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A Few Good Words: Using Core Vocabulary to Support Students Who Are Non-Verbal (Updated July 2020)

Author:

Barbara Cannon, Rachel Herman

Description:

This webshop was originally created in 2007 to help teachers, therapists, paraprofessionals and parents better serve the communication needs of students, who are non-verbal, through the use of core vocabulary.  After all these years, much has changed including that little revolution in AAC popularly known as..... the iPad!  Some things, however, have stayed the same: Core vocabulary continues to be an important guiding principle when creating or purchasing AAC systems, AND supplying communication supports for our students who are non-verbal remains a huge and complex challenge.

Start Here:

  1. Webshop Introduction
  2. Our Guiding Principles - An Introduction: What We Learned the Hard Way
  3. Principle #1 People Matter
  4. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: An Introduction to Core
  5. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: What is core vocabulary?
  6. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: What can you say with Core?
  7. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: What have you said today?
  8. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: The Core Mindset
  9. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: Fringe With That?
  10. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: Core vs. Not-So-Core
  11. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: Cookie Crumbs
  12. Principle #2 Vocabulary Matters: "Why Core?"
  13. Principle #3 Display Matters: Introduction
  14. Principle #3 Display Matters: Single Page Design
  15. Principle #3 Display Matters: Iconicity for Dummies
  16. Principle #3 Display Matter: Iconicity Field Trip!
  17. Principle #3 Display Matters: Motor Planning
  18. Putting It All Together - Introduction
  19. The Right Tool starts with the SETT Framework
  20. The Right Tool: AAC Access for All!
  21. Our Tool Kit - Low Tech Tools
  22. Putting it all Together - Low Tech Case Studies
  23. Our Tool Kit - Mid-Tech Tools
  24. Putting it all Together - Mid-Tech Case Studies
  25. Our Tool Kit - High Tech Tools
  26. Putting it all Together - High Tech Case Studies
  27. Principle #4 Practice Matters
  28. Putting it all Together - Last Thoughts
  29. APPENDIX
  30. Appendix: FUNctional AAC- Access Video
  31. Appendix: FUNctional AAC- Modeling Video
  32. Appendix: FUNctional AAC- Using Core Vocabulary Video
  33. Appendix: FUNctional AAC- Creating Opportunities Video

Tag(s):

Assistive Technology Communication - AT