Summer Learning Opportunities For Professionals

Summer is here and that’s a reason to celebrate! Thank you for a wonderful academic year of encouraging, inspiring, and helping others find their voice through AAC. Your work means so much! May the summer be a time of rest and reset as you prepare for the coming season of growth for your AAC users.

If summer learning is on your list, and we hope it is, you’ve come to the right place. Check out this list of opportunities for SLPs, assistive technology gurus, teachers, occupational therapists, and other professionals to grow in AAC. You’ll see your impact grow in client language development as well as your connection with them.

Get certified in the TouchChat® Trainer Program

Do you have a passion for AAC and a desire to help others become successful AAC users? Consider becoming a TouchChat Trainer to further your knowledge of the iOS app and WordPower® vocabularies to meet needs in your community. Learn more about the program and its benefits or check out the reasons to become a certified TouchChat trainer.

Create a voice from The Voice Keeper

AAC devices and apps come with an assortment of diverse voice options. Users can also choose to personalize their AAC solution even further by creating a voice themselves or with the support of a loved one. Learn more about this opportunity available through The Voice Keeper and create one for yourself so you can show your team and users how it works.

Spruce up your skills through AAC Learning Journey

AAC Learning Journey is a comprehensive hub for exploring dedicated devices, iOS apps, access methods, and vocabularies. Try one for yourself and recommend one to a parent, teacher, or team member. If you’re newer to AAC, the “Unraveling the Mystery" eLearning course series is a great place to start.

Don’t have a secure account yet? Perhaps today is your day to register!

Take a master class with Minspeak® Academy

Master classes from Minspeak Academy are designed just for professionals and give you the opportunity to earn ASHA CEUs. Join ASHA Fellow Tracy M. Kovach, PhD, CCC-SLP for a five-session master slass that explores the process of language decontextualization and how activities such as reading and play can help create rich language learning opportunities. Taking place on five consecutive Friday afternoons beginning July 10, learn more and register today through AAC Learning Journey.

Subscribe to the AAC Language Lab to jazz up your resources

If you’re looking to reset your enthusiasm and your program offerings, the AAC Language Lab is filled with real-life solutions in support of language development. Resources include parent guides, sample lesson plans, manual communication boards, and much, much more at an affordable annual fee of $19.95.

You're also invited to explore these free new or newly updated resources:

• AAC Language Lab Guide
• AAC Adventures
• Active with AAC

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ―William Butler Yeats