May is Better Speech and Hearing Month and here at CI we are so excited to celebrate all the unique ways individuals communicate! One form of communication we love to teach is Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) but it can often be misunderstood. What is...
Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate friendship and love. In order to celebrate, many classrooms have each student bring in Valentine’s for their peers. It’s a day of passing around homemade crafts, “punny” knick knacks, and of course candy and other sweet treats! At...
AACcelerate Your Potential at CI Pediatric Therapy Centers! Check out CI’s new program for children with complex communication needs who are in need of an augmentative alternative communication system to optimize their expressive language skills! AACcelerate is a...
Tips and tricks to building language skills through book reading in children who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) What is language and why is it important? According to ASHA, language is “the words we use and how we use them to share ideas...
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) refers to all the ways we can communicate without talking, such as facial expressions, gestures, writing, photos, sign language and high-tech devices. For individuals with speech and language disabilities, these forms...
