by Whitney Prado, Parent of Paige Prado Meet my precious Paige, a firecracker four-year-old who is always ready to tell a joke. Paige was diagnosed with a rare condition called Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome. Kids and adults with this condition are expected to have moderate to severe cognitive disabilities as well as other phys...

by Anthony Arnold, PRC-Saltillo Ambassador  I’m Anthony Arnold, an augmentative and alternative communicator from San Tan Valley, Arizona. I first began communicating with Minspeak-based systems 40 years ago, when Minspeak was still in its infancy. Back in those days, Minspeak was done on mechanical keys, and 12...

By Sabena D'souza (Himani Hitendra's mother) Thank you to the PRC-Saltillo team for giving me this opportunity to write a blog about our library program for AAC users called “Storytime with AAC”. “Storytime with AAC” is a library-based Storytime program designed for AAC users, especially emergent c...

By Jamie Leopard, M.S., CCC-SLP & Melissa Malani, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL Do any of these situations sound familiar? “We are going on vacation to the beach but are not taking the device with us because we don’t want something to happen to it.” “I forgot to charge my device, what can we do in th...

By - Heather Prenovost, M.S., CCC-SLP & Melissa Hoy, ClinScD, CCC-SLP, PRC-Saltillo AAC Consultants If you have not had a chance to check out the 2022 calendar, it is not too late! In fact, the calendar activities can be used at any time and in any order. PRC-Saltillo's calendar most closely supports the WordPower voca...

By Kym Heine, PRC Consultant, Mississippi Wind-up toys are a fun and silly way to engage your AAC learners with a variety of communicative functions.  Here’s how to get started! Order a 24 pack of assorted wind-up toys from Amazon. Group and store two to three toys in snack size baggies according to the ac...