1. OMazing Kids AAC Resource Links

OMazing Kids AAC Resources

Angela Moorad, MS, CCC-SLP. Over 33 years experience in AAC. Experience using almost every AAC app on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire, Chromebook and Windows devices + traditional Speech Generating Devices (SGDs).

AAC and App Consulting

Creator of AAC-Related Resources & App-Related Resources

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AAC Feature Matching

Feature Matching Resources for AAC Apps (comparing features in AAC apps) + several videos comparing AAC apps across platforms (iPad, Android, Amazon Fire, Windows)
(blog post with links to each TPT resource)
Ko-Fi Subscribers: See this pinned post for all of the resources
AAC Apps and Features At-a-Glance (Single Page Handouts)
(TPT)
Visual Tools for Prioritizing AAC Features
(TPT)
Navigating Through AAC App Options
(Webinar + Interactive Handout)
(TPT)
AAC Test Drive: Device and App Comparison Worksheet
(TPT)
FREE handout – Comparison of Proloquo2Go &
Proloquo + Proloquo Coach AAC Apps
(TPT)
Nancy Inman’s WordPower website
(she’s the author of all of the WordPower vocabulary options available across several AAC apps)
Joan Bruno’s Gateway website
(she’s the author of all of the Gateway vocabulary options available across several AAC apps)
Most Widely Used AAC Symbols
(blog post)
Can You Hear My AAC? Three Options for Amplifying Sound on an iPad: iPad Pro, External Bluetooth Speakers & iPad Cases with a Built-In Bluetooth Speaker (+ a 4th app-specific option)
(blog post)
iPad & Tablet Cases
(blog post)
Pocket Sized AAC – options on iPhones, Android phones and pocket-sized SGDs + Wrist Sized AAC on an Apple Watch
(blog post)
Affordable AAC: Amazon Fire vs. Android vs. iPad
(blog post)
AAC Device Abandonment (contributing factors)
(USSAAC)
AAC Features, Feature Matching & Fostering Ownership
(podcast)
SETT Framework
(Joy Zabala)

Getting Started with AAC

AAC – a quick introduction (+ case studies & resources)
(Webinar)
(TPT)
AAC Assessment Compass Course
(4 part online self-paced course – well done & affordable)
(website)
Choosing a Grid Size
(AssistiveWare post)
FREE handout – Resource Roundup: AAC in Early Intervention
(TPT)
GoTalk Now: a visual guide to getting started (+ more)
(TPT)
Grid for iPad: a visual guide to getting started
(TPT)
LAMP Words for Life App: a visual guide to getting started
(TPT)
Proloquo2Go: a visual guide to getting started
(TPT)
TD Snap: a visual guide to getting started
(TPT)
TouchChat with WordPower: a visual guide to getting started
(TPT)
All About My AAC – quick info about my AAC app settings
(TPT)
Customizable Simple Eye Gaze Communication Flip Book + bonus digital companion
(TPT)
Non-Tech AAC Core Vocabulary Board Translation Library
(25 languages) by Itty Bitty Speech
(blog post)
Free printable AAC flip books in several languages from ARASAAC (Excel version is editable)
(Facebook post)
Saltillo’s free printable AAC flip books
(website)
Favorite Binder for Non-Tech AAC Books
(Facebook post)
GoTalk 20+ mid-tech device with Core Vocabulary
and Fringe Vocabulary flip area
(Facebook post)
Fringe Vocabulary flip book (to attach to top of GoTalk 20+ mid-tech device)
(Free on TPT)
AAC Myths
(Tobii Dynavox)
Communication Bill of Rights – poster by Bri Bolin
(Facebook post)
Taking Care of my Speech Device by Talk to Me Technologies
(PDF on their website)

Customizing AAC & Fostering Ownership

Customizing AAC Apps to Meet Unique Needs – High Contrast Symbols (webinar + has optional bonus content of high contrast files for use in LAMP WFL & GoTalk Now on an iPad)
(TPT)
Customizing My AAC Worksheet
(Empowering AAC Users & Fostering Ownership)
(TPT)
Vocabulary Selection Questionnaires
(PrAACtical AAC – links to AAC Team at Penn State University’s questionnaire for young AAC users & Lauren Enders Gonzales’ questionnaire for school-aged AAC users)
Sign Language Symbols, Videos & GIFs in AAC Apps
(blog post)
AAC & Communication Repairs
(blog post)
My Communication Passport
(Grid 3 / Grid for iPad)
webinar & gridset template
Communication Passports
(Communications Matters website)
TD Snap: Phonics Keyboards for the Motor Plan 66 pageset
(free to download from MyTobiiDynavox Pageset Central)
(blog post)
Acapela Vocal Smileys Page for TD Snap Core First (Ella voice)
(MyTobiiDynavox Pageset Central)
Acapela Vocal Smileys Exclamations and Sounds Chart & Example in an AAC App
(the codes are specific to that exact voice and require precise capitalization and punctuation)
(blog post)

