October is AAC Awareness Month

Hi all –

This month is AAC Awareness Month!  Let’s take this month to become better communication partners and to share ideas with each other!   Head over to Twitter and share pics of your CORE activities and CORE around your room with the hastag of #saymorewithcore .

Here are some great reminders of why we need to use the student’s system to talk to them:

•      When WE use AAC, children see it as important. As valuable. As effective. As normal.
•        When WE use AAC, children learn word meanings, but they also begin to connect the AAC symbols to the words they hear and the context in which those words are used.
•        When WE use AAC, children get insight into the rules for combining words expressed through AAC symbols into phrases, sentences, and questions.
•        When WE use AAC, children learn that it can be used to ask, to tell, to wonder, to argue, to notice, to explain, and to complain.
•        When WE use AAC, children see that language expressed in this way gives us some control over our environment, helps us cope with challenges, and allows us to better understand our world.
•        When WE use AAC, children see that AAC is a valid and valued way to connect

http://praacticalaac.org/video/video-of-the-week-aided-language-input-during-play/

"GO" and #saymorewithcore