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What Is It Like To Have Autism?


  Posted on Jan 19, 2022 - 12:11pm

By Lance McLemore, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Some of you all might be familiar with Special Books by Special Kids. It’s a series created by Chris Ulmer. He travels around interviewing children and adults who live with various disabilities, and then he posts the interviews on YouTube. I personally find those videos interes...


    Communicators In Action   -    autism, social, aac, communication, language,...


New Device & Motorcycle Dreams


  Posted on Jan 14, 2022 - 10:57am

by Danny Gonsalves, PRC-Saltillo Blogger hey blogs, I’m excited because I have a new communication device and mount which make me happy. I love it better than my last one because I can move the communication device however, I need it to be and where I want it. I am going to go back to school in January and hopefully...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, new device, dreams, motorcycle


Growing Pains


  Posted on Jan 12, 2022 - 10:32am

By Hannah Foley, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Growing up is a natural occurrence of life that is necessary. However, the necessity of growth brings change which is good yet difficult and, at times, emotional. If you have been around for the past year or so, you know that I have experienced a lot of changes in my life, both persona...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, communication, language, grow, new year


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...


Creating Custom Conversation Pages


  Posted on Jan 3, 2022 - 10:53am

By Brandon Williamson, PRC-Saltillo Blogger It's a great thing to talk to others. When I have long stories or messages that I want to tell to other people, I program a custom icon under a page set called “my pages.” I use an Accent 1000 with Unity 84 Sequenced, so I keep the personalized “my pages” ...


    Communicators In Action   -    programming, aac, accent, prc, saltillo, unit...