We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, the TWT team is proud to present Part 3 of Rachel’s interviews from ASHA 2019! Before the interviews, Rachel chats with Chris about doing a live podcast interview with Jennie Bjorem, speaking on a panel about podcasting and ethics, and her presentation on apps and autism! Don’t miss the discussion of Pepi Bath 2 😆! After that: 🔑 Erik Raj ...
Dec 18, 2019•41 min•Ep. 111
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, the TWT team is proud to present more of Rachel’s interviews from ASHA 2019! Before the interviews, Rachel chats with Chris about meeting all of the TWT fans at ASHA, how great it was to be part of something that is helping others, and talking with AAC user Hannah Foley . After that, we hear from: 🔑 Adriana Lavi - Dr. Lavi is the author of...
Dec 11, 2019•45 min•Ep. 110
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, the TWT team is proud to present Rachel’s interviews from ASHA 2019! Before the interviews, Rachel brings on her #1 fan, Mama Madel, to chat with her and Chris! After that, we hear from: 🔑 Lynsey Lobdell and Brie Norton discuss their presentation about four foundational components to ensure authentic communication across all environments: ...
Dec 04, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 109
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Chris interviews Nicole Bender, an AAC specialist who was inspired to move from the US to Thailand to help people with developmental disabilities to communicate! Nicole shares her fascinating experiences deciding to move to another country, her challenges and successes working with AAC in Thailand, and why Nicole loves working abroad so muc...
Nov 27, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 108
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, we are happy to share our third Small Talks episode! We have 5 different short interviews from Brian Whitmer, Brandi Lee Wentland, Kathy Howery, Shaun Pearson, and Kelly Key! Each of them shares a key experience or strategy that is of particular interest! Key ideas this week: 🔑 Brian Whitmer, CEO of CoughDrop, talks about the process of co...
Nov 19, 2019•37 min•Ep. 107
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Chris interviews Catherine Fredricks, a School-Based SLP & AAC Specialist with Wayne Township Public Schools. Catherine shares about her experience using AAC with students with a variety of needs (bilingual students, language-delayed students who are verbal, students with complex communication needs, etc) and how she builds excitement a...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 106
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Rachel and Chris interview Amanda Scheriff, an SLP working with students with complex communication needs at the Labbb Educational Collaborative in Lexington, MA! The Labbb Collaborative is a multi-district collaboration providing special eduction services that promote inclusion and independence. Amanda works with the Labbb’s multiple handi...
Nov 05, 2019•45 min•Ep. 105
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Chris interviews with AAC enthusiast, SLP, and TWT podcast listener Sarah Gregory (@SGregorySLP on Twitter) about “authentic” inclusion, social belonging, peer modeling, universal access, and more! Before the interview, Chris and Rachel talk about Rachel’s upcoming trip to Nepal to train and coach teachers and caregivers about AAC! Key idea...
Oct 28, 2019•45 min•Ep. 104
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Rachel interviews Dr. Lisa Erwin-Davidson ( www.lisa-aac.com ) about some of the questions Lisa had working as an AAC specialist, what answers about language she has discovered in her research, and her areas of interest she is exploring next!! Lisa is a faculty member at CSU Fullerton who has conducted research into how preschoolers with an...
Oct 23, 2019•57 min•Ep. 103
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, the TWT team is pleased to share Rachel’s interview with David Tobin, former TV producer and CEO of Audiojack! First, Chris and Rachel discuss how they have gone almost 2 years making the podcast, and haven’t yet met in person (but almost did last week). Chris and Rachel also connect about using audio as a tool in therapy, and the importanc...
Oct 16, 2019•41 min•Ep. 102
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Chris interviews SLP & AAC Specialist Brandi Lee Wentland, owner of We Speak AAC ! Brandi shares lots of helpful strategies for working with AAC users, including collaborating with other professionals, using a reinforcement matrix, helping others to get started on their AAC journey, and more! Key ideas this week include: 🔑The cost of a...
Oct 08, 2019•52 min•Ep. 101
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week on TWT, Rachel shares about her recent experience with a client who became aggressive, self-injurious, frustrated during a therapy session, and what she was thinking and feeling as the situation felt like it was slipping out of her control. Rachel and Chris discuss the wide variety of emotions and thoughts that can occur after an experience ...
