Throwback Thursday: AACtivities for Language Building

• Expanding vocabulary
• Increasing sentence length and complexity
• Using a greater range of communicative functions
• Applying morphological markers

Given the heterogeneity of our AAC learners, it’s no surprise that the language goals we address are just as diverse. Today, we dig through the archives to highlight activities that can be used to target an array of language learning objectives. Browse through the list to see if you can find some that are of use in your AAC work.

1. Magic Moments with Tellagami
2. New Word Teaching: A Look Inside Some PrAACtical Therapy Sessions
3. Teaming Up to Build Communication with a Treat Cart: Part 1, Part 2
4. AACtual Therapy: Use Your Best Spud to Teach Vocabulary With Tanna Neufeld
5. PrAACtical Supports for AAC Learners: AT Recipes for Success – Sensorimotor Activities
6. AAC Intervention: 5 Activities with PrAACtical Potential
7. Vocabulary Activities: 5 Sites for Learning with Avatars
8. PrAACtical Teaching in the Autism Classroom: Instructional Activities for Core Vocabulary
9. Why We Love AAC Language Experience Activities
10. 5 Ways to Use Word Clouds in AAC Therapy and Magic Moments with Word Clouds
11. Magic Moments: Painting with Time
12. Teaching the Use of Social Phrases and Comments
13. Let’s Go Outside! 5 PrAACtical Ideas
14. “Can I Ask You a Question?” Language Experience Surveys
15. 5  PrAACtical Thoughts on Catch-up Conversations
16. Magic Moments with Sentence Builder

Do you have a tried-and-true activity for building language in AAC learners? We’d love to hear about it.