Why is answering yes or no to a yes/no question so challenging for some children? How do we teach this skill? NWACS Board Member Marci shares her thoughts on teaching children to answer yes/no questions.
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Teaching Yes / No
A Call for Change: Consistency, Clarity, Simplicity
A Call for Change: Consistency, Clarity, Simplicity
New NWACS Board member Carrie has a proposal for the ‘AAC World’: “let’s be consistent, let’s be clear, and let’s keep it simple.”
Read moreDistrict Core Vocabulary Initiative: How We Did It
District Core Vocabulary Initiative: How We Did It
NWACS Contributor Margaret shares about a core word initiative in her school district.
Read moreVideo Modeling and Play Skills
Video Modeling and Play Skills
NWACS Contributor Tina shares how she has been using video modeling in therapy with some of her students.
Read moreRethinking Motivation and AAC Learner Engagement
Rethinking Motivation and AAC Learner Engagement
NWACS Contributor Kylee shares some takeaways from a podcast she listened to regarding motivation and how it relates to our AAC learners.
Read moreTakeaway: The Five Key Components to LAMP
Takeaway: The Five Key Components to LAMP
NWACS Contributor Kylee shares information she learned at a recent LAMP training.
Read moreUsing AAC to Support Verbal Communicators
Using AAC to Support Verbal Communicators
NWACS President Tanna shares rationale for ongoing use of AAC tips and tools to maximize the total communication skills of emerging - or limited - verbal communicators.
Read moreAided Language Stimulation Outside the Classroom
Aided Language Stimulation Outside the Classroom
NWACS Contributor Kylee shares three steps she has found to be convenient and simple when asking caregivers to provide aided language stimulation.
Read moreLetting Your Students Star In Your Presentation
Letting Your Students Star in Your Presentation
Have you tried making interactive PowerPoint presentations using images of your language learners? NWACS Contributor Tina shares how she incorporates her students' pictures into her class interactive PowerPoint presentations.
Read moreUsing PowerPoint to Support Language Learning
Using PowerPoint to Support Language Learning
Have you considered making interactive PowerPoint presentations to use with your language learners? NWACS Contributor Tina shares how she was inspired to start using PowerPoint to support language learning in the students she works with.
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