Executive Function: what is it and how we can assist our students, first steps In my role as a speech and language pathologist in the middle school, I often see the difficulties my...
Giving Choices Assist in Gaining Cooperation The best lesson plans don’t work if you do not have a student’s cooperation. Something that I have...
School Reopening 2020 The opening of the new school year is going to be a challenging one this year. There rightfully...
Plunging into Distance Learning Have you needed to take the plunge into distance learning? The above picture illustrates my rapid need to quickly...
Aided Language Input Aided Language Input When working with children that are using an augmentative communication system it is important that every...
What is Core Vocabulary for Augmentative Communication? One of the shifts in working with students with significant disabilities has been the selection of vocabulary that we...
Project Core: University of North Carolina I have been a speech and language pathologist, for now, forty-one years and over that time I have experienced...
AAC Core Vocabulary : Ideas for Teaching GO Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is constantly evolving not just the technology surrounding it but also the vocabulary that...
Non-verbal Language: How Do We Communicate Without Words? Not all of our communication is verbal. When we examine a child’s speech and language skills we need to...
What is Language? The concept of language is a difficult one. According to Bloom and Lahey, language can be defined as “a...