Category: Learning to Speak AACtion Plan
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 12
Well, friends, here we are…it’s the final week of the Learning to Speak AACtion Plan! For those of you who have been following along every week, you have a strong core vocabulary foundation to model for the augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) users in your lives. When I started this in January, my goal was…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 11
Can you believe it!? It’s Week 11 of the Learning to Speak AACtion Plan! For those of you who have been following along each week, thank you. Knowing that you’re interested has been motivating for me. This may be one of those resources that ends up being useful to parents and professionals who don’t even know the importance augmentative…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 10
The daffodils always surprise me. Even though I know they are the first flowers in my yard to bloom, I don’t notice that they’re green and growing until I see the first flower. The yellow gets my attention, and spring begins. Every year I wonder how I missed the leaves. It would be exciting to…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 9
“A goal without a plan is just a wish.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California was once called “the bridge that couldn’t be built.” It took ten years of planning because of the intense opposition and another four years to actually build it. Once…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 8
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” ~Arthur Ashe Welcome to Week 8 of the Learning to Speak AACtion Plan! If you’ve been following along each week and doing all of the practice lessons up to this point, you have learned 35 core vocabulary words in your child’s augmentative and…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 7
“Until you learn to play what you want to hear, you’re barking up the wrong tree.” ~ Billy Gibbons I’m reasonably sure musician Billy Gibbons wasn’t talking about augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and modeling when he said this, but it…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 6
Welcome to Week 6 of the Learning to Speak AACtion Plan! This week, one of my students made organic dog treats to donate to the animal shelter, and he gave me a package to give to my dog. Since today also happens to be Valentine’s Day, I wish you all the kind of joy that my…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 5
We are officially through the first month of the Learning to Speak AACtion Plan! The majority of our past week was spent in Orlando, FL at the Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA) conference. The number of people that approached our booth and said something about this AACtion Plan was unbelievable…Thank you all for being part…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 4
“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” ~Robert Collier We are beginning Week 4 of the Learning to Speak AACtion Plan, and if you’ve been following along and completing the challenge, we are hearing from a lot of you that it’s making a difference and you’re seeing results! I…
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Learning to Speak AACtion Plan: Week 3
As we begin the third week of the Learning to Speak AACtion Plan (this links to the original post that explains everything), let’s take a look at what you are already able to do after only 2 weeks! Whether you started this challenge on the “I have no idea where to start” step or were ready for…