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October 8, 2024 48 mins

October is AAC Awareness Month, so I thought it was a perfect time to revisit my interview with Rachel Madel!  Rachel is a speech/language pathologist and is a leading voice in the realm of Augmentative and Alternative Communication or AAC. In this episode, Rachel and I chat about AAC, modeling without expectation, and multimodal communication.  You are going to want to share this episode with all of your colleagues.  Let's jump in!

In this episode, Rachel Madel and I talk about:

  1. The definition of AAC 

  2. Modeling without expectation

  3. Presuming competence

  4. Why kids don't have to "prove they are ready" for AAC

  5. Different types of AAC

  6. How to get "buy-in" with AAC

Links Related To This Week's Episode:

  1. Rachel's Free Resource Library

  2. AAC Ally Course

  3. Talking With Tech Podcast

  4. Rachel's Instagram

  5. Rachel's Website

  6. Rachel's TikTok

You may also be interested in these supports:

  1. Visual Support Starter Set 

  2. Visual Supports Facebook Group

  3. Autism Little Learners on Instagram

  4. Autism Little Learners on Facebook

 

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