Core board

Welcome to Make It Monday, a series in which we hope to inspire your team to create communication boards and instructional materials for students who need or already use core vocabulary. In the fir…

Don’t know where to start with core vocabulary? Get a FREE starter board, tips and tricks to teach with, and even the first 5 words to start with!

I created these communication boards for my students who use AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) and also for language modeling during activities. They are convenient one page boards that can be printed, laminated, or put in sheet protectors. Each board has core vocabulary on the left and activity specific (fringe) vocabularyon the right. Core Vocabulary: high frequency words that are very versatile and can be used across contexts. Examples: I, you, want, like, go, in etc……

This is a quick but effective visual that I have been wanting to show you! I used images and directions from the Common Ground Collaboration to complete this job! Thanks to Mark and Brenda for making them available! Are you even an SLP if you haven’t selfied (is that a word?) in front of […]

17 FREE Printable Visuals for Autism classrooms including printable visual schedules, schedule cards, picture visuals, rules cards, social stories, and more

The question I probably get asked the most is, “Where do I start?” Teachers, SLPs, and parents don’t always know what to do with the new aac system the student has been given. As SLPs we know that you can’t just put the book or device in front of the student and expect them to begin it use it. Communication for these students is a skill that needs to be specifically and directly taught. Where and how we teach is important. Language needs to have a context. Usually it is a context that…

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Every language has a small set of words that make up most of the words we use, called "core words". Read how we have improved Proloquo2Go with the Crescendo™ vocabulary that keeps core words on a consistant location throughout the vocabulary.