Core vocabulary aac

Two years ago I was feeling a little bored and dare I say it... burned out. I went to a conference that Karen Erickson presented at and I discovered core vocabulary! Implementing core vocabulary instruction has made me so excited about teaching again and has sparked my creativity in the classroom. Like most kids, my students with disabilities benefit from learning through a multisensory approach. My students love to learn through songs, games, hands-on activities, acting things out, visuals…

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A few weeks ago I got a few questions about what I store in my core vocabulary tubs. I have been meaning to work on this post since then, bu...

Learn all about how to use a put in task as an AAC or core vocabulary communication lesson, that can be implemented as a full lesson or a transition lesson.

Over the past 2 months I’ve been talking a lot about beginning with augmentative communication; including what it is and who needs it. The next question I most often get from parents, teachers and SLPs is about what kinds of materials are needed for intervention (and “where the heck do I find them”)? We all know that genuine communication interactions in context are the best for teaching any communication skill. Too often in AAC implementation we “test” more than teach. We ask students to…

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The new word of the week is GO! We will be focusing on this word for the next couple of weeks. I sent home a handout with ways to incorporate GO naturally into your daily activities and with some additional activities. See the picture of the handout below if you want to take another look. Also, I made a simple reader with pictures your child can color. This reader includes the same picture cues that we use in speech for great practice and exposure to the word GO and different contexts that…

Figuring out the best way to represent language to someone who will be communicating through AAC is challenging, but when the client is unable to see well enough to use pictures, the task is infini…

Do you have students using AAC devices in your room? Core vocabulary is the best way to teach them how to communicate effectively.

This is a post I’m writing to my younger AAC mom self. Its a post that admits I don’t do the things I used to do or like I used to write about and promote. I used to spend hours matching picture books to core vocabulary so I could model on Nathaniel’s communication device in a shared reading set