It’s been a fine week for AAC! Monday – How I Do It: Bilingual AAC Assessment Tips by Lindsay Oesch Tuesday – Teach Me Tuesday: T-Series by Tobii Dynavox Wednesday – Video of the Week: AAC Assessment by Pat Ourand Thursday – 5 Ways to Use Judgment Tasks in AAC Therapy Hope you had some AAC fun, too!
Here are some AAC posts you may have missed. Sunday: Video of the Week – What Do You Want to Do? Monday: A PrAACtical Reflection: Do No Harm Tuesday: Teach Me Tuesday – SpeechTree App Wednesday: PrAACtical Resources: Models of Best Practice in the Education of Students with ASD Thursday: PrAACtically SLPs- Hungry for Bilingual AAC Friday: Resources for A Year of Core Words
We are just delighted to share the AACtual Therapy of Arizona-based SLP, Deanna Wagner. We’ve known Deanna by reputation for a long while, but got to meet her in person at ISAAC this past summer. She has been involved in the AAC world for over 20 years. Her story as an AAC clinician is an interesting one: “I was lucky enough to attend one of the first university AAC courses, at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. My instructor was Dr. Mary Blake Huer, who was a recent president of USSAAC. Because we did not have enough courses in the communication disorders program, I also studied in the special education department and received a graduate degree in severe/profound handicaps. My first job was as AAC evaluator and trainer at Curative Rehabilitation in Wisconsin. I was lucky enough to meet a number of the inspirational team members who made up the model programs for... [Read More...]