Video of the Week: A Recipe For Friendship

As they move beyond the primary school years, AAC learners sometimes need help making and maintaining friendships. This video has some helpful tips.
As they move beyond the primary school years, AAC learners sometimes need help making and maintaining friendships. This video has some helpful tips.
“Behavior is communication.” We’ve all heard it, but knowing what to do help a learner communicate effectively in less stressful, more socially appropriate ways is a complex issue that is best addressed through teamwork and collaboration. In this video, Rob Haupt shares some basic thoughts on Functional Communication Teaching from an ABA perspectivie.
How do you incorporate aided language input while reading books? There are lots of ways to do it. Here’s one of them.
Ready to dig deep on core vocabulary and learn more about studies done to support the approach? Check out these videos by Russell Cross from PRC and Elaine Holtham from Aroga Technologies as part of their AT with Beer series. Bottoms up! Trigger alert: Some articles use terminology that was accepted practice at the time they were published but are now considered unacceptable and/or offensive. Part 1 Part 2
Do you get questions about effective AAC practices for individuals with autism? This video, featuring Dr. Joanne Cafiero, provides a helpful review of some of the issues. Many thanks to AssistiveWare for hosting this video.
Vocabulary selection is a huge responsibility. In this video, we learn about the issues surrounding this important task and discover some strategies for approaching it. Thanks to Dr. Rae Sonnenmeir for her work in this series. You can see some of the other posts here and here.
It’s a great day to see AAC strategies in action. Today, the AAC Chicks from Dynamic Therapy Assoiates are back with another prAACtical video about using aided language input in conversation. You can see more of their work here. Direct link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUl8kD53NQg
We’ve really been enjoying the mentoring videos featuring Gail Van Tatenhove, Phillip Wickman, and Faye Warren. In this week’s video, we learn how to use the ASK method. These videos are a project of BeCome:AAC.
Today, we return to the team at Dynamic Learning Maps. In this video, Karen Erickson discusses key factors in symbol use by students with significant communication difficulties.
Have you heard enough about core vocabulary yet? Most SLPs are on board with the concept, but still appreciate information about how to implement it in their intervention. In this video, master clinician Gail Van Tatenhove shares some prAACtical ideas for using core words in activity-based instruction.