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Hudsonville schools highlight AAC tools as classroom supports for students with complex communication needs
Summary
Hudsonville Public School District special-education staff gave the board a demonstration of augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC, describing how the tools help students who cannot rely on speech alone to express needs, wants and ideas.
Hudsonville Public School District special-education staff gave the board a demonstration of augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC, describing how the tools help students who cannot rely on speech alone to express needs, wants and ideas. Melissa Clark, a speech-language pathologist, and Jenna Vanderplugh, a teacher who supports the districts cognitive-impairment program at PARC, outlined no-tech, low-tech, mid-tech and high-tech options and gave examples of classroom use.
"AAC is augmentative or alternative communication," Beth, a district special-education presenter, said. She explained AAC can range from gestures and sign (no-tech) and visual schedules or core boards (low-tech) to single-message mid-tech buttons and high-tech apps on iPads that provide…
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