Joey’s Foundation blog
Speech & Communication
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So what is this AAC thing you keep writing about?
A plain-language introduction to augmentative and alternative communication.
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Serve and Return: Tuning in to Joey’s patterns of communication
Serve and Return is a term researchers and practitioners use to describe the back-and-forth communication we experience when we interact and respond to one another. It is essential in early development, and starts the first time your infant locks eyes…
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I am three years old!
Joey presses the “I am three years old” button over and over, and what that repetition might mean.
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Books and the AAC Device
Using books and interactive read-alouds to motivate Joey to use his new device.
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Success
Mid-story, Joey opens the right page on his device by himself, a small moment of great success.
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Communication
Communication is how we interact with the world, and Joey has much more to say than you might see.