Amber Lieto – AAC Activities and Aided Language Input Multiple methods (lo-tech, high-tech, switch use, adapted games) for demonstrating communicative functions. Goals targeted: emergent AAC skills (following ability continuum), requesting, commenting, asking questions, sharing information, early literacy, greetings, and familiarity with navigational symbols/smart keys. Students will learn language carries meaning through consistent modeling using a total communication approach. Students K-3.
Get 10 activity ideas for using AAC in teletherapy. From hidden pictures to virtual field trips, these creative activities will make your virtual speech therapy sessions engaging, interesting, and fun for AAC users.
Nothing makes me happier than combining literacy with communication opportunities. In my K-2 classroom 90% of my students use alternative methods to support their communication or use AAC exclusively as their voice. I’ve learned so much about AAC and ways to incorporate it into my classroom over the past few years. Here’s a simple activity to combine read-a-loud and AAC modeling. This is a huge hit in my classroom and I’m sure your students will love it, too!
Discover fun AAC activities that enhance communication through play. Engage and inspire with creative strategies for effective speech therapy sessions.
Increase Communication Functions Increase Word Variety Device Use and Navigation AAC Access Communication Repair For more information on AAC goal writing, I’d highly recommend Linda Burkhart’s goal writing resource here. Read more about my goals here. Tips for AAC Success Effective AAC implementation should focus on these three research-supported priorities: If you’re looking for a […]
AAC activities can be fun and engaging for people of all ages and abilities. Here are 10 ideas for fun AAC activities:
We don’t need to create special activities for our students to use their AAC devices. We can incorporate AAC into anything we do. Sometimes something as simple as playing a game really gets my students motivated to use their devices. I wanted to share about 3 simple games I have been using recently with my students to help them practice using their AAC devices in a fun way.
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I help speech language pathologists and parents by sharing simple therapy ideas for improving the communication skills of special needs children, autism, down syndrome, early intervention. I provide simple to follow lessons, parent handouts, printables, and courses to make their lives easier.
I help speech language pathologists and parents by sharing simple therapy ideas for improving the communication skills of special needs children, autism, down syndrome, early intervention. I provide simple to follow lessons, parent handouts, printables, and courses to make their lives easier.
We don’t need to create special activities for our students to use their AAC devices. We can incorporate AAC into anything we do. Sometimes something as simple as playing a game really gets my students motivated to use their devices. I wanted to share about 3 simple games I have been using recently with my students to help them practice using their AAC devices in a fun way.
What is AAC? AAC refers to a range of methods and tools that can be used to augment or replace spoken communication for people who have difficulty speaking or expressing themselves.
Nothing makes me happier than combining literacy with communication opportunities. In my K-2 classroom 90% of my students use alternative methods to support their communication or use AAC exclusively as their voice. I’ve learned so much about AAC and ways to incorporate it into my classroom over the past few years. Here’s a simple activity to combine read-a-loud and AAC modeling. This is a huge hit in my classroom and I’m sure your students will love it, too!
Using AAC for communication in the classroom can be overwhelming. Here are my tips for using AAC to support students in the classroom.
Hopebridge SLP Hayley Brodt Shares How AAC Devices Give Kids a Voice From the moment their babies are born, parents wish they could mindread. Knowing when infants want to eat, sleep or have their diapers changed – or any other reason behind their cries – would certainly make things a lot easier! As they get […]
This is a quick but effective visual that I have been wanting to show you! I used images and directions from the Common Ground Collaboration to complete this job! Thanks to Mark and Brenda for making them available! Are you even an SLP if you haven’t selfied (is that a word?) in front of […]
Browse over 730 educational resources created by Core Connect AAC in the official Teachers Pay Teachers store.
If you read this blog regularly, you know that I talk a lot about AAC implementation and best practices for getting your aac users to commun...
Last week and this coming week, we are targeting the word "OPEN" in speech and in the classroom. Here is a handout we shared with the teach...
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