Social Stories For Taking Care and Using an AAC Device

My Device and Me is a social story to help students learn about their new AAC device. The story focuses on using the device for communication, where a high tech device can be used, and when a paper backup should be used.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ABLC4kO4cB79RCVmZPr6vS5r7xpSa58Vu7D-J3MzazE/copy#slide=id.p

Taking Care Of My Device is a social story to help students learn proper care and management of their AAC device. The story focuses on practical skills such as charging the device and behavior skills such as using nice hands and feet.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1srtYsvb1rSIyHPzU-PHXru3WTIpgAz2CcS-PWLgEPr0/copy#slide=id.p

A note on the terminology used throughout these stories: we decided to adhere to the terms reported most favorably within the recent survey conducted by Alyssa Hillary Zisk and Lily Konyn. You can find out more about this survey in their archived AAC in the Cloud presentation. Having said this, these stories should of course be personalized with the terminology preferred by the AAC user and their community. These are Google Slide decks and you can download a copy of them to easily modify and then keep as Google Slides or save as PowerPoints or PDFs. Happy Reading!

Written By: Tahlee Yichye