Joey’s Foundation blog
covid-19 posts
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Starting an inclusive AAC Pod!
Why the Foundation launched an after-school pod bringing AAC users and their typically developing peers together during virtual school.
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Back in Person!
After four months apart, Joey and Ann-Bailey meet in person again and find he has kept his high-frequency words and device skills.
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Don’t forget to include all your learners in your important read-alouds
Using Jacqueline Woodson’s The Other Side to talk about discrimination and racism with AAC users, not only with their speaking peers.
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What About Next School Year?
As schools plan to reopen, a proposal for small in-person groups combining inclusive instruction with communication support.
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Language is about Connection
A lesson from an AAC webinar: if teaching communication isn’t fun and connected, it isn’t working.
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Wait Time Over Zoom
Why wait time matters even more online, where lag and fewer body-language cues make it harder to give.
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Helping Kids Identify Their Feelings With Books About Waiting
Picture books about waiting help children name the restless feelings of quarantine and uncertainty.
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Resources During COVID-19 Shut Down
A short roundup of resources for AAC users during the shutdown, including Proloquo2Go materials for talking about the coronavirus.
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Accessing Online Resources with AAC
Using Pioneer Valley’s free Digital Reader to keep leveled reading going online during quarantine.