Augmentative and Alternative Communication-AAC

Core vocabulary consists of the words we use most in our language. They make up the majority of what we say and include mostly pronouns (I, he, she, they, etc.), articles (a, an, the, etc.), and prepositions (on, in, up, under, etc.). See the resource below for a list of high-frequency core vocabulary words.

Fringe vocabulary consists of the words we use in relatively specific instances and includes mostly nouns (person, place, or thing). Consider the statement, "I need a pencil." "Pencil" is considered fringe vocabulary, while all of the other words are considered core vocabulary.

https://praacticalaac.org/praactical/5-aac-facebook-groups-for-families-of-beginning-communicators/

https://www.assistiveware.com/blog/overview-dos-and-donts-aac

https://praacticalaac.org/praactical/expanding-aac-learners-single-word-utterances/

https://omazingkidsllc.com/2018/04/16/70-kids-picture-books-to-target-core-vocabulary-for-aac/