_ By Catherine Follestad, Children’s Author_ Catherine has written children’s books with stories that capture the imagination, and inspire one to grow up to be the best one can be, which is kind, confident and respectful. Her stories teach, through delightful characters, about being a good friend, believing in...

By Kara Bidstrup, M.S., CCC-SLP Grade level core academic standards and engaging curriculum can be used as the foundation for meaningful language learning for children who use AAC. The online class,It’s Not Rocket Science: Learning to Talk with AAC in Science Class, outlines a process to make this concept a classroo...

By Margaret Moore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger April is National Poetry Month. As a writer who earned my Master of Fine Arts degree in creative nonfiction and poetry writing, I traditionally find myself giving public readings of my original poems during this season. As opposed to a prose narrative, poetry calls for specific rhyth...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger In 2019, I decided to grow my hair out long. Actually I had long hair once before, and my mom said she liked it. But then I slowly got sick of it and cut my hair.  Since then I have kept my hairstyle the same length up until my late teens. When I was nineteen, I wanted the long ...

By Kyle Dinwiddie, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Flies, ants, spiders, bees, and bugs have always freaked me out. I don’t like anything that can crawl on my body, or run in our house. When I see an insect in our house, I need someone else to kill it because I have climbed on top of our television to avoid the multi-legged bea...

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger I think this will probably be the most difficult post I’ve written so far. As I write these words, I have no idea if I will have the courage to submit it for publication. I want to talk about the isolation that many AAC users experience and the accompanying loneliness. I’...