Oct 01, 2019•41 min•Ep. 99
This week, Chris interviews SLP and AAC Specialist Meghan Betz about her experiences with AAC and what she has learned about reflective listening, working collaboratively in IEP meetings, working successfully with parents in the home, chunking information for parents & teachers, and more! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Rachel & Chris talk iPad stands - Rachel talks about her favorite sturdy and inexpensive iPad stand on Amazon and Chris shares about making iPad stands with 3D printing a...
Sep 24, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 98
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Chris interviews Kelly Key about her role as Assistive Technology Coordinator with the Barrington 220 School District! They discuss promoting core vocabulary in Kelly’s district, using the SETT framework to evaluate AAC needs, helping to find communication opportunities in the school day, and more! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Discussion...
Sep 17, 2019•52 min•Ep. 97
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, Chris & Rachel connect with the amazing Gail Van Tatenhove about her career, working with adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities who use AAC, and more! Key ideas this week: 🔑 Gail shares from her wealth of experiences, including how communication needs change as young AAC users grow into adulthood and beyond. 🔑 The id...
Sep 10, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 96
We need your help to keep Talking with Tech going strong! If you are a loyal listener, please support our podcast at patreon.com/talkingwithtech . This week, the TWT team is pleased to share Rachel’s interview with Charlotte DiStefano. Charlotte is a researcher at UCLA with the Center for Autism Research and Treatment, as well as a Clinical Psychologist at the UCLA Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Clinic. Charlotte shares about being a researcher at UCLA, her involvement with JASPER, her research...
Sep 03, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 95
This week, the TWT team presents their third “Productivity Hacks” episode! This episode covers additional “hacks” that Rachel and Chris were not able to get to during their AAC in the Cloud presentation, including Slack, Trello, Voxer, ITT, Doodle, and more! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Using Slack to coordinate and organize messages between groups of people, such as an IEP team. 🔑 Rachel is “obsessed” with Voxer , a walkie-talkie app for team communication that allows sharing of short voice...
Aug 27, 2019•37 min•Ep. 94
This week, TWT presents the second half of the presentation “Tech Hacks that Support Team Collaboration, Productivity, and Efficiency.” This session was originally presented by Chris and Rachel as part of the AAC in the Cloud 2019 conference! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Rachel discusses how she uses TheraNest to help her schedule multiple clinicians at once. 🔑 Summer vacation gives some AAC users a chance to work with different communication partners. We can use this opportunity to see how ...
Aug 20, 2019•48 min•Ep. 93
This week, the TWT team presents the first half of their presentation “Tech Hacks that Support Team Collaboration, Productivity, and Efficiency.” This session was originally presented by Chris and Rachel as part of the AAC in the Cloud 2019 conference! Before we present the first half of “Productivity Hacks”, Chris and Rachel talk about working with impulsive clients, using wait time and eye contact to distinguish communication attempts, doing therapy alongside communication partners, and more! ...
Aug 13, 2019•49 min•Ep. 92
This week, the TWT team presents the second half of the “ABCs of AAC.” This session was originally presented by Chris and Rachel as part of the SLP2B 2019 conference! Before we present the second half of the “ABCs”, Chris and Rachel talk about augmented reality in therapy, the “Do Not Touch” app, supporting literacy, and more! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Rachel loves to use some slang in therapy because shared use of slang fosters peer acceptance. We need to program and teach users how to co...
Aug 06, 2019•45 min•Ep. 91
This week, the TWT team presents the first half of the “ABCs of AAC.” This session was originally presented by Chris and Rachel as part of the SLP2B 2019 conference! Before we present the first half of the “ABCs”, Chris and Rachel discuss using the power of core vocabulary, changes to their schedules from summer, celebrating an AAC user’s circle of support, and more! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Modeling looking for vocabulary (and using the search function) on a device is a great way to help...
