The Communication Bill of Rights discusses all of the different ways everyone should have the power to communicate - not just to request our wants, but to say whatever we want to anybody, anytime, anywhere!

By modeling communication for different reasons, such as greeting, labeling, asking and answering questions, requesting, protesting, and directing actions of others, we are helping AAC users access their right to communicate.

What is your child interested in? Jump into that activity and find words to model. Let's focus on what our children might want to say, not what we want them to say!

Watch this video to see an example of modeling during an AAC user's favorite activity: listening to music.

Join your child and just watch what captures their attention. Set aside time to connect and enjoy time with each other. See how they are already communicating and honor that communication. Attribute meaning to their communication attempts - give words to their facial expressions, body movements, vocalizations, and gestures. It's fine if your child doesn't repond. Just keep the communication going!

We communicate for lots of reasons! Check out this video for 5 ways we can model different communication functions.

Join the LISD AT team as we talk about linguistic functions (all the different ways and reasons we talk) and how to incorporate them at home with AAC. (recorded 1/5/2022)

Join the AT team as we chat all about using AAC at the pool, traveling, and playtime over summer! (recorded 4/6/2022)