Tech Tips

FREE handout: Tech Safety & AAC: Prevent Exiting an App, Block Specific Apps or Websites, Prevent Deleting Apps, Prevent Installing Apps, Prevent In-App Purchases on iOS, Android, Amazon Fire, Google Chrome & Windows Devices (Making Decisions Based On Individual Needs)
(TPT)
Backup AAC Customized Programming
(blog post)
AAC Tutorial: Backup / Restore / Share Customized Programming in AAC Apps
(including how to use an External USB Drive)
(TPT)
FREE handout – Tech Tips: AAC & “Screen Time”
(TPT)
FREE handout – Tech Tips: Installing iOS Apps
on Multiple Devices
(TPT)
FREE handout – Tech Tips: Troubleshooting iPad
Sound Problems
(TPT)
How to Maximize Battery Life on an iPad or iPhone
(blog post)
How to do a “Forced Restart” on an iPad or iPhone
(blog post)
How to disable Siri Search on an iPad or iPhone
(blog post)
Irisbond’s iOS Apps Guide (Accessibility)
(PDF)
Great Portable Bluetooth Keyboard for AAC
(iOS, Android, Windows)
(blog)

Resources for Parents

Are you a parent who wants to try out AAC options
for your child?
(blog post: includes info about parent-led AAC social media pages, AAC user groups on Facebook, affordable AAC options, how to find the AT Lending Program, etc…)
NeuroWild’s Neurodiversity-Affirming IEP Goal Bank
(Facebook post with video and links to a free and paid version of their resource on TPT)
Underlying Medical Causes for Challenging Behaviors
(a “must read” post)
5 Tips to Good Interactions When the Words Aren’t There Yet
(Vimeo video by Two Way Street)

Resources for SLPs/SLTs & AAC Professionals

AAC Test Drive & Getting Access to Robust AAC Apps
(blog post)
How to Find Info About AAC & AT Companies
(and local vendor reps)
(blog post)
Fundable iOS-Based AAC Devices
+ Funding Tips
(blog post)
AAC Funding: Jumping Through Hoops & Proving Accuracy
(blog post)
Oklahoma Able Tech’s AT/AAC Funding Guide
(online)
Find the AT Lending Program in your state
(website)
AAC App User Groups on Facebook
(blog post)
AAC Research & Perspectives Quick Links
(Emily Diaz)
SGDs and AAC Apps: Thinking About the Evidence
(PrAACtical AAC)
OSEP & ODOJ
obligations of public schools, including charter schools, to meet the communication needs of students with disabilities
The PrAACtical Power of the Perception Wheel
(presuming potential)
(PrAACtical AAC)
AAC Buy-In at Home
(ASHA Leader)
Switch Access Beyond Cause and Effect: Stepping Stones for Effective Learning – Part 1 of 3
(Ablenet ableU webinar by Linda Burkhart & Fio Quinn)
Switch Access Beyond Cause and Effect: Stepping Stones for Effective Learning – Part 2 of 3
(Ablenet ableU webinar by Linda Burkhart & Fio Quinn)
Switch Access Beyond Cause and Effect: Stepping Stones for Effective Learning – Part 3 of 3
(Ablenet ableU webinar by Linda Burkhart & Fio Quinn)

Info for AAC App Developers

Dear Future AAC App Developers – Thinking about developing a new AAC app? Here are my thoughts… (current AAC app developers lean in & listen… this post is for you too)
(blog post)
Info about Apple’s iOS App Codes
(website)
Apple School Manager / VPP Program (bulk purchase discounts)
(website)

Gestalt Language Processing & AAC

FREE handout – Resource Roundup:
Gestalt Language Processing & AAC
(TPT)
AAC Customization for Gestalt Language Processors
(blog post)
Gestalt Language Processing & Using Google Maps to Communicate (including Split View and AAC)
(blog post)
Word Wizard app
(App Developer’s website)
AAC and Me (GLP example shared by Lilly’s Voice)
(Facebook post)
Caroline Gaddy’s
“Supporting Gestalt Language Processors with TD Snap” webinar
(Tobii Dynavox Learning Hub)

PODD & Other Pragmatic Organization AAC

I have something to say…… about PODD
(blog post)
FREE Handout – Resource Roundup: PODD
(TPT)
Feature Matching Chart for Pragmatic Vocabulary Organization AAC Apps
(TPT)

Android AAC

Feature Matching Chart for Robust Android AAC Apps
(Google Play & Amazon Fire)
(TPT)
Basic Feature Chart for Affordable and Free AAC apps & AAC-Related Apps (iOS, Android Google Play, Amazon Fire, Windows + a few Web-Based options)
(TPT)
FREE handout: AAC Apps for Chromebook
(TPT)
Affordable Pocket-Sized Android AAC
(blog post)
Adding High Quality Acapela Child Voices to Android AAC Apps
(blog post)
How to Install the Google Play Store on an Amazon Fire Tablet
(website)

