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:
The definition of AAC
Modeling without expectation
Presuming competence
Why kids don’t have to “prove they are ready” for AAC
Different types of AAC
How to get “buy-in” with AAC
Links Related To This Week’s Episode:
Rachel’s Free Resource Library
You may also be interested in these supports:
Visual Supports Facebook Group
Autism Little Learners on Instagram
Autism Little Learners on Facebook