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Next Steps SLT
@NextSlt
Caitríona Ní C, neurodiversity-celebrating, CORU & IASLT registered, Speech & Language Therapist interested in autism & AAC. Learning every day.
Cork, Ireland Katılım Nisan 2021
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All welcome to my book launch in Cork in @DubrayBooks July 26th.
This is an #AutismFriendly event.
Social story and sensory maps available at: niamhgarvey.com/wp-content/upl…
@JKPAutism @JKPBooks @Eve_Mc_Donnell
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@NextSlt @endeverstar Today my 5yo got collected early from school as wasn't feeling well. She lay down in bed, reached for my phone, clicked into WeaveChat and generated "I want drink of water". I am amazed how intuitively she learned to use it. She chose AAC as felt too tired to talk 💗
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So excited to join the CALL Scotland team and start a new adventure! 🤩
CALL Scotland@CALLScotland
We are delighted to welcome @Communi_con to our team here at CALL Scotland. She joins us today as AAC Specialist Teacher. Welcome aboard Ceanna!
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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar That’s a great point. Benefits of AAC are endless.
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@NextSlt @endeverstar Started using WeaveChat at home this morning and discovered something nice: For kids who probably have a PDA profile, you can keep tapping your instruction "time to get dressed" and the tone stays the same so parental frustration never enters the conversation. This is brilliant!
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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Brilliant idea to practise the motor plan.
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@NextSlt @endeverstar This will be very handy. Could even make a toy "AAC" device with printed sheet for playing non-speaking communication games. We play chatting on toy phone so is an extension of that?
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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar I like the Phrase & Keyboard tab on the home screen (amongst other features)
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@NextSlt @endeverstar I am already enjoying the app! Will be brilliant for the overwhelmed moments in the house for us too.
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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Enjoy! The developers are very responsive on instagram if you have questions & there are “how to” videos on their website.
It’s a lovely thing you & your daughter are doing x
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@NextSlt @endeverstar Brilliant thank you! I'm installing Weavechat now. Have been wanted to try an AAC at home for awhile, and a child we know starting to use it is a great motivator! I'll start using it at home now. Delighted with your help!
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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Alternatively, pages of the child’s AAC could be printed for a paper-based version.
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@msniamhgarvey @endeverstar Absolutely. Just if it’s not poss to have the same app, it wld be a way of showing AAC is valid & valued in that context if there are other AACs. Also, as the lay-out is often similar (core words on Home Screen, folders with categories..) it wld be nice to explore at home.
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Allowing time and space for someone to speak when they are struggling is vitally important but can be very hard to do. @michaelsheen gives a masterclass here. And what an interesting question! #TheAssembly #Autism
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Coming 18 th july 🎉
I adored writing this book. I wanted to tell #Autistic kids that it IS nornal and IS okay to be autistic. The book also explains what being autistic actually means.
Illustrated by fellow Autistic @theorah.
Read some reviews here:
uk.jkp.com/products/being…
Children's Books Ireland@KidsBooksIrel
April is Autism Awareness month! In support of this, we are so happy to share with you all the cover for Being Autistic (And What That Actually Means) by @msniamhgarvey , a fully illustrated graphic guide to understanding who you are and what it means to be autistic! We really do think this will be an invaluable resource for both autistic young people and really any person that would like to learn more autism! With brilliant illustrations from @theorah , it is both informative and eye catching. Being Autistic (And What That Actually Means releases this June on @JKPBooks
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@AlexMaxien21706 @DerekLandy Hey! That link is really poor. If you can download the RTE Radio Player app you can access the clip under Brendan O’Connor
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We love @DerekLandy in our house. Loved hearing him discuss his writing & his stammer on Brendan O’Connor
Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant on RTÉ Radio 1 rteradioapp.page.link/Bjm3SqHzusJRBF…
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Delighted to be able to share the findings of the capstone project of my MSc specialising in AAC in @CLTTJournal . Thank you @Yvonne_M_Lynch for all of your guidance throughout this process, and @ckennyirl and @ClinSpeechTCD for your support.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02…
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If you’d like to learn more about AAC, I’m running a Fundamentals of Symbolic AAC course with @synergyadulted at the end of the month.
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By the way, I just want to acknowledge that you can be an effective non-symbolic communicator, and I’m sure Mr. Beukleman would agree
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I often think about this quote from D.R. Beukleman.
There’sso much effort & cost for families & individuals in getting an aac device - but only then does the real work start. Communication is about people, not devices, so using this new method can be a huge shift for all of us.
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