Valentine’s Art with AAC
I had so much fun this week creating Valentine’s projects with some of my life skills students. I was originally inspired by this pin on Pinterest, but considering that I only had 15 minute therapy…
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The Cheapest Voice Output!
I showed you before how to use powerpoint for simple augmentative communication boards. But check these powerpoints out which add voice to the communication board! Art Choices with shapes Art Choice with photos All done…
Communication Specialist
(Please note that although “I Help People Communicate! What’s your Super Power?” has been floating around Pinterest with no link, this is the original quote, by ME!) If you’d like a poster version of this…
No Boardmaker? No problem!
Due to a nasty combination of old laptops in our district, plus old Boardmaker CDs that are somewhat incompatible with said laptops, many special educators in my district have given up on trying to use…
Vehicle Unit (May)
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. My May vehicle unit was kind of a bust. It worked out great for my self-contained students, their low-tech AAC, and our daily Bingo games… I was also…
Bug Unit (April)
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I began April thinking that there were very few bug books that were appropriate for my students. Turns out I was wrong. I actually checked so many…
Plant AAC Bingo
Going with the theme idea I have recently incorporated into my therapy, I am switching around circle time with my Life Skills students. I am working on basic vocabulary (this month with a plant theme)…
Therapy Thursday: Froggy Gets Dressed
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I’m attempting a new idea to stream-line my therapy preparations: month long themes. I know these are common in classrooms, but since I see most of my students…
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I’ve been aiming to create more activity based lessons for my lower language students. With the help of some fun books, I’ve been somewhat successful… We read through…
Language Based Communication Boards
A little speech talk here. Wait! Don’t go! You just might learn something awesome. 😉 Language development of a typical child includes expressing: 5-20 words at 18 months of age 150-300 words at 24 months…
Eye Communication
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Meet my husband’s alter-ego: House. You know, the television personality that he most resembles? The cane-wielding, grouchy, chronically-pained, egotistical, pill-popping, power-hungry, brainiac Gregory House (on Fox’s same…
What is AAC?
This short and sweet post brought to you by: this site Augmentative and Alternative Communication, or AAC, is just what it sounds like: Augment…to enhance or improve Alternative…another way or means Communication…the sending and receiving…
A story
I know that I said all Wordless Wednesdays this month would be about Sign Language…but I think the class I was going to teach will be canceled (due to lack of enrollment). 🙁 So I…
The timing of learning sign language
In honor of the Baby Sign Language class I am going to start teaching at the end of the month (if more people sign up!!!), this month’s Wordless Wednesday is devoted to that topic. See…