August 6, 2017
by Carole Zangari -
How was your week, AAC friends? If meetings, classes, clients, paperwork, or other things kept you busy, you might want to check out some of these posts. Monday: 5 AAC Downloads To Use and Share Wednesday: Video of the Week: Supporting AAC Learners in the Classroom We’ve been doing a lot of learning, making, and doing around the topic of emergent literacy lately. If that topic is of interest, here are some posts that you may want to browse through. Supporting AAC Learners in Emergent Writing: 5 Helpful Resources Using an Alphabet Flipbook for Writing Building Communication Skills During Book Reading A PrAACtical Literacy Activity for Beginning Communicators As They Grow: Books for Beginning Readers of Any Age Happy reading!
June 11, 2017
by Carole Zangari -
Happy Sunday, everyone! Here are some posts from our prAACtical week. Monday: PrAACtical Resources: AAC 101 Flipbook Handout Wednesday: Video of the Week: Aided Language Input in AACtion Thursday: Video of the Week: Aided Language Input in AACtion
September 20, 2014
by Carole Zangari -
Sunday: Video of the Week – Using an Alphabet Flipbook for Writing Monday: Strategy of the Month – Understanding Our Learners Tuesday: Teach Me Tuesday – Scene and Heard Wednesday: Watch It Wednesday – ABC’s of Independence Thursday: AACtual Therapy – Building Language and Emergent Literacy Skills with ‘Do You Wear Diapers?’ Friday: Fast Fact Friday – School-based SLPs and Students with AAC Needs
June 28, 2013
by Carole Zangari -
Marlene Cummings is back to share some thoughts on creating communication-friendly environments. As an AAC consultant to the Oakland Schools, Marlene gets to support AAC implementation in a variety of classrooms with all types of learners. You can read her earlier posts here and here. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 5 Things to Consider in the “Communication Environment” The first thing we want to ask: Is language being represented visibly? We in AAC are often known by our “stuff”. Because we need to represent language visibly and love technology, we typically have a lot of “stuff”. I, for one, currently have a large storage unit holding 30+ years of “stuff” waiting to be distributed to all my new teams since I am no longer in the classroom. Let’s start by looking around our instructional environment. It is our intention to model the use of language being represented visibly and to provide the vocabulary and opportunities for... [Read More...]
December 15, 2012
by Carole Zangari -
Four-year-old Josiah had a tiny one that was clipped to his belt loop so it was handy all throughout his day in preschool. Mr. Allan, who was hemiplegic and used a manual wheelchair, liked to keep one underneath his right thigh so he could grab it quickly whenever he wanted to talk. Dougie’s was big, really big, and he carried it under his arm wherever he went. Marla’s was a permanent fixture on her wheelchair laptray, and if she came without it because a caregiver forgot to put it on, it was likely to be a very l-o-n-g day. Geena’s looked like a DayPlanner and had it’s own special compartment in her purse. What are we talking about? Communication books, of course. And despite the fact that they all served the same general purpose, the communication books referenced in these examples couldn’t have looked more distinct. In this week’s post,... [Read More...]