AAC users

[dixienormous]

Anyone here using AAC for their non-verbal children?

DD (aka Petite Fleur/PF) uses some baby signs, has some words and a decent amount of approximation in her babbling. We're working towards getting her to use Speak For Yourself. Right now I do some minimal modeling (because I'm not sure I'm doing it correctly) and let her explore the app in the "babble" function.

Any AAC user advice?

Thanks

[marissa]

We use proloquo2go on an iPad for my youngest. I would suggest an eval to see what devise and program would be best and go from there.

[twinsinmd]

Definitely, definitely search of a good evaluator for AAC that knows many different systems. And have a good SLP that help you learn along with PF! There are so many out there, with different strengths and weaknesses. One of the biggest obstacles has been access to apps-they aren't for every child, and not everyone is skilled in eliciting communication (and I mean that even with SLPs!)

If you'd like some help in finding someone, let me know!