AAC Fundamentals: Bite-Size Tips for Parents

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Busy parents, learn how to support your AAC user in just 5 minutes per week! We break it all down into bite-size, practical tips that will help you make AAC a habit. Sign up today to get a whole year of advice from two experienced AAC Specialists!

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Contents

Here's a list of topics for all 52 weeks of the AAC Fundamentals class. You can check out the first video for free by clicking the yellow "preview" button!

Introduction

Introducing AAC Fundamentals
Preview

Week 1: Operational Competence

What is Operational Competence?
The Art of Attributing Meaning

Week 2: Linguistic Competence

What is Linguistic Competence?

Week 3: Strategic Competence

What is Strategic Competence?

Week 4: Social Competence

What is Social Competence?

Week 5: Operational Competence

Guided Access & Searching for Words

Week 6: Linguistic Competence

Core Vocabulary
Bonus link: Choosing Core Vocabulary

Week 7: Strategic Competence

Something we professionals don't say often enough...

Week 8: Social Competence

Greetings & Sharing Feelings

Week 9: Operational Competence

What to do if a device is frozen

Week 10: Linguistic Competence

To Verb, Verbing, Verbed...

Week 11: Strategic Competence

Organizing the System

Week 12: Social Competence

Small Talk: The Weather

Week 13: Bonus Tip - What's the Deal with Screen Time and AAC?

Screen Time: an AAC Specialist Perspective

Week 14: Operational Competence

Learning Volume Control

Week 15: Linguistic Competence

Descriptive Language Strategy

Week 16: Strategic Competence

Asking for others to Wait

Week 17: Social Competence

Protesting

Week 18: Operational Competence

Teaching kids to take care of their AAC device

Week 19: Linguistic Competence

Declarative Language Strategy

Week 20: Strategic Competence

Managing Communication Breakdowns

Week 21: Social Competence

Compliments

Week 22: Operational Competence

Teaching your child to use "Clear" and "Delete"

Week 23: Linguistic Competence

Adjectives (Describing words)

Week 24: Strategic Competence

What if the word I want is not here?

Week 25: Social Competence

Telling Jokes

Week 26: Bonus Tip - Why Literacy is Key for AAC Users

Curriculum + AAC = Possibilities

Week 27: Operational Competence

Storing a Message

Week 28: Linguistic Competence

Presuming Competence

Week 29: Strategic Competence

Using the Keyboard & Spelling

Week 30: Social Competence

Asking Questions

Week 31: Operational Competence

Planning Ahead for Device Emergencies

Week 32: Linguistic Competence

Modeling at Bath Time

Week 33: Strategic Competence

Teaching your child how to ask for more words

Week 34: Social Competence

Introducing Yourself with "About Me"

Week 35: Operational Competence

Navigating to Folders
Bonus content: A Deeper Dive into Navigating AAC
Bonus Content: Putting Our Strategies Together

Week 36: Linguistic Competence

Modeling Core Vocabulary with a Story

Week 37: Strategic Competence

Introducing Your Device

Week 38: Social Competence

Sharing an Opinion

Week 39: Bonus Tip - What is Gestalt Language Processing?

Introduction to Gestalt Language Processing

Week 40: Operational Competence

AAC on the Go

Week 41: Linguistic Competence

Modeling during Outdoor Play

Week 42: Strategic Competence

Asking for Accommodations

Week 43: Social Competence

Explaining

Week 44: Operational Competence

Adjusting Screen Brightness

Week 45: Linguistic Competence

Prepositions

Week 46: Strategic Competence

Checking for Understanding
Social Story: Did You Get That?

Week 47: Social Competence

Arguing / Negotiating

Week 48: Operational Competence

Teaching Kids to Charge Their Device

Week 49: Linguistic Competence

Modeling for Ordering in a Restaurant

Week 50: Strategic Competence

Pre-Planning for Conversation
AAC Pre-Planning Template

Week 51: Social Competence

Storytelling

Week 52: Bonus Tip - Neurodiversity-Affirming Strategies

Neurodiversity-Affirming Strategies