GETTING STARTED WITH AAC: What Parents Need to Know from an SLP, ModelingTouchChat with Wordpower

THE SPEECH SCOOP
Kelli Meyer M.Ed, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL
Licensed and Certified Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist
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Hey guys, it's Kelli, welcome back to my channel! I hope these videos are helpful for working with your little ones at home. Leave a comment below with your questions, comments or video suggestions!
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NEW TO AAC: PARENT TIPS AND TRICKS FOR SELECTING AND SETTING UP AN AAC DEVICE
In my member's only video that you will see available after joining, learn how to : set up your device by altering accessibility, auto-lock screen time and guided access. Select a WordPower Core board that is age-appropriate with plenty of room to grow and change the voice to match what your child sounds like. Set up a password on the edit menu screen to limit accidental changes. Copy your child's core word power board set up and rename it in order to add/change any buttons on the screen. Lock the screen by enabling guided access with a passcode. Delete all other apps on the ipad. Use this device for communication ONLY. This is now your child's/client's voice.
Here are some of my top tips and tricks for successfully getting started with AAC:
Modeling ‪@aacapps‬
#1: Get a durable, flexible CASE with a strap AND Screen protector. Do NOT use this device for anything other than your child's AAC app. Take it with you EVERYWHERE for 1 week as your step one.
Light-Tech (or Low-tech) AAC for carryover and/or to begin using core boards and Alternative Augmentative Communication.
SNUG = Spontaneous Novel Utterance Generation is the GOAL of AAC.
#2: Interact connect and build relationships with your child using AAC devices and THEIR interests through music, song, dances, and their favorite interests.
#3: Model without expectation. Model the words for your child. Use the FIND button under ABC 123 to show the motor pattern
#4: Use Double Core Words (i.e. Put up, or Work Out) to shoe multiple meanings
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When do I know my child is ready to change core vocabulary = when you are continuously unable to find words that are in your child's vocabulary or interests. OR when there is a need for increased grammatical morphemes (i.e. "ED, ING" ) in which you can change to the higher level of grammar using the same vocab board.
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[@sow9619]

You are amazing and a blessing ❤️. Thank you for what you are doing to helps the kids. This is a little off topic, can you make a video or suggest some games for kids who likes cars. My kid is 2 year old non verbal and autistic. He likes car and I want incorporate cars with play therapy to teach him language. But I am running out of ideas. Please help!

[@tierrawashington8513]

Hi. The app talk tablet pro that is used on these devices. Can I download the app on my sons current tablet?

[@user-dp9nj6pp5q]

Me too

[@sheenesechambers7144]

I just picked up my child AAC device and how do i get started? What apps do i download?

[@angelsky8205]

Does the app need to be downloaded on an apple I-pad device?

[@LJYouTube1981]

We have really struggled this year. I attempted to get my lo in ST last year in school and it was such a process, they never even got back to me until the end of the year. My child is now 6 and is very bright, she is reading very well on a 3rd grade level and is exceptionally bright, but she has developed this habit that we cannot seem to break of dragging out the ending of words. I don't even know what that is called, but instead of saying Apple.. she will say it like Appuullle. Ugh, I have not seen anything on how to correct this, Has anyone else dealt with this?

[@miaadam1574]

I’m finding really difficult to train my 4 year old child on AAC as he isn’t interested. He does verbally say words like uh oh, label many objects, but doesn’t mand or comment. Should I pull out AAC device if he has said the word? Would you even use AAC on a pre-verbal child?

[@randomlyrusty5427]

How do I join your members only page?

[@rachellevigil9004]

Thank you so much for this video! My 4.5 YO’s SLP is in the process of getting her an iPad with one of these apps to help her in kindergarten. She has CAS and talks a lot, but has very low intelligibility. Because she already talks a lot, should we use the same strategies discussed in this video when using the app?

[@TheSpeechScoop]

It sounds like she has high receptive & expressive vocabulary! I think she would probably do great with the 60 basic grid as modeled! Continue to model words with overexagerations of vowels & age appropriate speech sounds! I think she will do great with her new device!

[@rachellevigil9004]

@@TheSpeechScoop Okay, thank you! Yes, she has great receptive vocab, and probably great expressive vocab, we just can’t understand what she’s saying. Really hoping that the AAC will help reduce frustration, especially since she’s moving from special Ed preschool to general Ed kindergarten. She’ll talk on and on for sentences, and everyone around her wants to encourage her to keep trying, but it’s so hard to respond appropriately. I just don’t want the app to take the place of her efforts to produce speech, but I know it’s also so important for her to be understood! Also, I worry that since her vocab is high, she might not be able to find all the words she wants to express. Often, we stuck on a single crucial word. She’ll say, “I want shxjencnje,” and I understand the “I want”, but can’t for the life of me figure out what she wants. Usually it’s an obscure word that she hasn’t practiced saying, so I just wonder, how can we anticipate every word she might want to say? Or, she’ll talk on for several sentences and nobody can understand any of it, but if we had just one crucial word like “dog” or “Elsa,” we could at least respond in a way that would make her feel heard. I’m hoping the AAC will help us at least get the one crucial word! Thanks for explaining how to edit the squares. I’m hopeful that by tweaking it to fit her, it’ll help combat that issue. Thanks for listening to my ramble. And thank you for all your wonderful videos. They have been so helpful and empowering.

[@ashleewitty9096]

How can I purchase "member's only" videos?

[@tinkerbell4950]

I was wondering if you could do a video on the initial BL sound.

[@celiajahuey3031]

Sorry for kids

[@Sutuu0909]

how can i download this app on a different device??

[@kiylee7748]

What does the app call my son needs one

[@NBASportsReview]

Why do I have problems saying words in a row that all start with the same letter?

[@linkmasters535]

Would this work for a deaf older guy who can’t hear or speak

[@TheSpeechScoop]

unfortunately I am not trained in hearing loss techniques, but if he had language or hearing previously, I would assume so

[@user-uc3ch8sx6u]

Katherine Kreft Why. Do you us a talking device .

[@belenRabinovich]

For some people with disabilities it is difficult to use their voice. The person in this video she teaches people with disabilities to use the talking device. That is her job. This is called AAC.