Speech/ Communication

COVID 19 supports for AAC users and service providers

COVID-19 Supports for AAC Users & Service Providers


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How to Use PPT or Slides with Webcam

Learn a simple way to set up Google Slides or PPT in presenter view so that you can still use your webcam to see your students and they can see you!

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PATINS Project Bitmoji Classroom Accessibility Tutorials (video playlist)

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Choice Boards from Shake Up Learning (PD)

Learn how to use choice and flexibility to reach the needs of your students. Teacher Laura Steinbrink creates a week’s worth of activities on one choice board- with both online and offline options.

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Distance Learning Series: Articulation (blog)

From Spiffy Speech and the Speech Express, this post includes tons of example lesson plans and activities that can be used for distance learning or teletherapy sessions with all school-age students. Not doing teletherapy? There are resources here for you, too.


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S'Mores

See how Amy Hill uses this free newsletter generator to develop and deliver group speech therapy.

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Amy's Language Connection Summer Newsletter

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How to Say the ____ Sound from The Peachie Speechy (video)

20+ videos from the Peachie Speechie to use in therapy or share with parents for practice.

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Free CORE Low-Tech AAC Boards (printables)

Curated by Speechy Musings, this collection of AAC boards can be printed or shared on your device screen.

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Twenty 5-Minute Speech Therapy Activities You Can Do at Home (blog)

HomeSpeechHome: "Research is showing that shorter, more frequent sessions are more effective for learning and retention than longer, less frequent sessions."


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Great Big Story (website)

A compilation of short, engaging videos on a wide range of topics to get a conversation going. As always, preview before showing to students as this is not an education site, per se.

AAC Telepractice (PD)

This archived webinar from PrAACtical AAC has many tips and ideas for online support for AAC users.

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AAC Language Lab

Explore language stages and interactive materials designed for Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs), Educators and Parents. 2 months full access FREE.

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PrAACtical AAC Coronavirus Must Do for AAC Users (blog)

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Unite for Literacy (website or App)

Unite Books are short, colorful, and easy to understand with picture/text format and narration in many languages, including American Sign Language. Read online or download the app.

Getting Started with Boom Cards (tutorial)

BOOM Cards in Teletherapy (tutorial)

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Crash Course in Teletherapy

From the SLP Solution

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Mystery Doug

Show a video every week that inspires your students to ask questions.


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Checklist for Teaching Deaf Students Online (PDF)

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ASL Story Telling (videos)

20+ signed video read alouds from the Educational Resource Center on Deafness. Stories include classic favorites like The Snowy Day, Heckedy Peg, Is Your Mama a Llama, The Little Red Hen, and more.

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Center for Literacy and Deafness (videos)

The short stories in American Sign Language (ASL) revolve around the daily activities of Miss Giggle and her students, while the songs teach vocabulary in a fun context.

Sound/Music Cause and Effect Apps for Engaging AAC Learners (blog)


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Download LessonPix as PowerPoint (tutorial)

Learn how to download LessonPix Materials as PowerPoint files. This new function is great to use in telepractice or with Interactive Whiteboards.

Google Slides and Lesson Pix

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HIPAA Notification of Forbearance

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Exceptional Student Services Special Education Guidance for COVID-19 (webpage)

Guidance and resources related to special education for students with disabilities for Arizona’s public education agencies (districts, charters, state institutions, and secure care schools).


AAC at Home (Video)

Emily Diaz helps parents understand how to model using their child's AAC device at home.

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Free Teletherapy Materials from The Digital SLP (blog)

A compilation of free teletherapy resources from TPT or Boom Learning to help get you going.

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What 's Going On in This Picture?

Free images from the New York Times can be used in many ways

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Flippity

Turns spreadheets into all kinds of interactives to use online