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Coaching Families Through AAC: Lessons from a Powerful Course

Coaching Families Through AAC: Lessons from a Powerful Course

As a seasoned speech-language pathologist, I’ve had AAC users on my caseload for years. This course was a fresh reminder that successful AAC use isn’t just about the technology—it’s about relationships, responsiveness, and readiness. This blog will give AAC family coaching tips for speech-language pathologists.…

What is Core Vocabulary for Augmentative Communication?

What is Core Vocabulary for Augmentative Communication?

One of the shifts in working with students with significant disabilities has been the selection of vocabulary that we teach and how we introduce that. Previously we would teach concrete nouns that were in the child’s environment or were part of a lesson. It would…

Project Core: University of North Carolina

Project Core: University of North Carolina

I have been a speech and language pathologist, for now, forty-one years and over that time I have experienced changes in how we conduct therapy as research further defines best practices. One area that has been rapidly changing is in our work with students with…

AAC Core Vocabulary : Ideas for Teaching GO

AAC Core Vocabulary : Ideas for Teaching GO

  Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is constantly evolving not just the technology surrounding it but also the vocabulary that we emphasis as we teach it. I have been in the field for forty-one years and have seen the transformation of how we think of AAC.…