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Honoring EVERYONE's right to communicate
Happy New Year USSAAC members and guests. We're ready to start the new year off right with a thought-provoking article by Patricia Politano about strategies we can use to ensure that EVERYONE can communicate.
Confidence, Willingness to Communicate, and AAC
When you consider confidence, what is it that first comes to mind? Do you imagine someone who is a risk-taker and fearless? Maybe you view that person as admirable, but you doubt you could achieve their level of confidence. Do you perhaps picture someone who verges on...
Key AAC Issues
Today we are pleased to welcome seven speech-language pathology students from San Jose State University. As part of their Professional Issues course, they conducted a project identifying key issues regarding Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
Accessing the World: Any Time and From Anywhere Are Individuals Who Use AAC Still Being Left Behind?
Today we are pleased to welcome guest blogger, Diane Nelson Bryen, to share her perspective on expanding communication for individuals using AAC beyond face-to-face interactions.
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Introduction
Do you remember when people with complex communication...
Using the Communication Matrix Creatively
Happy Thanksgiving USSAAC members and guests. Today we are thankful for today’s guest author, Karen Natoci, who shares her ideas about using the Communication Matrix creatively to guide communication partners in promoting progress.
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The Communication Matrix...
“Inspire, Don't Require”: How Partner-Augmented Input Taught my Son the Power of Communication
Bolin, dressed in graduation robes and hood, and her fiancé, Bryan Peterson, smile and pose outside with her son, Finnegan Bolin, a curly-haired pre-teen seated in a wheelchair with an adaptive pole holding his communication device.
Today we are privileged to share post guest-authored by a new speech-language pathologist and parent of a child who uses AAC, Brianne Bolin. She shares her firsthand AAC perspective on how lessons learned in graduate school have had a positive impact on her own family...
Get With The Program(ming)!
AAC Awareness Month has ended but SpeakUP will still continue providing thought-provoking posts. We are excited to share today’s innovative guest post by Chris Bugaj. Computer programming is becoming part of the curriculum in many states but how does this apply to those...
Our Journey Toward Effective AAC Implementation Using a Job Embedded Learning Model
Today we are pleased to welcome the Oakland Schools AAC Team to share their expertise around providing instruction to classroom staff to help staff integrate AAC throughout the school day.
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We are a team of four full-time AAC consultants at Oakland Schools...
AAC and English as a Second Language Learners: Part II
Today we are pleased to welcome back Vicki Clarke for Part II of a her series on AAC in English as a Second Language learners (ESL).
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In Part I, the challenges bilingual families and people who use AAC were discussed along with the research on this subject....
Hey, Is There an App for That?
Michael Williams peering over his light-tech alphabet board.
We are honored to have today’s guest author share his wisdom and years of experience with SpeakUP readers. Michael Williams has been President of USSAAC, a member of the ISAAC Board of Directors, and a participant, collaborator, and partner in several AAC research and...
