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Support communication with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Get to know AAC

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What is AAC?
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Nonspeaking child learns to speak in classroom with Proloquo2Go app augmentative and alternative communication strategies
Do we need AAC?
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Presuming competence
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AAC for different communication impairments
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4 things every AAC system needs
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AAC help: Common phrases and buzzwords
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What AAC is right for me?

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Finding AAC
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Using symbols and text for communication
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Should I try text-based AAC?
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When speech is unreliable: Part-time AAC use
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Set-up your AAC

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High-tech or light-tech? AAC for any situation
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Choosing an AAC grid size
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Young boy eating ice cream and using Proloquo2Go on iPad and a person behind him
Personalizing your AAC system and vocabulary
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Always make AAC available
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Plan for AAC throughout the day
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Lisa using Proloquo4Text in an art gallery to talk with her friend
Making the most of Proloquo4Text
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Start using AAC

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Learn AAC Guide
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Lisa using her Apple Watch to communicate with her friend in an arty environment
Considering all forms of communication
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Modeling: Use AAC to teach AAC
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Communication Functions: All the reasons we communicate
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Young boy learning with iPad with his mother
Communication partner skills for AAC learners
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Teenage girl and teacher laughing communicating with AAC system Proloquo2Go
Engage and interact with AAC learners
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AssistiveWare's Core word boards
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Build an AAC team

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7 tips for successful AAC team meetings
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What is an AAC team?
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How to be a respectful communication partner
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How to be an AAC supporter
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Lisa writes on her iPad while her son reads what she writes
7 ways to include AAC users in conversation
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AAC mentors: Role-models and experts for AAC users
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AAC practical strategies

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Read and write at home with your AAC user - Make it real! Make it fun!
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Core word teaching strategies
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Get practical ideas for building language
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Teenager learning AAC using iPad with teacher
Don’t limit communication with topic boards: Use your AAC
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Young boy in classroom learning with iPad AAC System
Teaching AAC users grammar
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Young boy communicating using iPad with AAC system
Integrating literacy with AAC instruction
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Overcoming AAC obstacles

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Problem-solving in AAC teams
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Are there prerequisites for AAC?
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Teenage boy and women using iPad
Communication beyond requesting
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Young boy and women using iPad
Will AAC stop a person from learning to speak?
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Young boy using iPad
Don't give up too soon
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Adapting to different AAC systems
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Lifelong AAC

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Girl looking up with basketball in her hands, ready to throw, adult in background
Supported decision-making when you cannot speak
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3 strategies to support choice and control for AAC users
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Two children walking hand in hand down a ramp while mother watches from a distance
Reducing vulnerability for nonspeaking people
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Lisa orders at a bakery using Proloquo4Text on her Apple Watch
12 ways to make your community more communication accessible
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The importance of social media for AAC users
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Lisa lets a doctor read what she has written in Proloquo4Text on her iPad
Planning for AAC in medical settings
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Amanda with student pointing at a printed coreword board in her hand, both sitting in a sandbox outside
Planning for communication when AAC is not available
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