Resources for Families- PLN’s
This month’s ‘Strategy of the Month’ has been focused on supporting families. To fully support families, it is essential to provide family friendly resources that can aid in creating Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). The more families know and learn, the more likely the AAC learner will progress in their communication skills. Also, the more information families have, the better advocates they will become. And since families are one of the only constants in an AAC learner’s educational and life journey, the family is really the most important part the communication team.
About AAC
- About AAC- ASHA
- AAC Institute- Parent’s Corner
- Center for AAC & Autism
- AAC -Family Resources
- Assistive Technology Resources- Autism Speaks
- Communication Matters
Communication Books & Boards
- ConnectAbility
- http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/
- Pre-made Communication Boards
- Help Designing Communication Books
Free & Discounted AAC Apps
- Appy Malls
- Smart Apps for Kids
- Moms with Apps
- The iMums
- Apps Wheel *(categorized wheel of apps to guide in app selection)
Blogs
- Uncommon Sense
- Small But Kinda Mighty
- Glenda’s Assistive Technology Information and More
- Jane Farrall’s Blog
- Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs
- Spectronics
- AAC Girls
Filed under: Strategy of the Month
Tagged With: Apps, communication boards, COmmunication Books, Family support, resources
This post was written by Robin Parker
2 Comments
Supporting and training parents is so important! And they often get left out of the loop. It makes me crazy when schools complain that parents don’t follow through, but they’ve put no effort into training them. Thanks for the good info. I will be sure to share with parents!
Such good points, Susan. I am always surprised when teams fail to put AAC training into the IEP. We ALL need it and would benefit from learning more than the operational aspects of the technology. How to implement, what to do to build language, etc. Thanks for stopping by to comment.