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The Power Of Lite-Tech Communication Boards


  Posted on Jun 8, 2022 - 11:40am

By Jamie Leopard, M.S., CCC-SLP & Melissa Malani, PhD, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL Do any of these situations sound familiar? “We are going on vacation to the beach but are not taking the device with us because we don’t want something to happen to it.” “I forgot to charge my device, what can we do in th...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    low tech, lite tech, communication, manual bo...


Keep Calm And TAAP On


  Posted on May 11, 2022 - 10:11am

By - Heather Prenovost, M.S., CCC-SLP & Melissa Hoy, ClinScD, CCC-SLP, PRC-Saltillo AAC Consultants If you have not had a chance to check out the 2022 calendar, it is not too late! In fact, the calendar activities can be used at any time and in any order. PRC-Saltillo's calendar most closely supports the WordPower voca...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    communication, saltillo, prc, nova chat, cale...


Language Learning With Wind-Up Toys


  Posted on Mar 28, 2022 - 10:38am

By Kym Heine, PRC Consultant, Mississippi Wind-up toys are a fun and silly way to engage your AAC learners with a variety of communicative functions.  Here’s how to get started! Order a 24 pack of assorted wind-up toys from Amazon. Group and store two to three toys in snack size baggies according to the ac...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    therapy, implementation, language, aac, commu...


The Great Divide


  Posted on Feb 2, 2022 - 11:40am

By: Brittany Toney, MA, CCC-SLP, PRC-Saltillo Regional Consultant Behavior. A hot button issue in the field of AAC and speech-language pathology. An SLP myself, that worked in an ABA center for most of my career, I have often wondered why it is such a tumultuous topic. I highly respect my BCBA colleagues, and although we d...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    communication, behavior, ABA, AAC, language, ...


Woo Hoo, It's Literacy Planners!


  Posted on Jan 10, 2022 - 10:03am

By Wylanta Jones, M.A., CCC-SLP I’m Wylanta, a school based SLP from Arizona and California. Love the 2022 PRC Saltillo Literacy planners! Can’t wait to dive in with some beloved stories about animals and explore the core vocabulary with my students. Some of the books (e.g. Dear Zoo) is a favorite and already i...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    literacy, implementation, aac, prc, saltillo,...


Why Being Descriptive Works


  Posted on Jan 5, 2022 - 10:25am

By Connie McCafferty, M.A., CCC-SLP, PRC-Saltillo Consultant During one of my recent school team trainings for a young teen with a new AAC device I came across the opportunity to demonstrate the difference between referential and descriptive teaching. For those of you who are not familiar, referential teaching simply refer...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    aac, prc, saltillo, implementation, descripti...