Nikki Heitner Heyman
Listen Hear!
One of the biggest complaints that I hear from teachers as children enter a more formal learning environment, is that the children do not know how to listen. I am not talking about the children with...
Early Signs of Reading Difficulties
Children develop at different rates. While some children with foundational literacy difficulties will catch up to their peers, children who make slow early progress often need extra help. If they...
Teach your child to read
Children are miraculous! They are born with an innate knowledge of language. BUT children are not born with an innate knowledge of reading. They need to be taught that text is read from left to...
Story Time
In an era where children spend more and more time in front of televisions, computers and video-games, it is important not to forget how important stories are! Hearing stories regularly allows...
Help! My toddler isn’t talking!
Your son is 2 years old and still isn't talking. He says a few words, but compared with his peers you think he's way behind. What should you do if those first words don’t come or if your child’s...
When you toddler is unintelligible.
**When my son was a toddler he said “doddles” instead of goggles, “tote” for Coke, and “tows” for cows. It was really cute and in fact today “doddles” has become a family word which we all use. However, on the whole, most people understood what he was saying and by the time he was 3 and a bit, he had outgrown his speech i**
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AAC is short for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Communication devices, systems, strategies and tools that replace or support spoken language are known as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). These tools support a person who has difficulties communicating using speech.
The first “A” in AAC stands for Augmentative Communication. When you augment something, you add to it or supplement. Augmentative communication is when you add something to your speech (eg. sign language, pictures, a letter board). This can make your message clearer to your listener.
The second “A” in AAC stands for Alternative Communication. This is when you are not able to speak. It is also when your speech is not understood by others. In this case, you need a different way to communicate.
Basically, AAC can be tools, systems, devices or strategies. These tools help a person communicate, when they cannot rely on speech. Perhaps your child has not started talking. Perhaps you have lost your ability to speak. Perhaps your speech comes and goes. Maybe speaking is harder than other ways to communicate. AAC can help.
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