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AAC Resources from Forbes AAC

Pediatric Resources

Take a look at these resources created for pediatric AAC users and those who support these individuals! 
Core word vocabulary hand out from Forbes AAC
Core words make up 80% of what we say in our everyday conversation. These are great words to model on a user's AAC system! This resource can help track what core words you've modeled and which core words a user has learned. 
Modeling for AAC, or aided language stimulation, is an intervention strategy that has shown to benefit AAC users of many different ages, disabilities, and language skills (O’Neill et al., 2018). This resource can help you get started using this strategy!
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Low Tech CoreWord Boards:
The CoreWord Language System provides AAC users with a powerful combination of core language, fringe vocabulary and banks of key phrases. The language system is divided into five distinct levels that correspond with vocabulary layouts: CoreWord 6, 12, 20, 40, and 60. Use these to create low-tech CoreWord boards to be used across many different environments!
CoreWord 6 low tech board from Forbes AAC
CoreWord 12 low tech board from Forbes AAC
CoreWord 20 low tech board from Forbes AAC
CoreWord 40 low tech board from Forbes AAC
CoreWord 60 low tech board from Forbes AAC
Considerations for Adding Vocabulary
Robust language systems are preprogrammed with core and fringe vocabulary, but adding vocabulary to an individual's language system is crucial to its customization and personalization. Addition of preprogrammed vocabulary to an AAC device requires thoughtful consideration. This resource contains considerations for adding preprogrammed to an AAC device and strategies to support an individual's strategic competence.
Descriptive Teaching handout from Forbes AAC
Descriptive teaching is a powerful strategy to foster language development use in all contexts. This resource provides an overview of descriptive teaching is, why it's important for individuals who use AAC, and how to implement it.
Brown’s Stages represent a framework of language development documented by speech-language theorist Roger Brown. The CoreWord™ system supports each essential language development milestone, providing progressively more advanced content from one level to the next.
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Use these practice sentences for each CoreWord™ level to jumpstart intervention!
CoreWord practice from Forbes AAC
Want to jumpstart ideas on how to incorporate AAC at home, in therapy, or in the classroom? These resources can help! 
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Implementation Keyrings
These four printable implementation keyrings are a great AAC resource! These were designed to help guide clinicians and family members in AAC implementation. 
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Clinical Protocols
With play-based learning in mind, Forbes AAC created the Language Development Kits (LDK) as a companion accessory to an AAC user's speech generating device.

Using play-based motivators and professionally developed Clinical Protocols, the development kits create a systematic pathway to language acquisition. 

Check out this link to learn more Forbes AAC Language Development Kit and download the LDK page sets above!
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Get ideas, learn more, and see  product demos on the Forbes AAC YouTube Channel!
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