Shared Reading With AAC Users

Select Your Modeling Videos:

Parents of "Customizers", click here first :). 

If your child is using one of the three most common AAC devices (iPads with Proloquo2go, Touchchat, and LAMP), then click on the picture to access many video examples of how to model for your child while reading. 

Where To Find More Books:

Here are some resources to help you find additional books that are both age-respectful and cognitively accessible for AAC users of all ages, including young adults: 

• Tarheel Reader: resource for online books

• Unite for Literacy: another great resource for online books

• Jane Farrall's blog and pinterest board have ideas of picture books appropriate for young adult readers

• Indianapolis Public Library Read Alouds

• BookConnections.org Read Alouds

Where To Learn More About Research for Literacy and AAC: 

• Ashley Preece: Incorporating AAC into the Standards

• Jane Farrall: Shared Reading -- Let’s Be Interactive!

• Lori Geist: Embedding Core Vocabulary in 5 Common Emergent Literacy Routines - this is an overview of comprehensive information which is available on the Project Core website. 

• Laura Hayes: Integration of AAC & Writing

• For preschool and elementary age students - Chana Feinstein: How to Get Beginning AAC users to Interact With You and Chana Feinstein: Shared Storybook Reading With AAC Users