Overview
Raising kids is hard-without the extras! If you're a parent looking for a roadmap to integrate language learning with AAC into your family routine, or a professional looking for tips to help you coach families on their AAC journey, then this is the session for you! We'll start with a lay of the AAC land in this interactive session that emphasizes the importance of meeting the child and family where they are. We'll then move through effective, "down home" strategies to make language building moments a part of everyday family life using a simple, three-step framework that everyone can follow.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss three factors to consider when setting practical but progressive communication goals for kids who use AAC.
- Discuss two ways in which to identify motivating, natural, and language-friendly activities within which to build communication skills for kids learning to use AAC.
- Demonstrate two strategies to stimulate language with AAC during naturalistic activities.
Primary & Secondary Strand
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Target Audience
- Caregivers
- Communication Specialist
- Consultants/Trainers
- Educators
- Family Members
- Speech-Language Pathologists
Experience Level
Introductory
Primary Life Cycle Addressed
Birth - Pre K; Elementary - Secondary (K-12)
Session Delivery Format
In-person presentation with live-stream
Course Schedule
This course was given at the ATIA 2023 Conference on Thursday, February 2 from 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM (EST)
Continuing Education Credits
For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs
ASHA CE Information: Recorded Session
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: September 15, 2023
This course is also offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.
End date of CRC CEUs offering: January 30, 2024
As this course was included in the ATIA 2023 Virtual Event series, please refer to the ATIA Learning Center CEUs page for further information on how to submit your CRC CEUs for this course to CRCC.
Speaker/s:
Tannalynn Neufeld, MS, CCC-SLP
AACcessible.org, Speech-language pathologist, AAC Specialist & Coach
Biography
Tannalynn Neufeld is a licensed, ASHA certified speech-language pathologist with over 15 years in the field working with complex communicators and their families. Tanna has presented nationwide on AAC and other topics related to complex communication via professional and parent development workshops and webinars. She is the founder and director of AACcessible.org, a nonprofit organization driven to improve global access to AAC through education, advocacy, awareness, and action. Clinically, Tanna has extensive experience supporting the youngest and most emerging communicators in home, clinic, and hospital settings. In her private work as an AAC consultant and coach, Tanna provides donation-based and pro-bono, tele-AAC evaluations and coaching programs to support access to AAC technology and services for all. She has developed comprehensive training programs to enrich pre- and post-service education in the field of AAC for professionals at The AAC Academy, an online learning hub for everyone wanting to improve their confidence in working with complex learners. In addition, she strongly believes that parents and caregivers are at the core of positive, long-term outcomes for children with complex needs and strives to develop resources to support families on their AAC and AT journey. Tanna has a personal passion to see the barriers that remain for AAC access lowered. Living with disability herself, she realizes the positive impact that assistive technology and support services have on individuals with differences and is grateful to dedicate her professional and personal endeavors to realizing a world that opens possibilities for everyone.
Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Tanna receives a salary for employment at Goally. She receives a teaching stipend for adjunct courses with the University of Washington. Tanna also receives honorariums for select speaking engagements.
Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
All funds generated through private consulting, product sales, or webinar sales through AACcessible and the AAC Academy remain under that nonprofit's financial portfolio. As founder, director, and content creator with AACcessible and The AACV Academy, Tanna is a volunteer and does not receive financial compensation. Tanna is a member of ASHA and ASHA SIG 12 and is on the editing board for SLP Nerdcast.