Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services in schools require more than selecting a device—they require comprehensive assessment, meaningful goal development, collaborative implementation, and integration across the school day. Navigating the Road to AAC Success provides school-based speech-language pathologists with practical tools and strategies for moving from AAC assessment to effective implementation.
Participants will explore formal and informal assessment, feature matching, the Dynamic AAC Goals Grid–3 (DAGG-3), AAC report writing, IEP present level statements, functional IEP goal development, progress monitoring, and data collection. Through case studies, report-writing templates, and practical examples, participants will learn to translate assessment findings into meaningful educational outcomes. The course will also address collaboration with teachers, families, and educational teams; classroom integration; aided language modeling; and strategies for generalizing AAC skills across settings and communication partners. Participants will explore literacy-based AAC intervention, including Building Bridges and other evidence-based approaches for supporting communication and literacy development in complex learners.

Participants will be able to:

1. Assess AAC needs using formal and informal assessment methods, including consideration of communication skills, access, communication partners, environments, and functional communication needs.
2. Apply the Dynamic AAC Goals Grid–3 (DAGG-3) to analyze AAC competencies and develop functional, individualized goals that support communication across linguistic, operational, social, and strategic domains.
3. Integrate AAC recommendations, goal development, collaborative strategies, and literacy-based intervention approaches to support meaningful AAC implementation across educational environments.

Instructor Details and Financial Disclosure 

•  Jenna Carlesimo, M.A., CCC-SLP

Registration

• Online ONLY for 1 learner -- Access to Online Course for 365 Days/1 Year (-hour CE course, downloadable handout, certificate of completion)

  Timed Agenda

• 80  minutes    Module 1: Foundations of School-Based AAC Assessment
• 35 minutes    Module 2: Comprehensive AAC Evaluation Using the DAGG-3
• 30 minutes    Module 3/4: DAGG-3 Goal Development & Writing AAC Evaluation Reports/IEPS
• 75 minutes     Module 5: AAC Implementation Through Collaboration 

• 60 minutes    Module 6: Literacy-Based AAC Intervention and Building Bridges

  Total= 280 minutes (4.5 hours)
   

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