"AAC users need the same types of interactions with books as their verbal peers. They need to be able to develop the same sets of higher-order thinking skills." -Susan Berkowitz, ASHA Leader, 2015
Through this project we explored adapting picture books with core vocabulary, resources for creating our own books, as well as specific strategies such as shared reading.
Listening to Stories is Real Reading!
As They Grow: Books for Beginning Readers At Any Age
Loudon County Public Schools: Adapting Books for Divergent Learners
Good Literacy Instruction is Good for All Students (link to video)
Symbols and Learning to Read (link to video)
Literacy for All Project (Alberta Education and Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium)