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Caroline Musselwhite's updated website on AAC. This site is full of interesting and useful information regarding aided and augmentative communication and includes therapy ideas to develop learning and communication through AAC.

YouTube Channel dedicated to augmentative alternative communication

"Thasya Lumingkewas, 8, has autism and thrives at Maple Wood Elementary School in Somersworth, NH. The school has implemented Response to Intervention (RtI), Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This film highlights the power of presuming competence, differentiated instruction and augmentative and alternative communication."

"Overwhelmed by technology in special education? Listen to Talking with Tech for news, tips, and interviews about the latest and greatest in assistive technology, augmentative and alternative communication, and educational technology generally from Lucas Steuber, Rachel Madel, and Chris Bugaj. "

"The International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) works to improve the lives of children and adults who use AAC. ISAAC's vision is that AAC will be recognized, valued and used throughout the world. ISAAC's mission is to promote the best possible communication for people with complex communication needs"

Episode #109 features a discussion of the approach to augmentative / alternative communication known as Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP).

"These resources were supported by NHS Education Scotland (www.nes.scot.nhs.uk), and produced by Manchester Metropolitan (Dr Janice Murray, Helen, Bell, Helen Whittle, Osman Javaid) in collaboration with Sara Dale, the ACE Centre (www.acecentre.org.uk ), and Janet Scott, Scottish Centre of Technology for the Communication Impaired (SCTCI)."

Episode #151 is a discussion of the philosophy of Spontaneous Novel Utterance Generation (SNUG) and what the term "Presuming Competence" means in relation to teaching language to users of augmentative/alternative communication.

"FREE Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) For Children & Adults"

Early Childhood Learning Kits In an effort to assist teachers with fostering emerging literacy and math skills in young children, the T/TAC at VCU has purchased and augmented new early childhood learning kits. The kits are theme-based and contain material

Great set of comprehensive multi-modal lesson plans, too! NOW LOCATED AT http://www.ttac.vcu.edu/main/early-childhood/early-childhood-learning-kits /

"In an effort to assist teachers with fostering emerging literacy and math skills in young children, the T/TAC at VCU has purchased and augmented new early childhood learning kits. The kits are theme-based and contain materials that can be integrated within classroom centers to promote literacy and math skills. Assistive technology devices and adaptive materials have been added to the kits to assist teachers in helping all students access the materials."

Speaking of Apps June 24, 2013 11:44 AM by Megan Sutton AAC (alternative and augmentative communication) for aphasia is a challenging area of practice for many Speech-Language Pathologists. Whereas most AAC devices and apps help those who have difficulty physically speaking, people with aphasia need help overcoming the underlying language disorder on top of any speech difficulties.

There are four videos on this website. Each video demonstrates a learned motor pattern over time ending with a video on using an augmentative communication device with core vocabulary.

Results All participants exhibited a positive increase in multisymbol message production almost immediately upon introduction of the LTM prompting procedure.