1. INT-OO5:
Making AAC in the
classroom work!
Amanda Hartmann
amandahartmann88@gmail.com
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Thursday, Jan 29 from 4:30 PM-5:30 PM
Handouts are available at:
www.atia.org/orlandohandouts
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2. Amanda Hartmann
Spectronics.com.au/Blog
amandahartmann88@gmail.com
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Inclusive Technology Consultant
Speech Pathologist

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12. Learning Objectives
• Participants will be able to identify 3 major roadblocks to
success of AAC in the classroom and how to overcome
these
• Participants will be able to apply at least 5 key strategies for
AAC instruction in the classroom
• Participants will be able to develop at least 5 interactive
classroom activities to support the AAC needs of students
with complex communication needs.
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Handouts are available at:
www.atia.org/orlandohandouts

13. AAC in the classroom
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Motivating
Engaging
Interactive
Purposeful
Fun
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15. Choices
Comments
Protests
Questions
Feelings
Opinions
News
telling
Help
Functions of communication
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AAC for all

17. Roadblocks
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18. People give up too soon
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Roadblock #1

19. Be persistent.
Don't give up too soon!
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20. Be consistent.
Regular and reliable.
Repetition with variety.
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21. Be flexible.
Be ready to change and evolve.
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22. Vocabulary planning
Customise & Personalise
Success depends on planning the
right vocabulary and activities
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23. Classroom Communication Activities
vs Individual Communication Systems
Plan AAC as a part of your
classroom programming, and
individual systems can evolve on
the back of that.
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24. Easy to access AAC resources
20 second rule
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26. Modelling
Aided Language Stimulation
Partner Augmented Input
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27. Lack of training and support
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Roadblock #2

28. Collect examples
Videos/ photos
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29. Professional Development
NB: Not just HOW-TO’s but
HOW-TO-USE
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30. People must learn how to:
Model
Prompt & fade
Create communication opportunities
Respond to communication attempts
Manage their timing
Customise & personalise vocab
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31. Get an AAC Champion
Identify key people to
support and buddy with
others
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32. SHARE Share what works
Share what doesn’t work
Share resources
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33. DELEGATE
What task can be shared?
Match tasks to people’s strengths
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34. Putting all your eggs
in one basket
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Roadblock #3

35. KEEP THE OLD
Don’t make way for new AAC
strategies/tools without
considering whether the old
systems still have a place and
value
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36. AND
LOW/ LIGHT TECH HIGH TECH
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Not either, or….

37. “Dance
with the
girl you
brought!”
Dr Caroline Musselwhite

38. Create and model
Multi-modal methods of communication
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39. Practical activities
for AAC in classrooms
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40. PLANNING CLASSROOM
COMMUNICATION ACTIVITES
DISCUSS:
Who is it for?
When & where will it be used?
How will it look?
What is it trying to achieve?

41. AND
ACTIVITY SPECIFIC CORE WORD
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Not either, or….

42. VISUAL SCENE DISPLAYS WORD TREES
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TeachMate365
Autismate365
aacorn

43. Class-based Routines &
Schedules
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Timetables work well with the app: Aurasma

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Daily summary

51. Circle Time
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What is already happening…
Calendar work
Role/Names
Weather
Feelings
Words of the week
Daily Schedule

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What to ADD to make it more focused on
communication and interaction…
News telling
Show & Share
Singing
Shared reading
Shared class activities
& much more!!!

54. Problem solving & communicating
through difficult behaviours
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“Clues” page in Proloquo2Go

58. Telling news/recounts/ stories
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60. Photo based chat books
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I like reading
Hotspotting behind photos

61. Games & Activities
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Bag game
Collins Big Cat
Toca TailorMy Playhome
Make me a
Monster
Toca Kitchen
Monsters
Core word vocab
with interactive apps

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73. Social connectedness
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Jokes

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Jokes

76. Photo based chat books
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I like reading books!

77. • greetings (eg. Hey!)
• openers (eg. What’s up? How are you?)
• commenting/ continuers (eg. cool, awesome,
bummer, Really? Tell me more) ***most common
• Often not included in an AAC vocabulary system
Social interaction vocabulary
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78. Snappy chat
The range of apps by Snappy Chat -
have great vocab for Social interaction
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79. Give praise and compliments to students and staff
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80. “Cool vocabulary”
Totes Amazing ROFL
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Asking Questions

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Quizzes

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Email/Text

84. Music & singing
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89. Language & sentence building
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92. Give clues in scavenger hunt
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aacorn

96. Language & literacy
using books
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97. Make it…
INTERACTIVE
& REAL
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98. Walking in the garden, what do I see?
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102. Repeated lines in books

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105. Text innovation
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107. Don’t forget….
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108. Be fun
and
engaging!

109. Give it a go!

110. spectronics.com.au/online
Subscription
https://essdack.org/

111.
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