AAC Intervention Resources

100 Great Kids Picture Books to Target Core Vocabulary
for AAC Users
(TPT)
App and Card Game Companion + AAC Communication Board: Guess Who?
(TPT)
Fostering AAC Ownership + AAC tags
(TPT)
Wordless & Minimally Worded Books: Fabulous for SLPs targeting multiple goals!
(blog post)
Favorite Apps for Teaching AAC Core Vocabulary
(2016 blog post)
100 Free & Affordable Apps + Boom Cards to Target AAC Core Vocabulary
(2020 blog post)
The Baby, The Bathwater, and Core Vocabulary
(PrAACtical AAC)
Fringe Vocabulary: How to Select and Not Neglect
(PrAACtical AAC)
Core Words Curriculum created by the
Complex Communication Needs (CCN) team
at Renfrew Educational Services in Canada
(free website)
Easter Seals Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) Partner Support Hub
(free website)
Rachel Langley’s AAC & Prompting Handout (2023)
(PDF)
Lauren Enders Gonzales’ handout
“Ideas for Encouraging and Supporting AAC Users”
(on PrAACtical AAC website)
Lauren Enders Gonzales’ AAC Bootcamp 2020 infographic
English
(PDF with links to several versions)
Lauren Enders Gonzales’ AAC Bootcamp 2020 infographic
Spanish Translation by Claudia Marimón
(PDF)
Mary Katherine Dally (@aacforall)’s
Different Ways to Describe Progress Using AAC
(free PDF handout on TPT)
Dynamic AAC Goals Grid 2 (DAGG-2)
(Tobii Dynavox)
ALP for AAC
(PRC-Saltillo)
The Pragmatics Profile for People who use AAC
(Ace Centre)
Linda Burkhart & Gayle Porter (2019) Writing IEP Goals and Objectives for Receptive and Expressive Communication for Children with Complex Communication Needs
(PDF on Linda’s website)
Speaking and AAC Use – Ability, Capability and Capacity
(AssistiveWare website)
When Speech is Unreliable: Part-Time AAC Use
(AssistiveWare website)
The 4 P’s of AAC: Paper, Powered, Person, Partner
(Helen Robinson on Twitter)
Paula Kluth’s handout about the power of truly embracing and incorporating individual interests
(Facebook post)
Using Client Interests in AAC Intervention
(Tobii Dynavox)
Emerging Reading & Writing Supports
Reading4 All – CVI
(free website)

Apps for SLPs

TherAPPy Tools: iPad Apps for Pediatric SLPs
(Recorded Webinar & Handouts)
(TPT)
Ultimate App and Digital Resource Guide for SLPs
(TPT)

AAC App Sales

Lauren Enders Gonzales always has roundup posts about the AAC app sales in April/May & October
(Facebook page)
You can see the pricing history for most iOS apps on the App Sliced website (gives you an idea of the pattern of when it goes on sale): https://appsliced.co.
Many AAC apps tend to go on sale in the USA in April (Autism Awareness / Acceptance Month) and in October (AAC Awareness Month)

AAC-Related

Jabber Jas custom made harnesses
Keyguard Assistive Technology iPad AAC Keyguards
(need to know exact model of iPad, exact case & exact settings within the AAC app – best to call prior to ordering)
Gemma White’s files for 3D printing AAC keyguards
Ken Hackbarth – Volksswitch’s files for 3D printing AAC keyguards
3D Printing Keyguards – An Epic Journey (great tips)
(Building AAC’s blog post)
Makers Making Change – Device Selection Guide: Keyguards
AdaptedCreations Etsy Store
(keyguards, switches, switch mounts, etc.)
(Christine Baudin (SLP)’s son)
Symbol use Permission Guidelines
(PRC-Saltillo)
PCS Symbol Licensing
(Boardmaker / Tobii Dynavox)
SymbolStix Symbol Licensing
(N2Y SymbolStix Prime)
Smarty Symbols Symbol Licensing
LessonPix Limited Distribution License

🚧 Note: This page is under construction. I am adding links to the most commonly requested posts and resources to make them easier to find. I’ve been blogging since March 2011 so there are 12 years worth of posts. It would be impossible to link every post here. There is a “Search” tool at the top right corner of my blog Home Screen. There is also a sidebar on the right side with topics. You can also message me if you need help finding a particular post or resource.

Have a question or found a broken link? The best way to reach me is via Facebook messaging over on my OMazing Kids page: https://www.facebook.com/OMazingKidsAAC/

Disclaimer: I am not making client-specific recommendations and am not liable for any purchases of AAC, AT or related items. Please use good judgment in selecting things based on individual needs.

Angela Moorad, MS, CCC-SLP, Founder of OMazing Kids, LLC, OMazing Kids AAC Consulting

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