Jul 31, 2019•51 min•Ep. 90
This week, the TWT team is pleased to share the second half of the “Golden Rules of AAC Competency in a New Era of Communication.” This session was originally presented by Lucas, Chris, and Rachel as part of the #XedAAC18 conference! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Overlapping treatment with other professionals can teach you strategies you did not learn in your own professional training. 🔑 It is important to support an AAC user’s “operational competency” - the ability to turn on the device, cha...
Jul 23, 2019•42 min•Ep. 89
This week, the TWT team is pleased to share the first half of the “Golden Rules of AAC Competency in a New Era of Communication.” This session was originally presented by Lucas, Chris, and Rachel as part of the #XedAAC18 conference! Before we present the first half of this session, Chris and Rachel discuss several topics related to 3D printing, including creating 3D core word symbols using Project Core! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Teachers and SLPs can coordinate with students in “maker club...
Jul 17, 2019•45 min•Ep. 88
This week, Lucas Steuber of Tobii Dynavox returns to help Chris and Rachel answer questions from our listeners! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Ideas for supporting an eye gaze user's as he enters a magnet high school for game and app development. 🔑 Advice for a person whose client uses AAC and appears to display block-like disfluencies. 🔑 Strategies for promoting literacy, including incorporating the use of bluetooth keyboards. For show notes, links to resources, past episodes, and more, visi...
Jul 09, 2019•44 min•Ep. 87
Listen to part 1 of the AAC Apps Update last week, then head to bit.ly/techceu to earn CEU credit for listening to both of these episodes! This week, the TWT team is pleased to share the second half of the AAC Apps Update 2018! This conference session was originally presented by Lucas, Chris, and Rachel as part of the Special Apps Update Conference 2018. Before we present this week’s session, Chris and Rachel discuss Rachel's recent hand injury, ideas for improving aided language input, and more...
Jul 03, 2019•39 min•Ep. 86
Listen to part 2 of the AAC Apps Update next week, then head to bit.ly/techceu to earn CEU credit for listening to these episodes! This week, the TWT team is pleased to share the first half of the AAC Apps Update 2018! This conference session was originally presented by Lucas, Chris, and Rachel as part of the Special Apps Update Conference 2018. Before we present this week’s session, Chris and Rachel discuss reading specialists, being aware of compensatory measures when assessing children with a...
Jun 25, 2019•45 min•Ep. 85
This week, Rachel interviews educational therapists and co-hosts of the Learn Smarter podcast, Stephanie Pitts & Rachel Kapp! Stephanie and Rachel share what educational therapy is, why executive functioning is so important, and strategies they utilize to help learners improve task initiation, time management, and motivation! Key ideas this week include: 🔑 Educational therapists teach learners how they learn and strategies they can use to learn better and improve executive functioning. 🔑 N...
Jun 19, 2019•59 min•Ep. 84
This week, the TWT team presents another “Small Talks” episode featuring short conversations with AAC specialists Erin Sheldon, Kelly Fonner, Lance McLemore, and Mo Buti! Key ideas this episode: 🔑Suggest an AAC evaluation for young children (2-3 years old) with limited expressive language, because we don’t have to delay language skills while other skills (e.g. articulation skills) catch up. 🔑Try to use fun, memorable stimuli and prompts in therapy, because clients talk more about things that a...
Jun 11, 2019•49 min•Ep. 83
This week on TWT, Chris interviews Brian Whitmer, CEO of CoughDrop, about OpenAAC.org and the “open” movement supporting AAC users and their right to move communication boards from one system to another, access a free set of symbols, open 3rd party apps inside their AAC systems, and more! Key ideas: 🔑Many AAC developers do not allow communication boards to be moved from one communication system to another system, especially if that system is not owned by the developer. This can lead to users be...
Jun 04, 2019•54 min•Ep. 82
This week on TWT, Rachel interviews Alyssa Hillary Zisk! Alyssa is a graduate student in neuroscience who shares their experiences as an autistic adult who uses AAC part of the time to communicate. Key ideas this episode: 🔑Some autistic adults experience intermittent or insufficient speech. 🔑Some of these adults use AAC part of the time. 🔑It is important to give AAC users the same chance to participate in discussions and to allow them to communicate in whatever modality they choose. For show ...
May 28, 2019•51 min•Ep. 81
