Symbol-based AAC

Symbol-based AAC

Setting up for AAC

• Presume competence
• 4 things every AAC system needs
• Choosing an AAC grid size
• Personalizing your AAC system and vocabulary
• Always make AAC available
• Quick Communication Boards
• How to get your AAC team on board
• Plan for AAC throughout the day

Starting communication

• Modeling: Use AAC to teach AAC
• Don't limit communication with activity boards: Use your AAC
• All the reasons we communicate
• Communication partner skills for AAC learners
• Engage and interact with AAC learners

Building language and communication

• Core word teaching strategies
• Teaching AAC users grammar
• Integrating comprehensive literacy instruction
• Get practical ideas for building language

Guide for symbol-based AAC

Establish communication skills for the symbol-based AAC users.

Learn AAC Guide

Potential roadblocks

• Give up too soon
• Lack of support in different environments
• Stalled at choice-making and requesting
• Different AAC Systems in one environment
• AAC will stop a person from learning to speak
• AAC users are required to prove themselves

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