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Shared reading is a learning activity where an adult and a new reader engage with a book together, focusing on interaction rather than just reading.
Starting an AAC learner's journey with high-tech AAC promotes best outcomes for many reasons, including:
“Grocery Shopping AAC Adventure”, enhances communication skills through a fun, real-world grocery shopping experience. AAC users will practice decision-making, expressing needs, and social interaction using their devices, transforming each step into an opportunity for meaningful language use.
Our June Core Words activity is filled with fun and engaging activities that help introduce, implement, and review core words for AAC users. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your students’ communication skills and promote their independence! Click below to download the free resource today.
AAC Adventures At The Park Activity Sheet helps boost AAC skills while having fun at the park or playground! You’ll focus on interactive play, expressing preferences, and social interactions; all facilitated through AAC devices.
AAC users will respond to questions about a friend of their choice or a character of their choosing, and engage by asking their own questions in turn. Download the All About My Friend Activity Sheet and get ready to teach vital communication skills like social mirroring, respectful curiosity, and understanding others!
This handout provides strategies for SLPs to enhance fiction comprehension and boost academic vocabulary understanding in their students. It offers structured activities, such as interactive reading and vocabulary exploration using AAC devices, to support comprehension and language development.
Get ready to have educational fun with a new core word activity sheet! Our May Core Word: HELP Activity Sheet is filled with fun activities for AAC users to practice using “help” in everyday activities. Practicing scenarios where “help” is needed empowers AAC users to express their needs and preferences more effectively. Download the May Core Word: HELP Activity Sheet and prepare for learning and fun!
With Mother’s and Father’s Day just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to celebrate the people in our lives who care for us! Whether it’s Mom, Dad, or someone else who holds a special place in your heart, we’ve prepared a fun and inclusive activity sheet for AAC users of all family backgrounds.
Our “AAC Video Modeling Resource” is an easy-to-follow guide that walks you through the process of taking a video designed to teach your AAC user through modeling. Peer modeling is a research-backed way to help children with disabilities communicate.
The AAC Happiness Project Activity Sheet empowers children to express what happiness means to them, ensuring every child knows their voice matters.
Why is slang important for AAC users? Incorporating slang into AAC systems fosters inclusion, strengthens users’ sense of identity, and supports language development.
Our AAC Strategies for Gestalt Language Processors resource is designed to harness the natural tendencies of GLPs in meaningfully tailored communication experiences.
March Core Words for Analytical Language Learners involves structured activities that focus on logic and detail. Dive into activities targeting essential core words like “Good/Bad,” “It,” “Guess,” and “Again,” each offering valuable opportunities to strengthen these foundational words in the AAC device user’s vocabulary.
This festive guide features a treasure chest of activities you can do with a speech device to enrich your St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, including Irish-themed vocab cards, a “find the leprechaun” game, and “pot of gold” counting activity.
Whether you’re a seasoned SLP or just starting your AAC journey, this resource offers valuable insights into modeling communication functions and fostering meaningful interactions.
Problem-Solving in AAC with Sabotage, provides a how-to guide to implementing problems and encouraging your client to communicate to solve the problem—from an intentionally misplaced remote to an intentionally mismatched shoe.
There are many fun activities that you can do for Valentine’s Day that incorporate speech devices and help encourage device usage. Download our free resource for three fun Valentine’s Day themed ideas that incorporate a speech device.
Download our February Core Words activity for some examples of core words you can target during the month of February in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
Download our February Communication Functions resource for ideas on how to teach communication functions!
Encouraging AAC users to communicate requires creating an enticing environment that promotes natural interactions. Such temptations are pivotal in AAC implementation, fostering both routine use and spontaneous communication.
We’ve created a winter scavenger hunt to do while using a speech device. Grab a winter themed book and stay cozy indoors while finding winter related words to help foster language development!
People Play enhances interaction by focusing on the bond between the child and the engaging adult, which is ideal for children developing shared attention and regulation skills.
Here are some examples of core words you can target during the month of January in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
The goal of AAC is to provide a method of communication for individuals to express their thoughts, needs, and desires in as seamless a manner as possible. Download our January Communication Functions resource for ideas on how to teach communication functions!
By mirroring and amplifying language, you consistently bolster the Child’s language proficiency. Demonstrating nuanced and intricate language will ultimately enable them to become adept communicators.
This guide is designed to be shared with families and aims to empower families to embrace speech device usage during the winter break and beyond.
Here are some examples of core words you can target during the month of December in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
Download our December Communication Functions resource for ideas on how to teach communication functions!
Our Gratitude Bingo resource is designed to boost communication skills while cultivating a spirit of thankfulness. Download it today and embrace the power of gratitude during this special time of year.
This resource is designed to help new and seasoned SLPs support individuals with communication difficulties by providing prompting strategies you can use in your therapy sessions.
Here are some examples of core words you can target during the month of November in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
Our tips will help you interact with your students or clients in a way that fosters confidence in their abilities and enhances communication.
Download our October Communication Functions resource for ideas on how to teach communication functions!
Download our Halloween Activites resource for some fun ideas and strategies for increasing communication skills while getting into the Halloween spirit!
Here are some examples of core words you can target during the month of October in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
Here are some examples of core words you can target during the month of October in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
This resource offers evidence-based research articles and facts that highlight the profound benefits of early AAC device incorporation, dispelling misconceptions and ensuring families make informed decisions.
