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