136: Components of Successful AAC Therapy for an Awesome School Year
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In this podcourse, I am joined by Christopher R. Bugaj, a founding member of the Assistive Technology Team for Loudoun County Public Schools. Chris co-hosts the Talking With Tech podcast featuring interviews and conversations about augmentative and alternative communication and has hosted The A.T.TIPSCAST; a multi-award-winning podcast featuring strategies to design educational experiences. Chris is the author of The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome For All, published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Chris is the co-author of Inclusive Learning 365: EdTech Strategies for Every Day of the Year and The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools both of which are also published by ISTE. Chris co-authored two chapters for a book published by Brookes Publishing titled Technology Tools for Students with Autism. Chris co‐produces and co‐authors the popular Night Light Stories podcast which features original stories for children of all ages. Chris has presented over 500 live or digital sessions at local, regional, state, national, and international events, including TEDx.
Topics/Questions:
Fact-Checking: Three Ways To Know A Strategy in Evidence-Based
Designing With The End In Mind, The Least Dangerous Assumption, & Spontaneous Novel Utterance Generation
Vocabulary Considerations - 80/20 Rule, Key Vocabulary, Phrasal Verbs, and Corephemes
Considering Motor Planning Into Motor Memory
Least To Most Prompting for Aided Language Stimulation
Making Learning Language Empowering and Fun!
A Collaborative Approach to AAC Selection and the Least Restrictive Option
A Specific Language System First Approach to AAC
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