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Why Are You Using Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)?

Aug 22, 202149 Comments

30 years ago, in 1991, I became a speech pathologist. Very quickly, I became heavily interested in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and started to work more and more with individuals with complex communication needs. In the beginning, I wasn’t very good at implementing AAC – partly because I was such a new graduate and

Three of my favourites - online presentations

Feb 7, 2021

Like many of us, I have been enjoying the number of online conference presentations that are now available, as one of the few positive outcomes from the global COVID-19 pandemic. I have enjoyed so many of these presentations - but I just wanted to share three of my favourites - and explain why they are

New online course - AAC Evidence Based Practice: Communication for the 21st Century

Jan 11, 20214 Comments

"AAC is a dynamic area that is changing rapidly due to advances in technology and active international research endeavours (Speech Pathology Australia, 2020)." My new online course, AAC Evidence Based Practice: Communication for the 21st Century is designed to help you keep up-to-date with this rapidly changing area. Aimed at those working in the area

Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for Students with CCN - Site Licences

Aug 13, 20204 Comments

This time last week I launched my first online course "Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for Students with Complex Communication Needs". There's been so much great feedback on it already - thank-you to everyone who has signed up and shared information. Lots of schools have enquired about the site licence options - so I have

Online Course: Introduction to Comprehensive Literacy Instruction for students with CCN

Aug 6, 202014 Comments

I am absolutely delighted to say that I have just published my first online course! It's been a labour of love - and I have a huge sense of achievement for completing it!! I've had a number of requests recently for more online learning options - and I've also had a number of requests for

Hello Book - in Dutch and Spanish

Apr 26, 2020

A few weeks ago I shared a week of emergent literacy planning on the topic of greetings, using a book I wrote called “Hello”. As I've mentioned before, I had a request from the fabulous Violeta for a PowerPoint version that she could translate into Dutch. Not only has she translated it but she has

Emergent Literacy Planning

Apr 17, 20202 Comments

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on more emergent literacy planning for teachers, schools and parents to use. Today I have put the first three packs up on my online store at www.comprehensiveliteracy.com under emergent literacy planning. The three new packs are on the topics of feelings, preferences and descriptions. Each

Shared Reading - Keep the Interaction Going!

Apr 5, 20202 Comments

Nearly 5 years ago I wrote a blog post called "Shared Reading: Focus on Interaction". Shared reading is when we read a book interactively with someone else - and the focus during the book reading is on that interaction. As you are aware, there are a lot of electronic resources being shared at the moment,

Hello! Emergent literacy planning

Apr 4, 20201 Comment

Hello Book Regular Contrast I know lots of teachers and parents are working on home schooling plans currently. This week I've been spending time tidying up some of my resources to share - and one I have just finished is a week of planning for working on emergent literacy. The planning centers around the book