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Home for the Holidays! AAC Strategies for Parents and Caregivers
Happy holidays from the Forbes AAC team! Holiday season means time spent with family and friends. Here are some AAC strategies to...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Dec 20, 20222 min read


AAC Interventions for Children Aged 0 to 6 Years – Highlights from a Review Article
A systematic review of AAC interventions for children aged 0 to 6 years was completed by Leonet and colleagues (2022). The review looked...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Nov 29, 20223 min read


Feature-Matching in AAC Assessment: Operational Features
Did you know? AAC intervention also includes goals targeting the operational domain, which are the strategies and skills in the technical...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Nov 15, 20224 min read


How to Use Prompting in AAC Intervention to Maximize Language Acquisition
Prompting is used to facilitate a new skill (Neitzel & Wolery, 2009). When teaching a new communication skill, it's common to provide...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Nov 8, 20223 min read


AAC Tips for the Classroom
Many AAC users spend a lot of their time in the classroom. Today’s blog post addresses some tips for AAC implementation in the classroom....

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Nov 1, 20224 min read


Feature-Matching in AAC Assessment: Linguistic Features
Have you seen our previous posts on Feature-Matching in AAC Assessment? We’ve discussed voice features, access features, and...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Oct 25, 20224 min read


Show Your Voice! For AAC Awareness Month 2022 Meet Jake!
The International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC) celebrates AAC Awareness Month every year in October....

Whitley Bieser, M.A., CCC-SLP
Oct 20, 20223 min read


AAC Awareness Month 2022
According to the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISSAC), this year’s theme is “Show Your Voice”....

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Oct 4, 20223 min read


ProSlate™ Series and AAC Apps: Highlighting Grid for iPad
The ProSlate™ Series from Forbes AAC are iOS-based speech generating devices that can run almost any AAC app on the market using...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Sep 27, 20223 min read


ProSlate™ Series and AAC Apps: Highlighting Proloquo2Go
The ProSlate™ Series from Forbes AAC are iOS-based speech generating devices that can run almost any AAC app on the market using...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Sep 20, 20223 min read


Literacy Intervention Strategies for Individuals Who Use AAC
Literacy, the ability to read and write, is an essential skill for academic success. For AAC users, literacy skills significantly expand...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Sep 13, 20224 min read


Funding FAQ’s and the Forbes AAC Funding Portal
When it comes to funding and AAC, there are many components that go into the process! Use this week's blog post as a reference for...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Sep 6, 20223 min read


Back to School – AAC Assessment Tools to Know About!
School is back in session which means SLPs are busy! New referrals, evaluations, re-evaluations. This week's blog post focuses on tools...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Aug 30, 20224 min read


Jumpstart the School Year with These AAC Tips!
Welcome back to school! The start of the school year is exciting! Classrooms are set-up and decorated, supplies have been bought, and...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Aug 23, 20224 min read


Access is the Key to Communication
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) can seem like the answer to all your prayers when you are working with or caring for an...

Elyse Goldshein, M.S., CCC-SLP
Aug 16, 20227 min read


Feature-Matching in AAC Assessment: Portability/Positioning Features
This week's blog post aims to highlight the many different portability and positioning features available and what to consider when...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Aug 9, 20224 min read


Feature-Matching in AAC Assessment: Access Features
Feature-matching is a systematic process in which an AAC user’s strengths and needs are matched to available tools and strategies (Shane...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Jul 26, 20224 min read


Feature-Matching in AAC Assessment: Voice Features
Feature-matching in AAC assessment is an important component when identifying the most effective and efficient AAC system for AAC users....

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Jul 19, 20224 min read


Incorporating Play for Language Development and AAC
By the time typically developing children are in preschool, they understand and use thousands of words across various semantic categories...

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Jul 5, 20223 min read


Conversational Coaching as an AAC Intervention Strategy
One approach in speech therapy is to include communication partners in intervention. One of those strategies is conversational coaching....

Katie Threlkeld, M.S., CCC-SLP
Jun 28, 20223 min read
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