By David Kay M. Ed. OTR, AAC Specialist Prentke Romich Company Let’s get real about the ‘AAC Gap’ I am continuously amazed by the vast array of expertise amongst AAC service providers in the field. As an occupational therapist working as an AAC specialist for an AAC device manufacturer, I get to travel around the ...

By Christine Kramlich, Kyleigh’s mom Teaching vs. Talking “What color is this?” “What shape is this?” “What body part is this?” “How old are you?” Can’t you just hear the click of the eye rolling from the person being peppered with these questions? Being a teacher for 14 years, I had a v...

By Penny Jameson, Liberator Australia When taking on the task of teaching language on a communication device, we are often faced with challenges. Some of them include length of time between therapy sessions, hectic classrooms, busy family life, and just not knowing where to start. What if teaching one thing could re...

Michelle Britt-Thompson, M.S., CCC-SLP There are moments in AAC therapy that stop me in my tracks. Those moments strike out of nowhere, usually when I’ve turned away for a moment to scribble some data or glance at my watch. When I turn back to my student, there it will be on the screen. The lightning bolt word. A w...

By Jennifer Herzog, B.S Many years ago, I wrote one of the first “Stories and Strategies for Success” blog articles and profiled my favorite pair of clown sunglasses and most ridiculous hat. I had just worked with a young man learning to use a device for the first time and relied on these gadgets to elicit communicat...

_By Cynthia Heryanto, M.S., CCC-SLP I’ve read that the first step to getting over an addiction is admitting there is a problem. Lately I’ve come to realize that I have a “quickly load ‘em up with language” addiction. My thought process is always centered around how I can give the client access to more vocabul...