPs who should know how to ‘do’ this intervention and... [Read More...]
30 Things A Student Can SAY When They Have AAC!
AAC Supports- Don’t Go ANYWHERE Without Them.. Access To AAC & Visual Supports Allows Students to: Let you know what... [Read More...]
Communicating About Communicating
Last week I was talking to a bright, young professional who is starting her second year as a school-based SLP.... [Read More...]
'Just Because I don't Speak, Doesn't Mean I Don't Have Anything To Say'
We have recently been surprised (ok, shocked) by the absence of communication supports in educational settings that are supposed to... [Read More...]
Balance Pans: A Learning Toy that Helps Build Conversation Skills
We’ve been thinking a lot lately about the social skills of some of our AAC friends who are not quite... [Read More...]
Beyond ‘Good’ and ‘Nothing’
“How was school?” (Good) “What did you do?” (Nothing) This scenario plays out in many cars and kitchens in... [Read More...]
Singing in the Rain (Thanks, Isaac!)
By tradition, we post an AAC-related video on Sundays. Today, we’re thinking that it’s time for a song, and those... [Read More...]
A PrAACtical Look at PODD
This week, we return to the team at the Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports Project of the Kansas Technical Assistance... [Read More...]
Lightening, Thunder, & Rain Oh My!
We live in Florida and there are lots of general summer storms. They can be very loud and dark. There... [Read More...]
5 Presentation Handouts from ISAAC 2012
It seems like only last week that I was enjoying ISAAC 2012, spending time with friends, and attending AAC sessions.... [Read More...]