Teaming Up With Building Wings

PRC-Saltillo and the AAC Language Lab® are teaming up with Building Wings™ to bring even more LAMP Words for Life® and Unity® resources into your classroom. These tools give educators practical ways to support language, literacy, and authentic communication with your students who use AAC, or augmentative and alternative communication.

“Too often, AAC communicators in school systems face barriers to finding meaningful, accessible literacy resources,” said Sarah Wilds, CEO of PRC-Saltillo. “By partnering with Building Wings, we are supporting the dedicated educators and teams who are already making inclusion possible—by giving them practical tools and resources tailored for LAMP Words for Life and Unity in the classroom.”

“Literacy is the foundation for every learner’s success,” added Don Johnston, CEO of Building Wings. “Our partnership with PRC-Saltillo represents an exciting step forward in making comprehensive literacy and robust communication support accessible to more educators and students.”

AAC Resources on Readtopia

The first wave of resources is created for third grade and up as part of Building Wings’ Readtopia  . You’ll find resources that explain these powerful, research-based Minspeak® vocabulary systems, plus ready-to-use materials so your students can thrive with unique motor plans and multi-meaning symbols. Let’s make AAC awesome for everyone!

Free Classroom Resources

Created to help your LAMP WFL and Unity communicators actively engage in the curriculum and spark growth in communication and literacy skills, explore these new resources on the AAC Language Lab.

• Classroom Guides that assist educators with implementation of AAC
  • Teaching Vocabulary with Descriptive Teaching
  • Meet LAMP™ and LAMP Words for Life
  • Finding Words in Your AAC System
  • Magical Minspeak
  • Modeling Matters: Supporting Language Growth
  • How to Use Smart Charts
• Smart Charts show the symbol sequences for vocabulary words across the Readtopia thematic units

“Designed to be downloaded and immediately put into use, these resources will be so helpful for classroom staff teaching students who use our vocabulary systems,” said Beth Waite-Lafever, M.A., CCC-SLP-ATP, Literacy Initiative Developer at PRC-Saltillo. “This is just the beginning of resources we will be offering.”

PRC-Saltillo and Building Wings at Closing The Gap

Participate in the PRC-Saltillo and Building Wings shared session at the 2025 Closing The Gap Conference to learn more about this exciting collaboration and the incredible resources available to you! In our interactive session, you’ll discover that AAC also stands for All About Connections.

All About Connections: Bridging Literacy and Language with AAC Learners

October 22, 2025

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. CT

Speakers: Beth Waite-Lafever and Maureen Donnelly

Maureen Donnelly, M.Ed, Director of Curriculum at Building Wings, invites you to attend: “Unlock learning and inspire communication! Join us to discover how to bridge literacy and communication for your AAC users. We’ll show you ways to engage your emergent literacy learners with free resources and interactive strategies that create meaningful, impactful learning.”

About Building Wings

Building Wings develops curriculum products used by special educators that feature age-respectful learning materials that are research-based and aligned with academic standards. They work with an accomplished team of leading educators to create resources used by thousands of teachers and paraprofessionals, speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and assistive technology specialists. To learn more about any of these products, visit buildingwings.com.