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My AAC Journey


  Posted on May 8, 2019 - 1:54pm

By Carson Covey, Saltillo Ambassador Hi everyone, My name is Carson, I'm an ambassador and a new blogger for Saltillo. A little about myself. I eat, drink and sleep Augmentative and Alternative Communication. I started AAC when I was four years old. I have used TouchChat on an iPad for the last 8 years. Saltillo's IOS...


    Communicators In Action   -    aac, touchchat, eco, ipad, saltillo, prc


Parent - Teacher Communication


  Posted on May 1, 2019 - 1:00pm

By Laura Arnold, Speech Language PathoM.logist, M.A., CCC-SLP/L In April of 2012, the National Education Association (NEA) published the results of a study in which they explored parent-teacher communication. The findings showed that nearly one-quarter of parents did not feel like a collaborative partner in school activiti...


    Making AAC Work   -    school, speech, communication, tools, seesaw,...


Watching Walmart


  Posted on Apr 24, 2019 - 11:50am

By Brad Whitmoyer, PRC Ambassador Watching Walmart: Balancing Business and Employment Walmart, like many big stores, have had greeters at their doors for quite a while and this job is pretty ideal for some people with disabilities. It's typically not physically demanding which is important for some with physical disabilit...


    Communicators In Action   -    employment, job, occupation, walmart, greeter


Child Directed Therapy


  Posted on Apr 17, 2019 - 11:27am

By Mandy Hall, M.S. CCC-SLP Print your materials. Plan your session. Grab your bag of ‘tricks’ that is sure to engage your student. Set up your room. Find your rewards. Get yourself ready for the best thought out and planned session. Finally, your non(or partially) verbal student with Autism comes in for her 30...


    Stories And Strategies Fo...   -    aac, prio, lamp, therapy, youtube, child dire...


Jess Plans Her Wedding


  Posted on Apr 10, 2019 - 4:09pm

By Jess,  PRC-Saltillo Blogger I have support workers come in to my home most days to support me to live an independent life, i like to say I am a stay at home wife to be!! YES I am getting married next year! Before I tell you all about my big day I thought I would explain what my stay at home life looks like! I am ...


    Communicators In Action   -    AAC, wedding, love, Bali, australia, down und...


Communication With Jess - Part One


  Posted on Apr 3, 2019 - 12:40pm

By Jess, PRC-Saltillo Blogger Hey I’m Jess. I am 24 years old and I have an Accent 1000.My loved ones know me well enough to understand my other ways of communicating like facial expressions or eye movements but, for everyone else my communication device is paramount for me to have a voice. I use my device to commun...


    Communicators In Action   -    australia, communication, Accent, daily livin...