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Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?

Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?

Update: 2016-10-102
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Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children? AAC devices are augmentative/alternative communication systems that allow a person to communicate with those around them without speaking.  There are many different types of AAC but the most common are high-tech AAC Devices that allow a person to push a button to speak a message.  These


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Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?

Why Use AAC for Toddlers or Children?

Carrie Clark, M.A. CCC-SLP