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Who is the PIPPY?
Who is the PIPPY?PIPPY is actually the name of my female golden retriever! She goes by a variety of names including: Pippy, The Pippy, and Miss Pip. As a real life dog and as an imaginary friend, she has helped my stepdaughter enter into the world of emergent literacy. When this little girl was in first grade, she brought home Curious George for the weekend. Her task was to write a story of Curious George's tales over the time he spent with us. Curious George ended up flying on Miss Pip's back to one of our local grocery stores and thus the link between the Pippy and emergent literacy had begun!
PIPPY was the original name for AAC Intervention.com. AAC Intervention.com was begun in 1998 by two speech/language pathologists with over 25 years combined experience working with person's who needed augmentative/alternative communication systems.
Our purpose in developing AAC emergent literacy products is to provide
creative materials to parents, teachers and therapists to use in teaching
early literacy skills to their children who currently have limited verbal
speech skills. We are very concerned with your feedback and needs. Please
e-mail us with ideas, suggestions and ways we can help!
Julie Maro, M.A. CCC/SLP is a speech/language pathologist who received
her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and
her Master's degree from the University of Minnesota. She has been
actively involved in AAC and AT since the mid-1980's. Julie developed
and directed the AAC Program at Cerebral Palsy, Inc. in Green Bay, WI.
After that, she was employed through the Prentke Romich Company as a Regional
AAC Consultant for the state of Wisconsin. Next, Julie worked for
four years at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire as part of their Enabling
Technology team.
ulie currently works as an Assistive Technology Consultant for C.E.S.A. 10 in Chippewa Falls, WI. This position is sponsored through the Wisconsin Assistive Technology Initiative. C.E.S.A. is a regional service agency serving over 30 schools in northwest Wisconsin. Julie has presented on a variety of AAC topics at numerous state and national conferences including Closing the Gap and ASHA. She also teaches AT courses through St. Norbert College and has recently published a booklet of overlays for a variety of simple AAC systems designed to correspond to the children's book "I Went Walking" by Sue Williams. Julie's latest project is the Nursery Rhyme Time book and disk. See the products page for further information!
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