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February 5, 2021
by Carole Zangari -
AAC friends, we are back with another AAC Link Up in Spanish. If you have materials or videos in Spanish that you would like others to know about, we’d love to have you add that information below. Also, please share this with anyone who might be interested in contributing to or using the materials that get added to these posts. But before we get to that, we want to continue sharing AAC experiences with families in different Spanish-speaking countries, to help us create ties and form AAC communities in Spanish, to learn from each other. From Guatemala, we share with Isabel Orellana, who tells us her personal story with AAC and how she has contributed to making this field known in her country and offering AAC alternatives to many children, families, and professionals. “I’m the mother of 9-year-old Eddyto. Eddyto has complex communication needs and has been using Proloquo2Go since... [Read More...]
January 20, 2021
by Carole Zangari -
Planning, designing, creating, teaching. Helping students become more proficient with their AAC systems often involves teaching core vocabulary and it can take considerable effort to integrate that into the daily routines of a busy classroom. In today’s featured video, we hear from Special Educator April Weitkamp who describes the process she used to support core vocabulary in an elementary school classroom. She shares her experiences and many lessons learned through the process of collaborating with the SLP and paraprofessionals to support core vocabulary learning in this multi-age group of students. Many thanks to April and the Special Education Technology Center (SETC) in Washington for this helpful presentation. Enjoy! Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVbeHg2Vl2Y&ab_channel=SETCSpecialEducationTechnologyCenter You can see another video from April here.
January 8, 2021
by Carole Zangari -
AAC friends, we are back with another AAC Link Up in Spanish. If you have materials or videos in Spanish that you would like others to know about, we’d love to have you add that information below. Also, please share this with anyone who might be interested in contributing to or using the materials that get added to these posts. But before we get to that, let’s talk about literacy. Starting 2021 with many AAC and Emerging Literacy projects in Spanish, we want to share a great experience that arose as a result of the pandemic situation that we are experiencing and that allowed us to learn about AAC stories and experiences in several Spanish-speaking countries. At the beginning of April, the idea came from Isabel from Guatemala, mother of an AAC user child, to carry out an Online Shared Reading activity, in Spanish (like so many that we could... [Read More...]
December 11, 2020
by Carole Zangari -
AAC Link Up AAC friends, we are back with our third AAC Link Up in Spanish. If you have materials or videos in Spanish that you would like others to know about, we’d love to have you add that information below. Also, please share this with anyone who might be interested in contributing to or using the materials that get added to these posts. And if this is of interest to you, mark your calendars to check back in with us on the first Friday of January for the next edition of PráctiCAAmente Conectados Con Links. Before we get into those links, Claudia Marimón shares her experience with AAC Online courses and workshops (in Spanish), having met mothers of AAC users who have created blogs, Facebook and Instagram pages where they share AAC experiences with their children. These sites become references and models for many parents and professionals who are... [Read More...]
November 6, 2020
by Carole Zangari -
Octubre – Mes de la CAA Las personas sin habla tienen mucho que decir. Esta comunicación no será posible si no disponen de las herramientas y los aprendizajes para conseguirlo. La Comunicación Aumentativa y Alternativa (CAA) es la vía de acceso a una participación plena para muchas, muchas personas. ¿Es necesaria una campaña de concienciación y sensibilización? Rotundamente sí. Familiares y profesionales de personas usuarias de CAA tienen todavía en este momento muchas dificultades para acceder a todas las opciones de SAAC, a veces por desconocimiento, a veces por cuestiones económicas e incluso por falta de un equipo de apoyo para su implementación. Nuestro objetivo para el mes de octubre ha sido ofrecer un espacio para dar a conocer en redes la realidad de nuestro día a día y cómo la CAA nos está proporcionando una herramienta de crecimiento personal. Así que bajo la guía de María @5sentidosymedio iniciamos el... [Read More...]
October 2, 2020
by Carole Zangari -
AAC friends, we are back with our second AAC Link Up in Spanish. If you have materials or videos in Spanish that you would like others to know about, we’d love to have you add that information below. Also, please share this with anyone who might be interested in contributing to or using the materials that get added to these posts. And if this is of interest to you, mark your calendars to check back in with us on the first Friday of every month for PráctiCAAmente Conectados Con Links. Today, we are celebrating AAC Awareness Month with a wonderful resource, our AAC 101 Flipbook, which we first wrote about here.. The flipbook is full of information on key strategies for supporting AAC users. Diana Angeles translated it into Spanish as part of the Hablando PráctiCAAmente project. Claudia Marimón helped with the editing and Deanna Wagner reviewed the final product.... [Read More...]
September 4, 2020
by Carole Zangari -
AAC friends, we’ve had numerous requests to provide access to AAC content in Spanish. We’ll share more about that next month, but for the time being, we are starting with a monthly AAC Link Up in Spanish. Please share with anyone who might be interested in contributing to or using the materials that get added to these posts. And if this is of interest, mark your calendars to check back in with us on the first Friday of every month for PráctiCAAmente Conectados Con Links. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ¡Hola amigos! Los invitamos a participar en esta sección, compartiendo su propio contenido relacionado con CAA, novedades de productos, o cualquier otra cosa que estimen interesante para dar a conocer a los demás. Puede ser un post que han escrito recientemente, las diapositivas de alguna de sus presentaciones, algún apunte, video o meme que han publicado online, un producto que hayan creado, el anuncio... [Read More...]
August 19, 2020
by Carole Zangari -
How can we help families cultivate well-being in these challenging times? In today’s featured video, Dr. Brenda Smith Myles shares tips for making space in our daily routines for structure, schedules, activities, mindfulness and patience, sleep routines, and other supportive strategies. Many thanks to Dr. Myles and the Kansas Technical Assistance System Network (TASN) for creating and sharing this video. Click on the image below to start watching. Direct Link to Video – https://vimeo.com/428624586
August 3, 2020
by Carole Zangari -
“I need to prepare my child for nasal swab testing.” “How can I get my students to wear their masks?” “My students don’t wash their hands properly.” “What vocabulary and messages should I add to SGDs for my students to be able to talk about the coronavirus?” “How can I explain social distancing in ways that make sense?” “What can I do to help my students know what to expect from a Zoom session?” If you have questions like these, take some time to browse through this online resource list with over 150 free downloads, videos, and more. We’ve updated this resource quite a bit since it was first published 4 months ago and are re-publishing it for those who need visual supports, social stories, videos, and communication boards. In the online newsletter below, you can access visual schedules for handwashing, social narratives, videos, educational materials, and more by clicking... [Read More...]
July 22, 2020
by Carole Zangari -
Are you taking advantage of the supports that related service providers can offer? In today’s featured video, OT and AT Specialist Elisa Wern helps us understand the ways in which these professionals can facilitate the development of communicative competence, You can obtain the handout for this session here. This presentation was part of the 2020 AAC in the Cloud Conference hosted by CoughDrop. We are grateful both to Elisa and to the wonderful team at CoughDrop for making this available. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVkg6vZUjkU&feature=youtu.be