augmentative communication podcasts

EP 69: Why We Need to Make Speech Therapy Accessible w/Karina Saechao

Shifting the Narrative on Everything Autism

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2023 45:33

Karina Saechao is a speech therapist and PhD candidate focusing on language understanding and use in the Black and African American population. Karina joined us to discuss the difficulties many autism families, especially autism families of color have accessing therapy and appropriate supports, such as AAC (Alternate and Augmentative Communication). Karina provides therapy, coaching, and evaluations through her online clinic Golden Oak Speech Therapy. You can find Karina on Golden Oak's website as well as their Instagram page. Link to Golden Oak's website: https://www.goldenoakspeech.com/ Link to Golden Oak's IG: https://www.instagram.com/goldenoakslp/ *** Help marginalized youth get the education they deserve. Buy VQ Library a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/vqlibrary If you are looking for one-on-one coaching with Stacy to help your child with autism reach their full potential, click the link below. https://autism4home.com/services/ola/services/parent-consult?fbclid=IwAR3V-YBbbOFJM9g6hdVTPCoZh0h36gp_KFDcFE_0d_JUBCrCqA-Fztf6qcg Follow Stacy: Twitter: https://twitter.com/AutismSage Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingautism/ Follow Torrin: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TK_Aspy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autistic_author/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tmkearns Threads: https://www.threads.net/@autistic_author Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChjxv0ezN3mFTGbxsc5jmbw/videos

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165. 8 Ways to Support Communication with Students Using Augmentative Communication

Autism Classroom Resources Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2023 18:57 Transcription Available

As special educators, it is so important to help our students expand their functions of communication and enhance their communication skills. It is especially important for our students who use any kind of augmentative communication that we help them to build their communication skills. In this episode, I am sharing 8 things you can do to help support communication within your classroom, particularly if you're working with students who use augmentative communication, including the importance of core vocabulary, why we want to combine communication activities, and providing the “Goldilocks” of communication.If you are looking for more ways to ramp up your communication instruction for the coming year, join me inside the Special Educator Academy! There is a whole set of resources for communication and so many more topics that I know will help take your teaching to the next level! I can't wait to see you inside! 03:13 - Why we need to focus on the function of communication rather than the form of communication04:40 - What core vocabulary is and why it's important when building students' communication skills08:31 - Why we should start with requesting but then move on 09:14 - The importance of creating communication opportunities throughout the day10:36 - Why students need the opportunities to practice combining communication activities11:36 - How to model for students using their tools of communication12:46 - The benefits of having repeated practice of communication activities for students14:42 - What the “Goldilocks of communication” is and why it's crucial in helping students build their communication skillsGrab the transcript and resource links at http://autismclassroomresources.com/episode165Join the Autism Classroom Resources' Free Resource Library: https://autismclassroomresources.com/free Want more information about the Special Educator Academy? SpecialEducatorAcademy.comJoin the Free Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/specialeducatorsconnectionMentioned in this episode:Grab your ticket to Educate & Rejuvenate: https://autismclassroomresources.com/educate2023

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#029: Teaching Language – Part 2

The Just 7 Steps Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 16:28

Last week, I covered how to teach a pre-verbal child to imitate sounds on request as we build toward teaching them how to talk. Here, we'll cover the motivational aspects of learning a language and how to teach children to ask for things they want in increasingly complex ways. For some children, learning how to talk is a really high hurdle to get over on their own. Many of the traditional approaches to teaching children how to talk fall short. I share the whys and hows of teaching a child to mand, or request something they need. The reason mand training is such an important part of early language development is that it is based on the simple concept of “I want, I do, I get”. This concept is powerful because a successful mand always leads to the acquisition of reinforcement. Anything that's reliably reinforced will ultimately result in a higher frequency of the desired behavior. I discuss the three augmentative communication systems and how to choose which one to use. I also walk through each system's pros and cons, how to choose which words to start with, the steps of teaching mands, and how to transition to words. What's Inside:The importance of manding in teaching verbal communication and language skills.Three main forms of augmentative communication and their pros and cons.How to choose which words to start teaching.How to transition from mands to words.Mentioned In This Episode:Just 7 Steps YouTubeBook – Motivation and Reinforcement: Turning the Tables on Autism

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161: Gaining a Voice on the Playground

First Bite: A Speech Therapy Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 64:46

Guest: Brianna Emanuel, MC, CCC-SLP - Children who use personal AAC devices face a unique challenge on the playground. When playing outside with their classmates, taking an AAC device with them means that device can easily get broken or lost but, without it, they have no means to communicate with their friends or teachers. Today's guest set out to address this challenge in her local community. Brianna Emanuel is an inspiring SLP working in the Appleton Area School District in Wisconsin who is passionate about augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Together with Talk To Me Technologies (TTMT), she created a custom AAC board and had it installed at her local adaptive playground. This incredible action gives countless children a voice while they're playing with their peers, allowing nonverbal children to easily communicate without the use of personal AAC devices. In today's episode, Brianna shares her journey to becoming an SLP and gives us a glimpse into the process of working with TTMT to design a custom AAC board with inclusion in mind. She also highlights the importance of coaching for parents and teachers and the benefits of long-term loans and trials when finding the right AAC device for yourself, your students, or your children, as well as how she handles the daily challenges that come with working with nonverbal children and children with special communication needs. Tune in today for a conversation full of passion, inspiration, and functional guidance with real-life superhero, Brianna Emanuel!

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Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) Devices

Affect Autism

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 37:12

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If your child cannot express ideas, thoughts, and feelings to those around them, they will benefit from Augmentative Communication systems. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jane-knerr/message

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Why consider Alternative & Augmentative Communication? Episode #10

Jane's Learning Plans

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 5:59

Jane explains that it's just like learning any new language, and that Alternative and Augmentative communication come with some factors to consider. The ability level of the instructor and user, the complexity of the mode of communication selected, and the amount of exposure, opportunity and instruction necessary to learn them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jane-knerr/message

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