From the start of my career as a Speech-Language Pathologist, I have worked with many children who use high-tech speech generating device systems (SGDs) or augmentative communication. While many speech-language pathologists worried that SGDs would slow down speech, I found the opposite to be true: using SGDs helped the children I worked with create an...
Read MoreThis little one is transitioning through CVI stages. We are moving out of tangible and concrete items and onto a screen. The first step in doing this is providing a voice output underneath the item. You can either use a voice output switch or some sort of device. Before I do any motor planning or...
Read MoreBest practice for teaching new vocabulary is…80% core AND 20% fringe vocabulary according to research by Bean A., Cargill L., & Lyle S. (2019).I had a big “aha” movement in March wherein I realized one of the little ones I am working with was not progressing as fast as I would have liked her to in...
Read MoreCore words are a systematic way to teach and use single messages by combining either one or a string of them to form either single word phrases or expansive multi-word sentences. A core vocabulary varies from person to person, across ages, cultures and speaking environments. It can be an overwhelming process to select core words,...
Read MoreAAC Blogs & Email Services Parent support groups are resourceful especially during this super exciting and new part of your child’s life. It is also very important to connect with those that know and understand exactly what your family is going through. Now in 2019, because technology connects us everyday, we are able to connect...
Read MoreModeling & Aided Language Stimulation in the AAC World Aided Language Stimulation, along is a way to support an AAC user and encourage them to use their new device. Aided Language Stimulation allows the user to have a targeted set of communication messages during a real conversation. Pointing, gesturing, to or selecting cells on an...
Read MoreDIY Cause & Effect Lights for Switch Users This is a great and inexpensive idea for cause and effect switch lights. These images are from one of our client’s birthday parties. We designed personalized cause and effect lights and mounted them on the tray of her wheelchair. This way she had a completely independent way...
Read MoreWhat is AAC? Augmentative and Alternative Communication, also known as AAC, is changing the communication world as we know it! The name AAC comes from the meaning of augment, to enhance something and alternative, another way to do something. AAC is used everyday, and you might not even be thinking about it! It essentially is...
Read MoreWhat is Partner Assisted Scanning Partner Assisted Scanning gives access to communication by help of a communication partner for those with limited to no verbal Speech. It also can be used as a technique to choice making as a strategy for behavior management. This method best can also help those who have severe motor and/or...
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