September 5, 2012
by Robin Parker -
AAC Supports- Don’t Go ANYWHERE Without Them.. Access To AAC & Visual Supports Allows Students to: Let you know what they want Let you know nicely what they don’t want Answer class questions Ask a question Say ‘I don’t know’ Ask for help Tell you they are having fun Create a Sentence Argue Negotiate Say a line in a school play Say ‘here’ during attendance Tell what they did on the weekend Tell what they did over the summer Tell you what they want to do at home Tell you if they are happy Tell you if they are scared Tell you if they are frustrated Tell you about their family Tell you about their pets Say please Say their name Say hello to a person Tell you what they like to do Ask for more Tell you which color they want Ask for a break Tell you why they are... [Read More...]
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: Benefits AAC, Nice Things To Say
July 29, 2012
by Robin Parker -
When we first started PrAACtical AAC, Carole wrote a post titled “5 Nice Things To Say To A Student Who Uses AAC”. We thought it was time to update these by adding visual support (and a few extra nice things to say). Why did we want to add visual support? Because then we are able to implement a favorite language facilitation strategy— Aided Language Input (ALI). We try to implement aided language input (ALI) when providing positive specific feedback so the message can be ‘seen and heard’. We can definitely say nice things without visual support (and we do), but when we can, we do. Everyone needs to hear nice things, A LOT. Just ask yourself, do you get all the positive feedback you want? Visualize- 9 Nice Things To Say To A Student Who Use AAC *All images created from Open Clipart Library which is the library for high-quality free clipart and ImageBot. A PDF... [Read More...]
Filed under: PrAACtical Thinking
Tagged With: AAC Users, aided language input, Nice Things To Say