Essentials of AAC

This page contains a set of quick videos that I made using Screencastify, covering essential concepts related to teaching AAC to students. These videos have not been edited, so please excuse any mistakes, and the part where you can hear my cat in the background! :)

Part 1: What is AAC? A Preview.

Part 2: Guidelines for Successful Interactions

Source note: The concept of the "3 second rule" and a few other ideas for this video came from the following presentation: Rachael Langley: 5 Fixes for Common AAC Problems

Part 3: Presume Competence

Part 4: Modeling

Links for Part 4:

Example of modeling: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flFNMky22-U&feature=youtu.be

PDF Describing evidence base & detailed instructions on how to model: 

https://aaclanguagelab.com/files/130627aidedlanguagestimulationresource.pdf

Special note: Sorry about the part where my cat decides to participate :). 

Part 5: Core Vocabulary 

Links for Part 5:

List of 100 core words:

https://aaclanguagelab.com/files/100highfrequencycorewords2.pdf

A moving video about how life-saving core vocabulary can be: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqfVAPuGzpI

Part 6: Common Problems

Source note - many of the ideas for this video came from the following presentation: Rachael Langley: 5 Fixes for Common AAC Problems

Part 7: Review

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