iPad and AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)
A few years ago high tech AAC devices with dynamic displays involved heavy, cumbersome apparatuses that cost thousands of dollars. With the advent of tablets and iPads, it seemed inevitable that...
View ArticleA Voice for Amelie
Amelie walked into my office four months ago. The little bundle of energy stole my heart right away. Amelie is a 2-year-old little girl with a big personality. She has been diagnosed with developmental...
View ArticleA Voice for Amelie Part 2: Ready to Choose
Amelie began using Speak for Yourself (SfY) independently as long as a single button was open on the screen. She was using it consistently for about two weeks in the therapy room, at home and at...
View ArticleA Voice for Amelie Part 3: Questions and Concerns
Just as we started opening up Amelie’s vocabulary on Speak for Yourself, her parents requested a training session at home. They wanted to make sure they were doing everything they could at home to...
View ArticleA Voice for Amelie Part 4: Incorporating Speak for Yourself (SfY) into...
This blog is a continuation from Amelie’s previous blog that included parent/ caregiver training. In addition to addressing her parents’ questions and concerns, I thought it was important to include...
View ArticleYou are a Social Detective! App Review
Every one of us is a Social Detective! We are good social detectives when we use our eyes, ears, and brains to figure out what others are planning to do next or are presently doing and what they mean...
View ArticleChatAble App Review
ChatAble is an AAC app developed by Therapy Box, a leading technology company based out of the UK. I was initially interested in this app because it was the only app on the market to give users scene...
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