Favorite AAC Websites
Collaborative Center for Assistive Technology and Training (CCATT)
Hampshire Educational Collaborative
97 Hawley Street
Northampton, MA 01060
(413) 586-4900
David Beukeleman at The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
http://aac.unl.edu
http://aac.unl.edu:16080/yaack
Many use articles including:
“What is Augmentative and Alternative Communication?”
“When Does a Child Need AAC?”
“Where to get Help”
http://trainland.tripod.com Beyond Autism: go to Favorite Links and PECs Pictures (scroll down to Pecs Pictures)
also http://www.dotolearn.com/
http://www.speakingofspeech.com
National Center for Improved Practice (NCIP)
http://www2.edc.org/NCIP Take the tour!
http://www.mayerjohnson.com Contains some pre-made boards, grid templates, and related AAC links
http://card.ufl.edu/visual.htm Visual Supports: Helping Your Child Understand and Communicate
Provides examples of visual supports and schedules
http://depts.washington.edu/augcomm Augmentative and Alternative Communication at the University of Washington, Seattle; Modules in Augmentative and Alternative Communication:
I. Continuum of Communication Independence
II. Selecting AAC Vocabulary
III. Understanding AAC Features
IV. AT/AAC enABLES
Listservs: PACT (DynaMicduos) at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PACT/
ACOLUG at http://www.temple.edu/instituteondisabilities/programs/assistive/acolug/
Compiled by Patricia Walsh-Cassidy, CCC/SLP February 2007