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#91 - AAC & Modeling Without Expectation With Rachel Madel
October 08, 2024 · 48 min

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

AAC Ally Course

Talking With Tech Podcast

Rachel’s Instagram

Rachel’s Website

Rachel’s TikTok

You may also be interested in these supports:

Visual Support Starter Set 

Visual Supports Facebook Group

Autism Little Learners on Instagram

Autism Little Learners on Facebook