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AAC… How to do it in this crazy school world we are living in
Angela Shofner provided a presentation entitled AAC… How to do it in this crazy school world we are living in, offering many suggestions on how her staff is implementing AAC using a core vocabulary approach throughout the Rutherford County School District. The presentation’s emphasis was how they developed and implemented a plan to ensure goals are being addressed consistently in both the school and therapy settings. The basis of the plan was to provide frequent modeling with AAC devices and core boards to increase the students' learning and language integration.
Language & Literacy
As children listen, they learn to speak. Speech helps them learn to read, which helps them read to learn. A perfect snowball, right!? Not always. Many of the students we serve have communication, cognitive and/or physical challenges that impede typical development of speech and language skills…which creates a different kind of snowball.
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) for School Teams
Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) for School Teams
Janice Reese, M.Ed., OT/L, ATP Director of Assistive Technology Little TN Valley Educational Cooperative TN Talks Project Leader Middle & Upper-Cumberland Regions
What is Aided Language Stimulation or Aided Language Input?
What is Aided Language Stimulation or Aided Language Input? And how do you implement it? The best way to learn this technique is by watching others. Here are video overviews of the concept and many examples of ALS in practice using different types of communication devices and in a variety of situations.
Intro to AAC
Presentation covering: What is AAC?, Levels of Representation, Reasons for Communication, Aided Language Modeling, Types of Communication Displays, Ways to Access AAC, Janice Light’s Four Areas of Competency Framework