SLP Happy Hour
Ep 141: Show First - Then Tell, Building Relationships and Capcity for AAC in the Classroom w/Sarah Cruz
In this episode, Sarah interviews Sarah Cruz, an SLP in Northern California who shares about her experience implementing a high-teach AAC program in ECSE classrooms in California.
Key Points
- Start with a specific offer of help to show AAC in Action
- Show first then tell - show AAC by teaching a lesson with students and in classrooms/settings the students are in so staff can see AAC implementation is possible in their classroom
- Interpret questions as curiosity (not as push back) and be someone that staff can ask questions to as they learn
- Show AAC implementation in the classroom and make it simple - use routines staff already have and materials they already have access to
- Let it take time - nothing changes overnight
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