Cooking Up Some Literacy
By: Caroline Musselwhite
This month's tip presents cooking activities and recipe books to support symbol uses and beginning literacy. If you know of other great picture cookbooks, or literature-related cookbooks, please share them with us! Bon Appetit!!
January 2004
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Starting an AT Interest Group
The Tip for this month is "Starting an AT Interest Group." Thanks to the Topic Table Lunch Bunch at the ATIA for suggesting this. Learn WHY to start a group, WHO, HOW to begin, and WHAT to do at meetings. Enjoy!
February 2004
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Levels Based Social Scripts
Levels-Based Social Scripts, a.k.a. Partner-Powered Dynamic Devices!
This tip shares two strategies for using levels based devices to emulate dynamic devices. They are great ways to support students in using social scripts with simple technology, and may help convince 'powers that be' to purchase higher tech devices!
March 2004
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AT & 6 + 1 Traits Writing
Using information gathered from Judi Cumley and Judy Sweeney, Julie compiled this month's handout. It aligns assistive technology solutions - low tech to high tech - with 6 Traits + 1 writing.
Visit the 6+1 Trait Writing website for more information
April 2004
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Thematic Units: Not Just for Younger Students!
This tip presents a handout describing the value of thematic units for older students, with a discussion of:
- general issues
- vocabulary support
- augmentative communication support
- support for students who are English Language Learners
May 2004
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Sabotage
Sabotage is a strategy used to promote initiation of communication. Goossens', Crain & Elder (1992) have shared excellent ideas to use sabotage to support initiation of AAC device users. This tip summarizes their ideas, and adds additional tips.
June 2004
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Sid's Ceiling Stories
If you like to read in bed, this tip is for you! It is an innovative idea developed by a Mom (Kim) and an occupational therapist (Gretchen) to make it easy and fun for a child named Sidney to read in bed.
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Bookreading Communication Displays
By: Caroline Musselwhite
These light tech communication displays are intended to be used to support generic bookreading.
August 2004
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Survey Displays
By: Caroline Musselwhite
This tip presents a set of communication displays for use in giving interviews or surveys. These blank templates can be used over and over, quickly reprogramming cells to meet the needs of a range of surveys.
September 2004
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October 2004
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Eye Gaze Topic Setter Page
By: Caroline Musselwhite
Caroline developed this excellent handout which provides a light tech strategy for people who use eye gaze. It enables them to quickly establish communication topics with familiar listeners.
November 2004
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Mini Books
By: Caroline Musselwhite
This tip tells about Mini-books for beginning readers. Ordering information is included for this exciting resources.
December 2004
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