Tag Archive: interaction
October 23, 2019
by Carole Zangari -
We are extremely pleased to share the work of AAC researcher, scholar, and clinician, Dr. Erna Alant. Today, we invite you to view this archived webinar in which Dr. Alant addresses the nature and quality of our interaction. She helps us better understand the role of engagement and social closeness and how we can create environments that facilitate the development of friendships. This session was organized and hosted by Dr. Kathy Howery and the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium (ERLC) and the Alberta Regional Professional Development Consortia (ARPDC). We are grateful for their wonderful support of the AAC community through their webinar series and to Dr. Alant for this thought-provoking session. You can obtain the handout for this session here. Direct Link to Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYO9bZafmN0&list=PL6P1FySUgEPTn4VCfpiDhrtFIOZbW69mf&index=2
Filed under: Video of the Week
Tagged With: connection, Erna Alant, interaction, social closeness
February 16, 2016
by Carole Zangari -
Elliott has been using some form of high tech AAC since he was in kindergarten and can express wants/needs easily. Though his language is simplistic compared to his 5th grade peers, he is able to use his SGD to give opinions, explain them, ask questions, engage in small talk, and tell short narratives. His SLP has targeted skills in inferencing, use of prefixes (‘un’ and ‘re’), verbal reasoning, Tier 2 vocabulary, and embedded clauses to help Elliott acquire the language skills that will allow him to be more successful in his academic work. She is keenly aware that, as he transitions to middle school, the academic and social demands on him will increase significantly. Although Elliott can spontaneously produce 9-12 word sentences, he usually communicates in short, simple utterances. In a recent interaction he used a single word, ‘good,’ to describe a video, and a short sentence (‘I was mad’)... [Read More...]
Filed under: Featured Posts, PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: interaction, language intervention
April 21, 2015
by Carole Zangari -
“But my kid wants to use the app on his own terms, not with ME!” Ever faced this conundrum? There are so many wonderful apps that are terrific for building interaction and language skills, but some of our prAACtical friends don’t want us to interact with them during iPad play**. Today, we’re thinking about strategies to use when kids would rather engage in solitary play as opposed to welcoming us as interaction partners in their iPad games. How can we help them increase their tolerance for interaction when playing on the iPad? Here are a few things to try. Make expectations clear with visual supports. It’s hard to cooperate when you don’t have an understanding of what’s supposed to happen. When kids are used to playing games, reading books, or watching videos on their own, they sometimes resist our participation out of the fear that they won’t get to do... [Read More...]
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: iDevice, implementation ideas, interaction, visual supports
October 3, 2014
by Carole Zangari -
Friday is a great day to pause for a bit of fun. I had the opportunity to meet Janelle Sampson, of Two Way Street, this spring and learn a little bit about the work that she does. In this post, we share a video of one of her little friends using various modalities to communicate with his mother and brother. Enjoy this wonderfully prAACtical interaction! Big Words for Little Boys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FWimeCvbIY
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: Fun Friday, interaction, Multimodal, vocabulary
September 26, 2014
by Carole Zangari -
This resource from AAC Scotland has lots of great tips and strategies for helping to make communication exchanges with people who use AAC more successful. We love that many of them are straight from people who communicate with AAC. It is very interactive so make sure to click and explore. You can also download a pamphlet explaining AAC here.
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: AAC Scotland, interaction, partners, resources
November 13, 2013
by Robin Parker -
A cool idea for using routines to promote interactions by the Watson Institute. Check out the Watson Institute for other great videos at their You Tube Channel: watsoninstitute1917
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: interaction, Routines
January 27, 2013
by Carole Zangari -
Reuben explores this topic and finds words of wisdom expressed by people who speak in many ways. But mostly, he guides each of us to ask ourselves “What kind of listener am I?”
Filed under: Video of the Week
Tagged With: comprehend, first person account, interaction, interview, listening