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Kids learn yoga through play

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Kids learn yoga through play

The children prowled like jungle cats, held hands to create a tree canopy and sprinted like cheetahs through the savannah.

http://www2.tbo.com/content/2011/mar/30/CWOPENO1-kids-learn-yoga-through-play/life/

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21st Century AAC Practitioners Facebook group (moderated by Carole Zangari)
a.c.t. – Apps, Consulting & Training Jackie Bryla founder of a.c.t. – Apps, Consulting and Training is a speech language pathology assistant (SLPA). Fabulous info about kids apps & great videos of her using them in therapy.
AAC and ABCs
AAC for the SLP Facebook Group
AAC Funding Help Great general info about AAC funding under Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, private insurance, etc. Includes info about federal laws related to AAC & AT.
aacorn AAC Users Group
Ability Connection Oklahoma – New Voices iPad AAC grant Their New Voices grant provides an iPad, with AAC app, durable case, etc. for kids who meet certain criteria. Contact them for an application packet.
Adventures of Chicken and Ham What’s ordinary for some is an adventure for us! Our sweet girls are smart, funny and teach us something new every day.
AppPeeps Facebook Group AppPeeps is a forum to discuss fabulous kids apps. It is an extension of the OMazing Kids Facebook page.
AT Lending Libraries in USA
Augmentative Communication Consultants, Inc. Good links to alternative funding options for AAC.
Avaz AAC Users group
Balanced AAC approach in use of core & fringe vocabulary, check out this fabulous post on PrAACtically AAC
Clicker Communicator AAC Users Group
Dynavox AAC Users Group
Educational App Talk Facebook Group Great App Chat on Thursdays 8:00-9:00pm CST. Great info about apps & some promo codes. An extension of Teachers With Apps
Emmy is a Star
Funding Sources for AAC & AT
Gab n Go Harness Make customized harness strap systems for AAC
Hold My Words
iPads funded by Medicaid as a SGD in Oklahoma (Oklahoma Able Tech)
iTaalk.org list of grants Great list of grants, including those for AAC
Jane Farrall Consulting Wonderful resources for adapted literacy, AAC & AT. Check out her lists of AAC appa & switch capable apps!
Journey Full of Life
Joy Outside the Box: parenting, living, & advocating in a world of neurodiversity
Kreed's World This is the story of how we were able to become part of Kreed’s World through his communication device. Kreed learns to communicate more and more each week and this is our attempt at documenting how Kreed found his voice and is finally being heard.
LAMP Words for Life Users Group
Lauren Enders' Pinterest boards
Life on the precipice: Our journey with a child with Developmental Delays
Linda J. Burkhart She’s been doing Assistive Technology & AAC before the internet, cell phones or iPads were invented. She’s a guru of low-tech solutions, PODD & the original MacGyver in the special needs world!
Mama Reverie: notes on raising a rad, special needs kid
Mary-Louise Bertram Great videos about PODD
Move Learn and Share together My name is Pam. I am a friend, Occupational Therapist, and a Licensed Brain Gym Instructor.
Neurokaleidoscope blog embracing neurodiversity – autistic advocacy – AAC use
OK Funding for AT: A Guide to Solving the Funding Puzzle and Receiving Assistive Technology in Oklahoma Info about AT & AAC funding sources available in Oklahoma
Oklahoma SLPs Facebook Group
OMazing Kids on Facebook
On Sarah's iPad Another great group for info about kids app deals.
On the Train With Sophie I started this blog to chronicle our journey with Sophie who was diagnosed with autism in 2012. A “routine” MRI revealed Bilateral Perisylvian Polymicrogyria, a rare brain malformation. Our journey just took a detour. Sophie is still Thomas’ number
Our Ordinary Day An ordinary mom sharing glimpses of her life, including transracial adoption, special-needs kids, and the typical stuff of life
PrAACtical AAC
Proloquo2Go & Proloquo4Text Adult AAC Users Group
Proloquo2Go for Parents AAC Users Group
Proloquo2Go for Professionals AAC Users Group
Small Steps in Speech Grant Their grant will fund an assistive technology device and/or iPad AAC app (does not fund iPads). Very specific criteria & application deadlines.
Speak For Yourself
Speak For Yourself Users Group Fabulous supportive FB group! Open to discussing anything related to AAC or special needs in addition to SFY.
Star in Her Eye Star in Her Eye is a blog by author, Heather Kirn Lanier, about mothering a little girl with a rare genetic condition called Wolf-Hirschhorn Syndrome. Great posts about presuming competence & AAC (uses SFY)
Teaching Learners with Multiple Special Needs Resources and ideas for teachers of learners with severe, profound, intensive, significant, complex or multiple special needs.
Technology for Special Education Needs I love integrating technology with classroom instruction. It offers differentiation and accessibility to all students. I also enjoy the creativity it offers the classroom teacher.
The Appy Ladies Fabulous listing of apps in categories.
The Orange Effect Foundation Provides grants for kids up to 21 years old with communication disorders for therapy & the technology they need.
Tobii AAC Users Group
Tobii Dynavox Compass AAC app FREE for SLPs
TouchChat Users Group
Ulitimate list of grants and resources for families with special needs Huge list of helpful resources
Uncommon Sense Blogging our way through special needs parenting with honesty and sarcasm. A lot of sarcasm.
United Healthcare Children's Foundation Medical grant to be used for medical services & equipment not covered or not completely covered by commercial health benefit plans. Very specific criteria.
Variety Club – The Children's Charity Variety aids children with physical challenges whose families cannot afford, nor obtain through insurance, necessary mobility equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, strollers, specially-designed adaptive bikes, and other mobility devices.
Vlinder Communication Therapies Vlinder is Dutch for ‘butterfly’. One family I worked with long ago thanked me with butterfly-themed items along with an analogy. This family felt that their loved one had been “trapped” in a cocoon by his inability to effectively communicate.
We Speak PODD
You Don't Say: Angelman Syndrome, AAC and everything in between This blog is about how our Angelman Syndrome (AS) daughter is finding her voice. Jessie is using a brilliant AAC App called Speak for Yourself (SFY).
{AAC Tips} How SLPs can get FREE access to AAC apps, AAC app user groups, funding options & more!

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