Guidance and Resources

[janna15]

I have a 6-yr son that uses a Vantage Lite; 60-sequence.  We have had the talker since he is 3 and he has been making some pretty good progress.  I'm looking for some resources to help develop his communication and language goals as we recently began homeschooling him.  I am aware of the AAC language lab.  Any other good books or sites?  I would love to hear from AAC users or other parents with kiddos progressing along with their device.  My son isn't always motivated to use his device...he will bring me a cup for a drink or the remote for a tv show.  I do redirect him to his talker and model the appropriate language but would love to see more self-initiation. What I'm really looking for is a play book!  Just kidding...but wouldn't mind some more materials to investigate.

Other areas of interest is teaching reading to a nonverbal kid and how to increase the sibling involvement. 

Thanks and Happy Holidays,

Janna

Mom to Wyatt, 6 - autism & corpus callosum disorder, twin brother Lane, and big brother, Owen - 8

[Christine Kramlich]

Janna,

This is a document that someone who works with PRC created specifically for some ideas about how to teach words to children with autism.  Hope this helps.

Christine K.

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[Dawn Caldwell]

There is Literacy through Unity which might be helpful.  (We liked it.)  It's rather inexpensive and available through PRC.  Comes in a binder with three types of lesson (lesson A, B and C) for the same targets. 

 

I've been doing a lot of research on AAC assessments as our school would like to investigate moving my son from PRC Words for Life/iPad to a picture or phrase based system.  I ran across an article that explained that the person will always seek the easiest method of communication (point, bring object) etc.. and that is actually ok/preferred.  Given that our kiddos have to be multi-modal (use different solutions in different situations), maybe the aac should be for other types of communication or choice making that isn't so black/white?  (If I can figure out which article that was, I'll send it your way.)

 

Are you working with a SLP specializing in AAC?  That person should be able to give you resources more focused on your child and his homeschool IEP goals/needs. 

 

 

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[Dawn Caldwell]

Sorry - forgot to mention that Chidren's Hospital Boston has a wealth of AAC information.  They have a facebook page if you are into FB.

They also have a ton of downloads/info on the main website:

 

http://www.childrenshospital.org/centers-and-services/programs/a-_-e/augmentative-communication-program/downloads

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