This episode is an interview with Tanna Neufeld, SLP, University of Washington Professor, and AAC Consultant. This episode focuses on intervention sessions for emerging communicators.
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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
1:45 Interview with Tanna begins: background, interest in AAC
5:00 Impostor Syndrome & AAC
8:40 Lightning Round/Get to Know You
11:09 Emerging Communicators - What does the term “explorers” mean?
15:18 Child-Led Play & Examples of Explorers
19:23 Do gestalt language processors or kids with some spoken language need AAC?
26:45 Who needs AAC?
30:00 What are the barriers to starting AAC earlier and using it more often?
33:19 High tech or low tech?
39:12 Core, Fringe & Personal Core Words (definitions and examples)
45:00 Communication Dictionary or Signal Inventory
51:20 How do we know what words to target and how many to target at a time?
01:01:00 Tanna’s Nonprofit & Courses, wrap up