The ABCs of AAC

New to working with students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and don’t know where to begin? This 1-hour course is designed to introduce key terminology, technology, and ideology to establish a solid foundation of AAC. Speech-language pathologists and AAC experts Rachel Madel and Chris Bugaj share resources and strategies to utilize when working with students who use AAC to communicate. This course is perfect for OTs, teachers, and other professionals supporting students using AAC! This course is included with the Functional Communication Webinar Package.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify strategies for successful consideration, selection, and implementation of augmentative and alternative communication.
2. List a variety of common considerations necessary to select and implement AAC successfully.
3. Recognize basic strategies to support communication with AAC users.
4. Delineate roles of SLPs, OTs, PTs, teachers, parents, and other team members in the implementation of AAC.

Course Information

• Target Audience: introductory-level SLPs and intermediate-level OTs, COTAs, behavior therapists, teachers, and parents
  Note: While many professionals may benefit from the course content, we can only guarantee acceptance of continuing education credit as described in the following CEU section.
• Course Instructor:  Rachel Madel, MA, CCC-SLP, and Christopher R. Bugaj, MA, CCC-SLP
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• CE Broker course code: 20-697981

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Approved Provider #8215. This course is approved for 0.1 AOTA CEU or 1 contact hour under these Classification Code: Category 1, Domain of OT: Performance Skills; Category 2: OT Therapy Process: Intervention. The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.

Rachel Madel, MA, CCC-SLP, is a Los Angeles-based parent coach and autism expert who is dedicated to helping autism parents learn how to connect and communicate with their child. She co-hosts a weekly podcast called “Talking with Tech” that helps guide parents and professionals on utilizing technology to support communication. Her work has been featured in Autism Parenting Magazine, Speech Science, Practical AAC, Xceptional Ed, and ChildNEXUS. She is the founder of a digital media company that provides educational resources, therapy materials, and training videos to help support parents of children with autism.

Disclosures

• Financial: Rachel Madel receives a speaking fee from Sensational Brain LLC. She is the owner of Speech Therapy Inc. and sells online resources through her blog at www.rachelmadel.com. Rachel receives advertising revenue from the AAC podcast Talking with Tech and income from CEU courses sold through XceptionalED.com.
• Nonfinancial: Rachel is a member of ASHA, SIG 12, CSHA, and an app consultant for EQTainment and Moment AR.

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Christopher R. Bugaj, MA, CCC-SLP, is a founding member of the Assistive Technology Team for Loudoun County Public Schools. Chris is the coauthor of The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools published by the International Society on Technology in Education (ISTE). Chris hosts The A.T.TIPSCAST (http://attipscast.com), a multi‐award winning podcast featuring strategies to design educational experiences. Chris is the creator of ATEval2Go (http://bit.ly/ateval2go), an app for iPads that helps professionals perform technology assessments. Chris has presented over 300 sessions at local, regional, state, national, and international events, including TEDx, each listed at http://bit.ly/bugajpresentations. His latest book The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All (http://bit.ly/thenewat4all), also published by ISTE, is available for order now!

Disclosures

• Financial: Christopher Bugaj receives a speaking fee from Sensational Brain LLC as well as proceeds from the sale of his books. Chris co-hosts the AAC podcast Talking with Tech. He receives revenue from sponsors of the podcast and from courses at Xceptionaled.com. Chris receives royalties for the sale of his book The New Assistive Tech: Make Learning Awesome for All! and other authored works. You can see all of Chris’s disclosures for any endeavor at http://bit.ly/cbdisclosures.
• Nonfinancial: No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

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