How I Use My Voice is a social story to help students understand what they can use their AAC device for. The story focuses on the different ways they can communicate using the device in order to increase device engagement.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oEA1Agigk-au91gas68i8m252yr7pt9X6GvhIscQNEY/copy#slide=id.p

Using My Device In The Classroom is a social story to help students understand the social rules around using their AAC device in the classroom. The story focuses on situations like using headphones to explore the device and remembering to wait their turn in a conversation.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1e_bVYi1VGwym74DWXDPMuk41LrCshPDSj7lt8-mk_M0/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