PrAACtical Resources: Storm Preparation and Recovery
Before, during, and after – storms can be scary business and people with AAC needs are among the most vulnerable in extreme weather events. Our neighbors in Texas and the Gulf Coast are recovering from the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey, and we’ve got our eye on Hurricane Irma’s path. Here are some resources that you can explore to help in storm preparation and recovery.
Hurricane Harvey
Please consider helping however you can.
- Get or Give Help
- AAC Relief for for Hurricane Harvey organized by USSAAC, Communication Circles, Disability Connections, and CERV of Monterey
- Matching donations by Prentke Romich Company
- Texas SLP Fund by Teachers Pay Teachers SLPs
- Therapy Materials for Flooded SLPs request TSTS Lite Version access (by email: Carrie@SpeechAndLanguageKids.com)
- Help for Harvey SLPs by Help for Harvey SLPs Facebook group
- Pass It On Reuse Center (for AT)
- AAC Relief for for Hurricane Harvey organized by USSAAC, Communication Circles, Disability Connections, and CERV of Monterey
- Hurricane Resource page by Tobii Dynavox
Other Storm-related Resources
- It is Hurricane Season by Autism Educators
- Hurricane Preparation by Mary Grace Hektner via Boardmaker Online (need Boardmaker to use)
- What Is A Hurricane? by Mary Grace Hektner via Boardmaker Online (need Boardmaker to use)
- Tornado Vocabulary by Mary Grace Hektner via Boardmaker Online (need Boardmaker to use)
- Storm Social Narrative by Sandy K via Boardmaker Online (need Boardmaker to use)
- Making a Thunder Box from the Practically Speeching blog
- Webinar on Disaster Preparedness for People with Complex Communication Needs by AAC RERC
- Emergency Preparedness for Children with Autism from the Preparedness Mama
- Emergency Communication Board by Temple University Institute on Disabilities
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This post was written by Carole Zangari
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This is very helpful! Thank you for writing this and including the resources! I am a volunteer for the Recovers: AAC Relief Hurricane Harvey. Another SLP and I are collecting communication boards/pages that have disaster type vocabulary. If there are any SLPs who would like to volunteer to make pages/boards with disaster vocabulary (hurricane, fire) please contact Leanne at poolleanne@gmail.com. We also need templates for low and mid tech voice output devices.