Resources for English Speaking Professionals

San Francisco State University Augmentative Alternative Communication Studies

Culturally and Responsive AAC assessment Resources

Link: San Francisco State University Culturally Responsive AAC

PrAACtical AAC Con Links en Español

PrAACtical AAC is a project that started in 2020 where several bilingual, Spanish speaking professionals collect a series of AAC links in Spanish for Spanish speaking families and professionals.

Link: Con Links CAA PrAACtical AAC

AULA ABIERTA ARASAAC 

A website with various resources including core boards and different symbol sets. It’s available in Portuguese, Italian, French, English, and Spanish

Link: Aula Abierta

TABLEROS DE COMUNICACIÓN CON PICTOGRAMAS

Link: Tableros/Core Boards

HABLA DLL

Bilingual resources for parents, early childhood educators, and therapists to promote the language and literacy skills of young children who are Dual Language Learners.

Link: HablaDLL

Colorín Colorado

Colorín Colorado is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of bilingual, research-based information, activities, and advice for educators and families of English language learners (ELLs). Colorín Colorado is an educational service of WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in the nation's capital, and receives major funding from the American Federation of Teachers and National Education Association.

Link: Colorín Colorado

Open AAC

OpenAAC is an initiative to create and encourage open-licensed resources and tools to support AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) users. They also offer a variety of survey results helpful for AAC implementation practice.

Link: Open AAC

AAC Disaster Relief and Recovery

Resources on how to replace your equipment if lost on a natural disaster. Specifically for users with a disability and use AAC technology to communicate but had equipment lost or damaged in a hurricane or other major regional/national disaster.

Link: AAC Disaster Relief and Recovery

PrAACtical AAC Blog

PrAACtical AAC supports a community of professionals and families who are determined to improve the communication and literacy abilities of people with significant communication difficulties. It was founded in 2011 by two SLP professors, Carole Zangari and the late Robin Parker, around a shared passion for AAC.

Link: PrAACtical AAC

Step UP AT

The mission of Step UP AT is to support teachers and parents in effectively using evidence-based assistive technology (AT) to increase early literacy and learning outcomes for preschool children with disabilities. We achieve our mission using a peer coaching model using an open-source online learning platform, telepresence robots, bug-in-the-ear (BITE) technology, and video models to support the use of AT practices during early literacy instruction. The website includes free online modules, lending library, and video demonstrations. Various of the videos are in Spanish for Spanish speaking families.

Link: Step UP AT

YouTube : Step UP AT