5 Tips for Teaching AAC to a Child

https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com... Having trouble figuring out how to teach an AAC device or system to a child? Susan Berkowitz joined us LIVE on The Speechie Show to share her 5 tips for AAC implementation. Check it out! ----------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to the Speechie Show! Being a speech-language pathologist often means having too much work and not enough planning time. To beat the overwhelm, we’re bringing you the tricks and tools that will make your job a little bit easier. Carrie: We are here with Susan Berkowitz, and we are talking about AAC. How are you today Susan? Susan: I am fine. How are you? Carrie: Doing great! Glad to have you on. Today we are going to be talking about implementation strategies for AAC. So, Susan is going to be sharing with us her favorite 5 tips for AAC and how to get started with that. If you are new to the show, I am Carrie Clark from speechandlanguagekids.com and this is the Speechie Show. Each week I interview a new guest and we talk about on topic and explore it in a little bit of depth and then we do some giveaways. So, today we're talking AAC with Ms. Susan Berkowitz. Why don't you take a minute and introduce yourself Susan? Susan: Ok. I've been a speech and language pathologist since 1978, which means almost 40 years. Carrie: Wow! Susan: I still can't quite believe that. And I actually was doing augmentative vocation back then. Carrie: That's even more impressive. Susan: We were teaching kids with autism sign language and we were using bliss symbols for a lot of kids with CP and that was about the extent of AAC back then. Carrie: Wow. So, are you still doing AAC now? Susan: I am. I run my own private practice and I do a lot of consulting for school districts and staff training. As well as, independent....to read more, visit the blog post: https://www.speechandlanguagekids.com....