Learning About Safeguarding Practices with AAC
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Vicki Clark, our West Tennessee region coordinator, has begun sharing her student’s projects through posts now on PrAACtical AAC site!
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Data Collection with AAC Use
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I am currently working with several school-based speech therapists to introduce some simple communication activities with their students through virtual outreach. Since all are at home right now, I’m spending a lot of time on the phone trying to simplify and explain the process for collecting data so these family members can actively participate. We need to know what works and what doesn’t, but we don’t want them to feel overwhelmed.
Read MoreMolly's Voice: Books and Diversity
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This is the third in a series of blog posts highlighting the great work of the University of Memphis graduate students in speech-language pathology. For their AAC class with Vicki Haddix (one of the TN Talks project leads), they choose their own final projects, and many of those final projects are potentially very useful for those of us working with students who use AAC. WIth the students’ permission, the work is being shared here.
Read MoreAAC for Pediatricians
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This is the second in a series of blog posts highlighting the great work of the University of Memphis graduate students in speech-language pathology. For their AAC class with Vicki Haddix (one of the TN Talks project leads), they choose their own final projects, and many of those final projects are potentially very useful for those of us working with students who use AAC. WIth the students’ permission, the work is being shared here.
Read MoreA Day at the Market AAC Literacy Unit
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This is the first in what will be a series of blog posts highlighting the great work of the University of Memphis graduate students in speech-language pathology. For their AAC class with Vicki Haddix (one of the TN Talks project leads), they choose their own final projects, and many of those final projects are potentially very useful for those of us working with students who use AAC. WIth the students’ permission, the work is being shared here.
Read MoreFree AAC Webinar - TeleTips From My Side of the Screen
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Free webinar to provide ideas and inspiration for making teletherapy fun and engaging for families and student AAC users!
Read MoreAT Support Available for Students During School Closures
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Funding assistance available for schools to purchase assistive technologies for students during COVID closures
Read MoreAssessment of Learning Process for AAC
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The Assessment of Learning Profile (ALP) is an invaluable tool when attempting to identify alternative means of access for AAC use
Read MoreSupporting AAC use Through Telepractice...
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While we are all staying safe at home, Tennessee Talks is working to figure out new, innovative ways to provide ongoing services to students, their families, and speech therapists through virtual outreach. And, even more importantly, we are trying to help YOU serve the AAC needs of your students while at home.
Read MoreVisual Supports at Home
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As I have talked with parents throughout this quarantine time, I keep hearing that the kids are not focusing to do the assignments. There can be many more distractions at home. This is where I begin my talk of visual supports. These are very important as children with communication difficulties can have difficulty in processing language focus on a task and with transitions. Visual supports such as a first then task schedule, visual timer, key chain behavior support, and full visual schedule.
Read MoreLanguage & Literacy
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As children listen, they learn to speak. Speech helps them learn to read, which helps them read to learn. A perfect snowball, right!? Not always. Many of the students we serve have communication, cognitive and/or physical challenges that impede typical development of speech and language skills…which creates a different kind of snowball.
Read MoreProject Core Planning and Reflection Forms
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Project Core provides forms to guide teachers in the universal implementation of core in the classroom.
Read MoreStaff Self-Assessment AAC Questionnaire
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This questionnaire will help us identify specific skill areas that require further training related to assessment and integration of various communication systems for your students with complex communication needs.
Read MoreAutism and AAC
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Information and resources shared at the East Tennessee Autism Society Conference, April 27, 2019. Resources are intended to support families and educational teams working with students with Autism who may need augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
Read MoreTangible Object Communication Activities→
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Where do you begin when introducing object symbols for communication? When initiating communication activities for any child with significant disabilities, we must first look at their receptive skills to see what is understood with regards to people, places, objects and specific core vocabulary words.
Read MoreAAC-AT Overview for the Special Education Administrator
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Tennessee Talks 2020 PIE Conference presentation: AAC-AT Overview for the Special Education Administrator
Read MoreCore Words Skills Checklist
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Which are the best core words to start implementing with your student first?
There’s no one right answer to this question because it depends on the student. The first step is to determine where your student is right now—what they understand and what they can express.
Read MoreWhy is Literacy Critical in AAC?
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Dr. Erickson gave the keynote presentation on ‘Why is Literacy Critical in AAC?‘ during Communication Matters International AAC Conference in September 2019 in the U.K.
Read MoreGuide to (Mostly Free) Resources for Implementing Core Vocabulary in the Classroom
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Want to incorporate core words into your daily classroom routine? Not sure where to start? Created by the Assistive Technology Center at LTVEC, this is a guide to (mostly) free resources for implementing core vocabulary in the classroom, including lesson plans, activities, books, and games.
Read MoreAlternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) for School Teams
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Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) for School Teams
Janice Reese, M.Ed., OT/L, ATP Director of Assistive Technology Little TN Valley Educational Cooperative TN Talks Project Leader Middle & Upper-Cumberland Regions
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