AAC & Communication Devices
8 articles in this category
How to Use Aided Language Stimulation at Home
How to model on your child's AAC system during ordinary routines like meals and bath time, without turning every moment into a test or waiting for a reply.
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What Is Aided Language Stimulation? A Parent Guide
Aided language stimulation means talking on your child's AAC system while you speak. What it is, why modelling matters, and how to start with a few words.
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Choosing the Right Communication Access Method
How an access assessment works step by step, the seating, vision and preference factors that shape the choice, and how the NDIS can fund the equipment.
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Alternative Access for Communication: A Guide
Eye gaze, switches, partner-assisted scanning and head tracking: what each one is, which children they suit, and what an access assessment looks at.
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Getting Started with a Speech Generating Device
Your child has a speech generating device. Now what? Why to model on it, why not to hide pages or symbols, and why patience with yourself matters as much.
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Speech Generating Devices for Children: A Guide
Will a talking device stop my child from talking? What speech generating devices are, what the research says about that worry, and how NDIS funding works.
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Using a Communication Book Every Day: Key Tips
Making a PODD book part of daily life: how to model on it instead of quizzing, which routines to start with, and how to get siblings and peers using it.
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Low-Tech Communication Books and PODD: A Guide
What a PODD book is, how it differs from a folder of pictures, who it suits, and why a paper book can sit alongside a device rather than replace it.
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