Introducing an AAC Device

New to AAC? Learn together!


Picture Communication Symbol from Boardmaker



AAC stands for "Augmentative and Alternative Communication." AAC, is a term that is used to describe various methods of
communication that can help people who are unable to use verbal speech
to communicate. AAC can benefit a wide range of individuals, from a
beginning communicator to a more sophisticated

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Universal Design for Learning and the Common Core

 





Wordle from Howard-Winn Tech Blog




I don't know about you, but I love TED talks. (TED = Technology, Entertainment, Design.) Although I have known about and preached Universal Design for Learning (UDL) since I began this blog, I could have never explain it as well as Todd Rose did in his TED Talk, "The Myth of Average". Thank you, Todd, for providing this concept so beautifully. (This is

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Sites to Support Classrooms

Just a few sites for teachers to get acquainted with.  Also, please note that my Pinterest Boards have become much richer lately, as have my blog postings. I have been working on cleaning and gathering resources for your use. The main purpose of this blog is to provide resources for your use in the classroom.



A Turn to Learn has provided you with Step-by-step directions for How to

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Reading Strategies with Older Students

From Resources from Teachers. 





Many learners encounter obstacles with the reading process and for
some, it is a pervasive problem. New estimates report that as many as 1
in 10 children have reading disabilities, such as dyslexia, that impact
academics in the areas of word decoding, reading comprehension, reading
fluency, word retrieval, reading speed and tracking.  So what can we do to

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Reading Websites for Young Readers

Learning to read starts with being exposed to great books. Reading should be fun and intimate. The Internet has become such a rich resource that software is rarely needed any longer and I guess this could be the only exposure a child has to books, but I sure hope not! Part of learning to read is the intimacy that comes from sharing a good book. Not just reading it but discussing it, talking about

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Video Modeling

If you have an iPhone or a Flip Camera you can start adding a new
dimension right away with teaching social skills with students on the
autism spectrum or with intellectual disabilities.  Video modeling (VM) is a teaching strategy in which a teacher shows a video of desired behaviors or interactions to an individual student or small group of students.

With advances in mobile technology, VM

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Goals to Support AAC Use

When
a student is provided an AAC device, the next part is to think about,
how do we teach it? How do we support it? How do we write goals in the
IEP.



Remembering that goals must be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timely, when it comes to AAC, we must also consider that who, what, when, where and how. Who does our student need to communicate with? What do they need to be

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