AAC Learning Opportunities and PD's for SLP's

Hi friend!

Here are some resources to learn all about AAC, as well as access continuing education units (CEU's) and certification maintenance hours (CMH's).

AAC Basics

• What is AAC?

• Learn AAC Guide

• Presume Competence

• 4 Things Every AAC System Needs

• High Tech or Light Tech

• Should I Try Text Based AAC?

• When Speech is Unreliable: Part Time AAC Use

• Always Make AAC Available

• AAC- Getting Started, Implementing Across Environments, and Busting Myths

• Getting Started with Proloquo2Go

AAC Assessments & IEP's

• Choosing a Grid Size

• AAC Assessments

• Talking About the Communication Matrix During an IEP

• AAC in the IEP

• Writing Authentic AAC Goals

• AAC Goals “Donut Forget -- No Holes in Your Goals”

• Demystify Eye Gaze AAC Assessment with Evidence-based Practice Guidelines

Aided language stimulation

• Core Word Teaching Strategies

• Modeling: Use AAC to Teach AAC

• Modeling AAC Tips on YouTube

• 10 Ideas for AAC Virtual Modeling

• Aided Language From Research to Practice -- the How & Why of Modeling AAC

Eye Gaze & CVI

• Eye Gaze Access for Autistic Community

• Eye Gaze Challenges in the Home and Community -- Solutions Panel Discussion

• Incorporating Mindfulness Practice Pages into Eye Gaze AAC

• Eye Gaze & CVI -- Efficient Access to Robust Communication

• Eye Gaze for Communication and Independent Learning

• Demystify Eye Gaze AAC Assessment with Evidence-based Practice Guidelines

Information for parents/teachers

• A Starting Guide for Parents

• Communication Partner Skills

• How to Be an AAC Supporter

• 7 Ways to Include AAC Users in Conversation

• Read and Write at Home with Your AAC User

• Modeling AAC at Home

• Helping Parents Model AAC at Home

• AAC and Emergent Literacy at Home – A Beginners Guide for Families and Caretakers

• AAC for Caregivers

Supporting Literacy Skills

• Building Language and Literacy for Your AAC Users

• Integrating Comprehensive Literacy Instruction

• Teaching AAC Users Grammar

• AAC Modeling with Books

• Shared Reading

• Modeling AAC Within Storybook Reading Activities

• Interactive Reading and AAC Users

• Incorporating Comprehensive Literacy Instruction into AAC Intervention

• Let’s Read & Write with AAC

• Integration of AAC & Writing

Professional Development

• AbleNet Live Professional Development

• Project Core Free Professional Development

• AAC in the Cloud

• Tobii Dynavox Live Training Events (free - ASHA CEU's)

• Tobii Dynavox Recorded Course Catalog (free - ASHA CEU's)

General Links

• AAC for the SLP (Facebook group)

• Ask Me, I'm an AAC User (Facebook group)

• AssistiveWare's Online Learning

• AssistiveWare Learn AAC

• PrAACtical AAC

• Rachel Madel Videos & Podcast

• Speech Without Limits YouTube Channel

I hope this article is helpful on your AAC journey!

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