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Mansfield ISD speech-language pathologist outlines district support for AAC users
Summary
A Mansfield ISD speech-language pathologist described the district's speech-language services and how staff support students who use augmentative and alternative communication, citing a 15-year-old student whose device was customized with phrases his family prioritized.
A Mansfield ISD speech-language pathologist said district specialists do far more than treat stuttering or articulation—staff also support students who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to participate in daily life. The speaker described applying for a grant with a family to secure a smaller, phone-like AAC device for a 15-year-old student, Aaron, and working with staff to customize vocabulary relevant to him.
The presenter emphasized that personalization matters for communication access: staff and the family programmed the device with words and phrases the student actually uses and remembers, and the speaker cautioned against underestimating students who rely on AAC. "I think it would be really easy to look at Aaron and underestimate him and think he wasn't gonna remember where those things were stored. But in fact, when it's important to him, he remembers," the speaker said.
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