Exclusively Designed for Parents and Family Members of AAC Learners
You’ll knock your communication partner skills out of the park with invaluable support and guidance from our AAC Group Coaching Program. Developed specifically for parents, guardians, family members, and other caregivers of communicators using AAC, this informal, interactive program now includes four self-paced, eLearning courses combined with four live, online meetings. You’ll be learning along with a small group of other communication partners who are also supporting family members using PRC-Saltillo speech-generating devices and apps.
All-Star Results Start with Elite Coaching
Whether your AAC learner has just received a new speech-generating device or has had one for a while, you can benefit from the group coaching experience. There’s so much to learn and your group coach will become your go-to resource for effective communication strategies and more! Many parents and caregivers just like you have participated in our AAC Group Coaching Program and are continuing to score big results with their AAC learners. Listen to what a few past participants have to say!
Start the Clock on Skills You’ll Benefit from Immediately
Your AAC coach, a certified speech-language pathologist, will lead you and up to five other participants through a series of four, hour-long, online sessions that are designed to provide you with the tools you need to confidently work with your AAC communicator and become their biggest champion. Before each online meeting, you’ll have access to a new, self-paced, eLearning course that introduces you to upcoming topics. You’ll learn techniques and strategies to provide more communication opportunities and encourage increased interactions throughout this four-week coaching program that costs under $200 — that’s just $25 each for eight combined online and eLearning sessions jam-packed with invaluable resources from an SLP with expertise in AAC and vocabulary systems!
Huddle Up with Other Families
These fun, interactive meetings provide lots of opportunities for discussion with others who understand your family’s challenges. From sharing your communication celebrations to expressing a particular challenge you’ve encountered, this group format helps you develop your skills while interacting with others who may have similar experiences and input to share.
Achieving Goals with AAC
Week by week, you’ll be building upon your communication partner skills, making you better equipped to assist your family member who uses AAC in becoming a better communicator. By learning to provide more opportunities for communication, you can see growth in:
- Increased independence
- Enhanced vocabulary use and word combinations
- Greater ability to express wants, needs, thoughts, feelings, questions, and medical concerns
Back-to-School with Effective Communication Tools
Here are just a few of the topics you’ll cover in this program:
- The importance of making your child’s communication system available across all environments
- Where to get a lite-tech back-up version of the AAC device
- Techniques for inviting individuals who use AAC to communicate with their speech-generating devices while not telling them what to say
- How to determine which vocabulary words to focus on
- And much more!
Space is limited for these popular group coaching opportunities so take a few moments to reserve your spot in an upcoming class today! You’ll learn so much, you’ll be inspired to say “put me in coach! I’m ready to play an important role in my child’s AAC journey!”