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Let's Talk AAC: Should my child have 24/7 access to their communication device?

October 20, 2024 NWACS

Let’s Talk AAC: Should my child have 24/7 access to their communication device?

There are many reasons why your child needs access to their AAC device all the time. But, things may not go exactly to plan when giving your child constant access to their talker. Marci shares suggestions to consider when navigating some example situations.

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In Let's Talk AAC, AAC Implementation Tags troubleshooting, AAC skills, AAC families, strategy, family
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Let's Talk AAC: Using Shared Writing to Support Literacy Development

June 22, 2024 NWACS

Let’s Talk AAC: Using Shared Writing to Support Literacy Development

An exploration of shared writing to support literacy development.

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In Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC and Literacy, AAC Rights, AAC advocacy, shared writing
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Let's Talk AAC: "They're not using their AAC anymore! Now what?"

May 5, 2024 NWACS

Let’s Talk AAC: "They're not using their AAC anymore! Now what?"

NWACS board member Marci shares some things she considers when a child who used to use their AAC starts pushing it away.

[reading time: 5 minutes]

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In Let's Talk AAC, AAC Implementation Tags troubleshooting, Team Collaboration, AAC abandonment, AAC skills
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Using Shared Reading to Support Literacy Right #3

April 28, 2024 NWACS

Let’s Talk AAC: Using Shared Reading to Support Literacy Right #3

An exploration of the shared reading strategy to support the right to interact with others while reading, writing, or listening to a text.

[reading time: 8 minutes]

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In Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC and Literacy, AAC Rights, AAC advocacy, shared reading
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Literacy Bill of Rights #1: The Right to an Opportunity to Learn to Read and Write

January 19, 2024 NWACS

Join NWACS board members Casey and Alicia as they kick-off the 2024 theme with an introduction to the importance of literacy and the Literacy Bill of Rights #1.

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In Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC and Literacy, AAC Rights, AAC advocacy
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AAC Device Abandonment Part 2: ASHA and CAA’s Role

September 18, 2023 NWACS

Join NWACS guest blogger, Jennalyn Burke, as she explores ASHA and CAA’s roles in AAC device abandonment in this two-part blog.

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In Awareness, Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC abandonment, AAC families, AAC users, AAC professionals
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AAC Device Abandonment Part 1: The AAC/AT Specialist’s Role

September 1, 2023 NWACS

Join Jennalyn Burke in part-one of a two-part post as she talks about AAC device abandonment and the AAC/AT specialist’s role in combating it.

[Reading time: 3 minutes]

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In Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC collaboration, AAC professionals, AAC abandonment
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AAC Intervention For Multicultural Families - Similarities and Differences Across Cultures

August 10, 2023 NWACS

Join NWACS guest bloggers Wen-Hsin Ku and Hsiao-Ting Su as they discuss AAC intervention with a multi-cultural lens. This is the 2nd blog in our series on AAC collaboration.

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In AAC Best Practices, Let's Talk AAC Tags Team Collaboration, multi-cultural practices, Bilingualism & AAC, AAC users, AAC families, family
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AAC and Team Collaboration

June 27, 2023 NWACS

Join guest blogger, John Kim, and NWACS board member, Sarah Lee as they discuss team collaboration for AAC support.

Reading time: 4 minutes

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In AAC Best Practices, Let's Talk AAC Tags AAC collaboration, multi-cultural practices, AAC users, AAC families
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Let's Talk AAC: The Right to Have Clear, Meaningful, and Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Communications (Communication Right #15)

December 22, 2022 NWACS

Welcome back to Let’s Talk AAC - a series of questions and topics for discussion.

In this post, we talk about the right to have culturally and linguistically appropriate communication (right #15).

[reading time: 3 minutes]

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In Let's Talk AAC, AAC Best Practices, AAC Implementation Tags cultural awareness, advocacy, basics, resource, AAC Rights, multi-cultural practices
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