by admin | Oct 28, 2026 | Uncategorized
Children who can’t spell out their messages have to rely on others to customize the vocabulary on their AAC system. How well those words fit the child impacts how much the system gets used. Here’s what the research tells us about choosing vocabulary. 1. Ask more than...
by admin | Oct 27, 2026 | Uncategorized
Some of the most powerful moments in communication therapy happen when nobody is talking. In the SMoRRES® Training Program, we use a mnemonic to help communication partners remember every ingredient of successful modeling. The last “S” stands for STOP, and it may be...
by admin | May 1, 2025 | Communication Partner Instruction, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)
May is National Speech-Language-Hearing Month and this year’s theme is “envisioning possibilities for the future.” This theme invites us to consider where have we come from and where we are going. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is...
by admin | Nov 11, 2024 | Communication Partner Instruction, Family Resources
In 2006, Sarah Blackstone wrote, “Being an effective communication partner or AAC facilitator is not intuitive. It often requires one to change long-established, unconscious ways of communicating” (p. 12). And changing habits can be hard! Does using your...
by admin | Oct 1, 2024 | Family Resources
Parents tell us that when they are out to eat, at the grocery store, and in other spaces in the community, others may approach them to ask about the AAC method that their child is using. Other times, people are timid or reluctant to approach families, but parents can...
