OMazing Kids Retired Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist with 28 years experience …. still posting about apps & AAC stuff.

Blogroll

• 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!