Our AAC checklist offers a comprehensive guide for SLPs, ensuring thorough review and attention to detail for each student, so nothing is overlooked or forgotten.
Teaching core words is an important part of individuals learning to use an AAC device. One way an SLP can implement this is by introducing a core word of the week. Here are some examples of core words you can target during the month of September in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
Download our back-to-school AAC themed resource to use in your practice or as a handout for parents to use at home. This resource is designed to enhance communication and social skills while promoting language development.
Our “This OR That” activity for speech device users allows SLPs to work collaboratively with their clients to choose between two options and select their preference on their speech device. This interactive activity worksheet is a great opportunity to get to know your client’s preferences and promote language skills!
An important area of implementing a speech device is its use across environments. Embedding the use of AAC in a user’s daily routines is important when looking to make progress with using a device. Download our Incorporating AAC Into Daily Routines resource for tips, tricks, and strategies to help speech device users succeed!
Teaching core words is an important part of individuals learning to use an AAC device. One way an SLP can implement this is by introducing a core word of the week. Here are some examples of core words you can target in your therapy sessions/across environments and activities associated with each.
This activity is great to use in speech therapy sessions to help facilitate conversation, promote rapport-building, and learn more about each other’s interests and experiences. This activity can serve as a starting point for getting to know each other better while incorporating speech and language-related content.
Our “All About Me” fillable word game for speech device users allows SLPs to work collaboratively with their students or clients to fill in the mad lib using their speech device, thereby promoting language comprehension, vocabulary expansion, and creative expression.
Our “Summer Activities” resource provides easy and engaging activities to enhance communication skills. Each activity promotes language development, social interaction, and cognitive skills.
We understand the importance of engaging and interactive activities in speech therapy sessions, which is why we have developed a comprehensive lesson plan that offers three different activities to target body parts. These activities have been designed to be both fun and educational, ensuring that your clients enjoy the learning process while improving their language skills.
Insufficient information can significantly impede treatment efforts for speech and hearing disorders. This resource be used with parents, caregivers, and the community to promote awareness, educate the community, and empower others!
Download our “Communicating with AAC Devices in Everyday Situations” activity to help individuals with communication challenges practice using their AAC devices in real-life scenarios.
Download our free myth busting resource to use in your practice or give to families to combat common myths associated with early intervention and support the research behind introducing AAC early to aid in language development.
Download our free resource to learn about different ways you can reduce or replace challenging behaviors with alternative functional communication
Download our Earth Week Words resource for a fun activity to promote communication and language development! You can use it in your practice or give to families to try at home.
There are many speech therapy strategies that can be used to boost communication skills in children with ASD and other communication disorders. Download our free resource for ideas you can use in your practice or at home to aid in speech and language development.
Download this free resource for some examples of activities that you can do within your therapy session or that families can do at home to work on motivating an individual to communicate with their speech device and expand their vocabulary.
With Spring right around the corner, it is a great time to get outside with your AAC users to talk about the things that you can find! Download our springtime scavenger hunt for a fun activity to do with your speech device.
There are many fun activities that you can do for St. Patrick’s Day that incorporate speech devices and help encourage device usage. Download our free resource for four fun St. Patrick’s Day themed ideas that incorporate a speech device.
Encouraging speech device usage in all settings is important to achieve best outcomes. Providing parents with our Tips to Encourage Speech Device Usage At Home download can help ensure they are comfortable working with their child and their AAC device in their home.
Increase the use of different communication functions! Use the weekly functions tracker to document specific words or phrases the AAC user says. Use it in your practice or print it out for families to use at home!
There are many fun activities that you can do for Valentine’s Day that incorporate speech devices and help encourage device usage. Download our free resource for four fun Valentine’s Day themed ideas that incorporate a speech device.
With the New Year beginning, it’s a great time for a fresh perspective on using an AAC device! We’ve created a “New Year, New Words” resource for you to use in your speech therapy sessions or to print out and give to families.
There are no prerequisites for an individual to use a speech generating device. The earlier you introduce this form of AAC, the better! Download our resource below to learn 5 things you may not know about AAC to help get your students the speech device they deserve!
There are many fun activities that you can do this Holiday Season that incorporate AAC devices and help encourage device usage. Download our free resource for three fun holiday-themed ideas that incorporate an AAC device.
For an individual to be successful with their speech device, they need access to it in all settings – especially at home. We’ve created a free download that you can provide to families to help increase speech device utilization at home. All you need to do is fill in the basic information.
We’ve all been there – you are working with you student or client and their speech device has low battery because it wasn’t charged the night before. We’ve created a daily device checklist that you can print out and give to families to help ensure your student or client’s device is ready to use each day!
The wrong speech app, costly repairs, lack of support – the list goes on and on with reasons AAC devices are abandoned. Follow our guide to combat the most common reasons for device abandonment and help you and your students and clients reach their maximum potential.
Successful communication happens when an individual uses their communication device in ALL settings. Providing families with a resource to help them get started with modeling AAC during their daily routines is key.
Worrying a child will become too dependent on their speech device and lose motivation to talk is a common misconception among AAC users and their parents or caregivers. We’ve created a helpful resource with talking points to help facilitate the conversation with parents and caregivers and get their approval.
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