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Day #18: AAC Awareness Month - Success
I have a confession: Sometimes I LOVE data. When I'm in a session and recording data takes my attention away from my client, interrupting...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day # 17: AAC Awareness Month - Surprise!
That last part is really the reason I chose this image for today's post: Communication is only really communication if you can't predict...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #16: AAC Awareness Month - Body Language
For many people, technology is so appealing (and such an integral part of our daily lives) that we find it easy to focus on high-tech AAC...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #15: AAC Awareness Month - Communication Rights
For a long time now -- since before I even knew what an SLP was -- I've viewed communication as a human rights issue. It's always good to...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #11: AAC Awareness Month - The "I Want" Trap
Requesting things you want or need is important, but it's so easy for an AAC learner to get stuck in the "I want" trap -- where...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #10: AAC Awareness Month -- Say What You See
Sometimes the hardest part of teaching someone how to use AAC is knowing where to start. Well, start with what they're already telling...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #9: AAC Awareness Month - Cat Got Your Tongue?
AAC isn't just for those who can't speak at all. It's also for those who speak just fine some of the time but have trouble with speech...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day # 8: AAC Awareness Blog - The Fear Is Real
Who better to explain the AAC journey than a parent of an AAC user who is also a speech-language pathologist? Meet Dana Neider. In this...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #7: AAC Awareness Month - Whose Words Are They Anyway?
(This t-shirt is being sold here, if you want one for yourself.) Sometimes teaching AAC is hard because we forget whose words we're...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day # 4: AAC Awareness Month - When Things Get Messy
It's a known law of the universe that kids love to make messes -- finger foods, finger paints, play-doh, mud, etc. This universal truth...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #3: AAC Awareness Month -- Reality Check Edition
As much as I love AAC and everything about it, I have to admit -- it's not always easy. Sure, it's do-able, and tends to be well worth...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Day #2: AAC Awareness Month - Instagram Edition
Social media can be a wonderful thing when it brings AAC users, families, and professionals together. Check out the hashtag...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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AAC Awareness Month!
October is official AAC Awareness Month! For those who don't know, or need a refresher, AAC is... A = Augmentative A = Alternative C =...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Motivation - What's the Big Deal?
Think back to your least favorite subject in school. Everybody had one -- even the biggest nerds (myself included -- I was never a fan...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20214 min read
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Linguistics!
We're getting a little personal this week. This post is going to dive into my particular journey toward where I am now in my career --...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20213 min read
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A Son Remembers His Dad
Beautiful.
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20211 min read
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Neurodiversity 101
Having just registered for this conference, I've definitely got neurodiversity on my mind. For those unfamiliar with the term, here's a...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20212 min read
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Repetition: Language-Learning Friend or Foe?
One of the greatest challenges of supporting autistic learners lies at the intersection of two facts about most autistic brains: 1) ...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20212 min read
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When Mouth Words Aren't Enough
Most of us are familiar with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) being used when speech isn't an option for someone --...
Sarah McKim Thomas
Oct 17, 20212 min read
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