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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: 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...]
AAC Assessment Round-Up
Some posts that may be helpful for planning AAC assessments 92 Free or Lite Versions of AAC Apps Introducing RELAAACs:... [Read More...]
5 Ways to Use Rating Scales to Enhance Communication with AAC
In an earlier post, we lamented the under-utilization of a quick and effective strategy: qualitative rating scales. You may not... [Read More...]
PrAACtical Alert: The World’s AAC Conference Comes to You (Well, a little bit of it)
I am so very lucky to be able to go to Pittsburgh this weekend for the biennial conference of the... [Read More...]
5+5 Commandments for Speech Output Communication
Once in awhile, we come across something that is just too good to keep to ourselves and has to be... [Read More...]
PBS & Visual Supports
This week’s video comes from Katie Thomas of the Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports Project of the Kansas Technical Assistance... [Read More...]
Supporting Positive Behavior Through Contingency Mapping
This month we’re focusing on visual supports and strategies to support positive behavior. We’ve talked about transition supports and environmental... [Read More...]
Behavior-It’s All about Perspective: Funny Time in the Funny Area
A ‘funny area’ is not a technique or strategy you will see in a behavior or speech-language therapy text-book. But... [Read More...]
Power of the Visual Planner
We need to continue to talk about scheduling…..especially as we talk about tools for positive behavioral supports. We know that... [Read More...]
PrAACtical Suggestions: Writing Goals for People Learning AAC
This post was inspired by a budding young professional who loves AAC and is DETERMINED to provide best practice services... [Read More...]
Role Models-Look No Further than the Paralympics 2012
Have you met Mandeville and Wenlock? Think Paralympics and Olympics. These mascots were created by Grant Hunter in collaboration with... [Read More...]