This AAC Skills Inventory, Goals and Data Collection resource is the perfect learning solution to begin Augmentative and Alternative Communication Intervention.  This product is packed with information about the foundations of AAC communication to share with therapists, teachers, classroom support staff and other related professionals. 

Increasing numbers of individuals across all ages, abilities and demographics are accessing and using AAC in order to interact with, participate in, and enact change within their homes, schools, work and communities.  AAC can look different for everyone!  AAC users are diverse, and include but are not limited to those with autism, cerebral palsy, genetic syndromes, intellectual disability, multiple disabilities, hearing impairment, stroke, and head injury.  With more and more individuals needing AAC to communicate across contexts, it is important to educate members of their teams, including families, teachers and support staff, and other related professionals.  

However, there can be limited teacher-and-parent-friendly resources to educate conversation partners about AAC, as well as resources to educate speech-language therapists transitioning to AAC intervention.   This resource is designed to facilitate understanding of areas of Communicative Competence as related to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) communicators, and provides: 

• Color and black-and-white informational handouts about Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) skills and goals utilizing professional language, definitions, and examples for caregivers, teachers and related professionals 
• Glossary of professional terms related to Communicative Competence skills and AAC
• Print-and-Go Communicative Competency Skills Inventory to identify strengths and areas of need when creating AAC intervention goals
• Print-and-Go Long-Term Goal ideas considering areas of Communicative Competence when initiating AAC intervention
• Data collection sheets to collect meaningful quantitative data and qualitative data by analyzing skills related to the 5 communicative competencies 

This resource can be use for preschool, school aged, and adolescent AAC communicators.  Overall, this resource is designed to encourage communication autonomy and assisting our student’s ability to communicate freely! 

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