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We had a great time at the Bridging Knowledge to Know-How conference taking about #AAC and #EBP. Thanks for having us!!

Utilization of a single preferred AAC system in US schools The use of a single preferred communication book, board, app, or device across a school or district is a frequent topic on social media. The purposes of this study were to determine: (1) When a sin...

Thanks to the @ussaac.bsky.social Research Committee and all of the co-authors for their work on this #EPB open source paper now online @aacjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

2 Days of #SMoRRES #AAC #augcomm education with ECSD.

Looking for a fun and engaging way to build AAC into your routine? Cooking isn’t just about food, it’s about connection, conversation, and communication. We have a growing library of FREE recipes with video models on our website bit.ly/TALC_Freebies

Happy National Speech-Language-Hearing Month! This year's theme is "envisioning possibilities for the future." We have a blog post to celebrate! tinyurl.com/EnvisioningP...

Tele-AAC session still shot with child touching her speech generating device. Open jars of peanut butter and jelly are in front of her and there are two pieces of bread on a plate.

☀️ We're scheduling now for summer! We provide services for AAC communicators in Illinois and Indiana. Bilingual (Spanish/English) services are available to our clients from our experienced and culturally sensitive therapists > talcaac.com/talc-services/

Graphic reads, "Cooking up opportunities for communication" and has a graphic of a hot chocolate recipe in various file types including PDF, ePub (for e-readers) and Book Creator.

Looking for a fun and engaging way to build AAC into your routine? Try cooking together! Cooking isn’t just about food, it’s about connection, conversation, and communication. We have a growing library of FREE recipes with video models on our website bit.ly/TALC_Freebies

A greetings page on TD snap with phrases like "hey there," "good to see you," and others.

📣 Our Add-on Social Pages for TD Snap are now available for Motor Plan 40! Download yours today for free bit.ly/TALC_Freebies

2 Days of modeling #AAC #augcomm with #SMoRRES, thanks to Easter Seals for hosting.

2 Days of modeling #AAC #augcomm with #SMoRRES, thanks to Easter Seals for hosting.

Person holding a knife and spreading tomato sauce on an English muffin. A laptop with a pizza recipe is open on the counter.

Sunday is #NationalPizzaDay and we're ready to celebrate! Our online recipe has text to speech directions and video models for making your own English muffin pizzas (additional communication supports included) bit.ly/TALC_Freebies

Teacher doing hands-on practice with a speech generating device with a Game Time game.

New SMoRRES® freebie! How you teach is as important as what you teach! Download the new Game Time controlled practice series on our website. Join us on March 7 & 8 for our 2-day, Level 2 training. To learn more visit talcaac.com/smorres/

Matt & Jill posing for pics after the talk with Lisa from Easter Seals.

Thanks to Easter Seals for hosting Current Trends in AAC and to all who attended! #EBP

This article has been freed up for the next 2 weeks! Happy reading, everyone! A new year's gift from ASHA Journals. Thanks go to @carolinebowen.bsky.social! Please make sure you can get in, and let me know if you can't. It is freed up as of right now.

#ThrowbackThursday #tbt Baby it's cold outside. Don't forget to download our FREE e-book recipe with video models for each step of making instant hot chocolate bit.ly/TALC_Freebies

Mind the evidence gap : Caution over Gestalt Language Processing / Natural Language Acquisition - What’s Got Us Talking: The UTS Speech Pathology Podcast Recognising the rising popularity of GLP/NLA, we bring the results of a systematic review into the conversation and explore some reasons for its rapid growth despite the absence of research evidence. ...

In #GestaltLanguageProcessing and #NaturalLanguageAcquisition there's no treatment research evidence, AND there's nothing in the books about a 15 year longitudinal study that was done but never published (in peer reviewed or non-peer reviewed literature).

Raise the bar!

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GREAT podcast!

#bskySPEECHIES - This webinar will provide overviews of #EBP, biases, tools to critically evaluate research, and criteria for identifying pseudoscience speech-language pathology. This session's trend is #GestaltLanguageProcessing #GLP Register by Dec 18 and save bit.ly/AAC_Trends

I presented research at a conference like that years ago - my talk was 8 minutes followed by several minutes of grilling by the audience on every detail of the study. Peer review definitely strengthens one’s work!

Thanks to Easter Seals for hosting Best Practices in #AAC #augcomm Assessment today and to all who attended!

White print on blue background reading "Communication Partner Instruction in AAC: SMoRRES and Partner-Augmented Input, March 7-8, Live Webinar" next to photo of a therapist pointing to an icon on a child's speech-generating device.

#bskySPEECHIES HOW you teach is as important as WHAT you teach! Learn #EBP for educating communication partners to model #augcomm #AAC in our upcoming 2-Day Live Webinar #SMoRRES with @mbaud12.bsky.social bit.ly/SMoRRES2025

Ready, set, save: Early access to our Black Friday sale! Save 10% on SMoRRES® stuff with coupon code BLKFRI24 smorres.creator-spring.com

Elevate! ASHA 2024 Convention website, Session entitled Creating an Interprofessional Practice for AAC Assessments in the schools

ASHA on demand sessions are open until Dec 10. Ours is on IPP in #augcomm #AAC assessments bit.ly/IPPinAAC

Child pointing to a communication symbol for "turkey" on a communication placemat.

Crowded and noisy Thanksgiving table? A communication placemat can supplement your child's #AugComm #AAC in these situations. Download this one for FREE! bit.ly/TALC_Freebies

Let's talk about Communication Supports for Regulation and Behavior. Don't miss our online session at #OCALICON2024! Nov 21, 1:45-2:45 ET. bit.ly/OCALICON24

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Does using your child’s #AugComm system at home feel like a chore? Some studies suggest that families spend an average of over 6 hours a week implementing therapy. But using your child’s #AAC system at home shouldn’t be “homework.” Communication happens everywhere! tinyurl.com/DontMakeAACa...