ArSHA’s Audiology Committee invites you to the upcoming Audiology Virtual Town Hall on October 22, 2024 from 6-7pm! Join the …
ArSHA AAC Town Hall – October 3, 2024
ArSHA Student Happy Hour!
All graduate and undergraduate SLHS students welcome! Date/Time: March 26, 2024 6:30-8PM Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/661492409?pwd=cEhCdjBuVGJUSUYzMVg2MEQOcitqQT09 RSVP: https://forms.gle/7xLdEdGr2NRq2TFP8
Join us for a Virtual AAC Happy Hour | February 29, 2024
Time: 6:30-7:30 PM This event is free to all who want to participate. Please follow this link to the ArSHA …
Early Childhood Town Hall, January 30, 2024
Save the Date: Tuesday, January 30, from 5:00 – pm-5:45 pm! What: “Arizona’s Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)” Please join us …
AAC Virtual Happy Hour!
ArSHA’s AAC Committee invites you to a virtual Happy Hour on Thursday, October 19, 2023, from 6:30-7:30 pm Click here …
Questions from the School Based Speech – Language Pathologist
Do you have questions about AAC? As the ArSHA AAC Committee, in collaboration with the Schools Committee, we have created …
ArSHA’s 6th Annual Membership Happy Hour is Happening Soon!
Join us on Thursday, September 28th from 6-7 PM on Zoom. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to experience …
Early Childhood Committee Town Hall: “What’s It Like for an SLP to Work in Early Childhood?”
Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 from 5:00 – 5:45pm Cost: Free Please join us for the first of four Virtual …
Bilingual AAC Resources for Promote Family Buy-in
Rui Hernandez, MA, CCC-SLP
It is crucial to capitalize on the home language foundations of our AAC users to facilitate dual language development. We know this leads to access and engagement in ALL environments. By incorporating the home language into intervention planning, family buy-in increases. This is critical to AAC intervention to avoid isolation at home and in cultural communities. Supporting bilingual families can be challenging particularly when there is a provider-client language mismatch. SLPs need to be creative in using available resources to meet the AAC user’s needs. This article includes resources to for SLPs and parents to support bilingual AAC users and their language development journey.