There is a wealth of information and materials for you on our website, so you may be asking yourself, "Where in the world do I start?" No worries, we've got you! This is the first stop in your training! In this unit we will be answering some primary questions to get you started!
Our specialized training hub dedicated to supporting communication success in Early Intervention in the home and our preschool classrooms
AAC Partner Strategy Kits are engaging posters/handouts, descriptions and short videos explaining and modeling techniques for you to use to help your student be willing, and able to communicate using their AAC system!
5 steps to move from training to talking, give you a clear path for you and your student learner. Learning to communicate is a shared journey between the learner and their partners, and that makes sense! Communication is a shared activity between two people. It is the means for us to make connections, meet our needs, engage socially, participate in shared experiences, and bridge the gap between our experiences and sharing these their partners.
Parents come in all levels of experience, expectations and knowledge. Some of them could teach us a thing or two, and others have never considered the use of visuals to support their child's language. They often gather information from a wide variety of sources, some credible and some "not-so" credible. We can begin to help them help their children by helping to debunk myths, explain the basic use of AAC and pointing them toward all of the wonderful "credible" resources out there! These flyers are a quick introduction to the world of AAC!
AAC Quickstart is the first of our quickstart flyers, designed to introduce the new to AAC partner to some basic AAC concepts as they get started with their child, student or friend who uses AAC.
AAC Talk The Talk is an introduction to the most effective means of teaching AAC to a new communicator: modeling! Simple steps to get started help even a novice figure out where to begin!
AAC To the Core teaches AAC partners about the 200-400 most frequently used words in our daily lives. These powerful words are a great place to begin talking with and teaching the use of AAC!
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Carole Zangari, author of the PrAACtical AAC Blog, has shared a fantastic AAC 101 Flipbook with easy to digest strategies and tips for using AAC. This is a perfect flipbook for families as they get started! It takes a minute to prepare, so be ready, but it's well worth it in the end!
The AAC Coach is a free website designed specifically for parents. They freely offer access to a Google Drive where you can download the infographics that are shared on social media. There are also explanations of each of the concepts with many offered in Spanish as well!
These flyers are a quick introduction to the world of AAC for our families!
There are many Light Tech AAC options we can offer a wide range of communication options for our students. These options are simple, low-tech, and do not require batteries or electronics, making them an easy "first step" to introduce to our families! Let's look at some of the options!
It is highly important that we assist our families of AAC users in planning, and sometimes programming their AAC systems to include all of these highly relevant messages. Let's talk about it!
There are many options for training families. Here are a few to consider!
In an effort to help our students generalize their new communication skills, we have homework packets for you to send home!
We all know our students learn to communicate primarily at home. You can invite parents to complete the Home & Community Schedule Analysis so that school teams can help the family integrate AAC into their home life.