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Language SkillsNov 5, 2020 · 3 min read

Developing Reading Comprehension Skills of Learners with Disabilities

Reading comprehension is the ability to make meaning out of a text. It is a key component of literacy acquisition for learners…

Language SkillsOct 29, 2020 · 2 min read

Fun AAC Activities for Halloween

Halloween will look a lot different this year with mandatory masks that are not part of the costume and trick or treating…

AAC Implementation IdeasOct 21, 2020 · 2 min read

Communication is the Name of the Game: Fun AAC Activities

Remember playing the Snake and Ladder game as kids? We learnt addition, counting, and taking turns all the while having fun. Similarly,…

Language SkillsOct 6, 2020 · 2 min read

Literacy Activities for Emergent AAC Users

Communication is often the focus of AAC learning and parents and professionals tend to overlook the need to develop literacy skills in…

Language Skills
Language SkillsSep 24, 2020 · 3 min read

Ideas to develop pragmatics language (social communication) in Children

We use language everyday to let our thoughts known and to make ourselves understood. There is a social aspect to our communication…

Language Skills
Language SkillsAug 26, 2020 · 2 min read

Activities to Build Receptive Language Skills in Children

Receptive language skills refer to the ability of an individual to understand verbal and non-verbal language. It includes following instructions, understanding gestures/facial…

Language Skills
Language SkillsJul 23, 2020 · 3 min read

Games to develop speech and language of children with special needs

Parents and professionals across the globe seem to have embraced remote therapy, overcoming any initial hesitation or apprehensions. For children with special…

Language Skills
Language SkillsJun 15, 2020 · 3 min read

Building Language for All Communicative Functions – Greetings and Questions

  In the previous blog, we learnt strategies and vocabulary required for a few communicative functions such as  Refusing and Commenting. This week,…

Language Skills
Language SkillsJun 5, 2020 · 3 min read

Building Language for All Communicative Functions 

There are several reasons we communicate. Sometimes, we communicate just to get the attention of a loved one while other times we…

Language Skills
Language SkillsMay 21, 2020 · 2 min read

Expansion of Language: Supporting AAC Learner’s Progress

We often see that one of the major stumbling blocks for an emergent communicator's progress is the struggle to get past single…