This presentation will focus on strategies to teach and promote the use of an augmentative communication system to get students to independently initiate spontaneous, novel utterances rather than simply repeating pre-stored sentences when prompted. Participants will learn ways to increase student participation in class without adding content vocabulary to the device.
The strategies presented will cover a range of communication ages and abilities, including those at the level of emerging language and literacy. The session is not limited to people using PRC devices. The teaching strategies presented are appropriate for a wide variety of devices and programs. You do not need to bring an AAC device to the workshop.
This session is appropriate for anyone (teacher, SLP, parent, paraprofessional, etc.) working with a student using a communication device.
0.5 ASHA CEUs pending.