_ By Angie Sheets_ In my intense interventions elementary classroom, I love collaborating with my SLP and SLPAs to utilize the word of the week core vocabulary instructional approach. This has been an amazing way to specifically target core words. To supplement word of the week, I have created a systemic approach to voca...

By Beth Browning, M.A., CCC-SLP It’s time to take a test. Answer these questions: - Which planet is sixth from the sun, is very big, spins fast but moves around the sun slowly, and has large rings? - What do we call the time between 1760-1840 when life was changed by how things were made? - Name a type of housing th...

_By Ryan Knoblauch, SLP I’m always looking to get kids to engage in learning, and it’s really all about having fun. The core vocabulary movement is taking augmentative and alternative communication by storm and people are always looking for ways to learn and use their AAC systems. Being a speech therapist, I ...

By Betty Carter, M.A., CCC-SLP, PRC Consultant “I learn something new every day!” Most of us have made this statement at one time or another in our lives. In my line of work, it’s definitely true. Although, I’m only 2 years into my role as a PRC consultant, I’ve been a speech therapist for around sixteen y...

By Tracy Custer M.Ed, SLP As we plunge into the beginning of school and get aquainted with our students and their AAC systems it is important that we all quickly get on the “same page” so that families, teachers, and SLPs are working toward common goals. Some helpful tips in getting everyone on the same page incl...

_By Daniel Dardiz, M.A,, CCC-SLP Over the past twenty years, I’ve had the privilege of working with clients and families who come from many different cultural and linguistic backgrounds. Communication is a component that encompasses every aspect of our lives. Spoken and written language is all around us. Family gatheri...