Blogs written by Jennifer Marden

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Illustration of four children with different facial expressions and emotions, with a finger pointing to one

Using AAC to talk about emotions

How did you learn to label your emotional state as “sad” or “tired”? This blog is full of strategies for teaching the spoken words for feelings - especially for AAC users.

9 minute read

Teach me to fish: Building grammar skills

To learn how to create grammar on an AAC system, you’ll need to see how the AAC system does grammar – even if you already know how good grammar sounds in speech.

7 minute read

Wonderful (Core) Words of the Week

AssistiveWare's SLPs Amanda and Jennifer look at the Core Word of the Week Planners, one of the resources of the AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom, which help with focused modeling and teaching of a specific core word.

6 minute read

Hidden treasures in the AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom

AssistiveWare's SLPs Amanda and Jennifer look at the different resources of the AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom that can help you plan for core words throughout the day.

3 minute read

Teaching Core Words: using WOW vs PAW

AssistiveWare's SLPs Amanda and Jennifer look at the different resources of the AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom that can help you plan for core words throughout the day.

5 minute read

Using Progressive Language in Proloquo2Go

The new Progressive Language feature helps you to hide and reveal buttons in a developmental order.

3 minute read

5 minute fillers: Fill every minute with core words!

AssistiveWare's SLPs Amanda and Jennifer look at the different resources of the AssistiveWare Core Word Classroom that can help you plan for core words throughout the day. Read about one of the most popular resources in the classroom.

2 minute read

Planning for core words

Are you looking for more ways to bring core words into your everyday routines? Do you often struggle to think of what core words you could teach and model? Do you find yourself in a rut of modeling requesting, but find it harder to think about other communication functions to teach? If so, you need our Core Word Planners!

6 minute read