Strategy 6 Our Daily Routine

WHAT?

The daily routine the individual has is the best place to start looking for opportunities to put into practice all the AAC strategies you have learnt so far. Just like us, they become proficient in activities they do every day!

WHY?

When we use daily routines as the context for a child’s developmental interventions, they can integrate them into natural activities without disrupting the flow of what children are doing and learning (Csikszentmihalyi, 1998). This also helps to ensure that the individual gets plenty of Aided Language Stimulation, teaching and opportunities to communicate. It is also a good place to look out for vocab to put into the AAC system!

HOW?

1. Think through the individual’s daily routine and try to create a table like the one below (3 examples have been provided).

2. Decide on the best times to practice your strategies at home Strategy Recap: Aided Language Stimulation; Following Your Child’s Lead; Teaching Core Vocabulary; The Art of Waiting; The Hierarchy of Prompts