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Special Needs > Cancer
Supporting Cancer Patients with Special Needs Through Early Detection
...wheelchair ramps, accessible exam tables, and communication aids for those with sensory impairments. Healthcare...difficulty traveling to healthcare facilities. These alternative screening methods can be especially beneficial...healthcare facilities. These alternative screening methods can be especially beneficial for patients with...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
Augmentative and Alternative Communication: The Voice of Success for Your Child
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC)...Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) leads many children...and other universal communication methods. AAC (sometimes...universal communication methods. AAC (sometimes called...(sometimes called assistive communication, or AT) devices feature...transitions. Access methods are flexible, accommodating...
Education > Tutoring
The Voice of Success For Your Child
Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) leads... Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) leads many children...notes and other universal communication methods. AAC devices feature...universal communication methods. AAC devices feature realistic-...life transitions. Access methods are flexible, accommodating...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Special Needs App of the Day: Scene & Heard
...speech and communications services...augmentative and alternative communication...alternative communication apps and...apps in the communications space. With...create a communications tool for...interactions and communications. For example,...create a "communication passport."...explain his method of preferred...preferred communication. The user...create a communication passport...
Assistive Tech > Apps
Best iPad Apps for Special Needs
...for discrete trial training, a primary teaching method in Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), used often...turns your tablet into an AAC, or Augmentive and Alternative Communication device. This iPad app for special...tablet into an AAC, or Augmentive and Alternative Communication device. This iPad app for special needs allows...
Therapies > Other
Expressive Arts Therapy
...the repetition and consistency of behavioral methods and practices. But I did not always feel that...embodied ways produces different results and is an alternative experience from typical verbal and mental routes...experience from typical verbal and mental routes of communicating and being. The expressive arts shift from one...
Special Needs > Speech and Communication Impairments
What Speech-Language Pathologists Actually Do: A Guide for Special Needs Families
...language comprehension, social communication, feeding and swallowing,...disorders, stuttering, and alternative communication systems for...stuttering, and alternative communication systems for children who...trained to assess and treat communication and swallowing disorders....pronunciation is perfect. Social communication (pragmatics). This includes...
Special Needs > Cerebral Palsy
AAC for Children with Cerebral Palsy: Finding the Right Communication System
...it's built on a misunderstanding about what AAC does. Augmentative and alternative communication doesn't replace speech. It supplements it, supports it,...a misunderstanding about what AAC does. Augmentative and alternative communication doesn't replace speech. It supplements it, supports it, and often accelerates...
News > Technology
The AAC Speech Delay Myth: What Parents Need to Know Before Starting Communication Devices
...starting augmentative and alternative communication early....augmentative and alternative communication early. And it makes...studied, it accelerates communication development. Children...talk. They learn that communication gets results, and that...to develop verbal communication The fear persists...logical. But human communication doesn't work the way...
Financial > Grants
Grants for Assistive Technology: What's Available and How to Apply
...including wheelchairs, walkers, standing frames, and lifts, plus some communication devices when they meet medical necessity criteria. Coverage varies by...the device, what they will be able to do with it, and why no lower-cost alternative will work. How to apply: Your child's doctor, therapist, or medical...
Therapies > Speech
How AAC Devices Help Nonverbal Children Communicate
...short for augmentative and alternative communication, is a category...augmentative and alternative communication, is a category of tools...development by removing communication frustration and giving them...short for Picture Exchange Communication System, counts as AAC. On...HD turn an iPad into a communication device, often at a fraction...
Social Engagement > Friends and Family
The Future of Social Engagement for People with Special Needs
...are not only improving communication capabilities but also enhancing...field. Augmentative and Alternative Communication Tools. Simply...Augmentative and Alternative Communication Tools. Simply being able...them. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools...Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) tools are instrumental...