AAC & Emergent Literacy
AAC and Emergent Literacy
Leaders in the AAC field emphasize the importance of creating access to literacy through adapting books for children with complex communication needs. Some key resources for adapting and creating books are provided below. In addition, books can be adapted for use on the computer. Further, switches can be adapted for use with the computer so that children can simply touch a switch or touch screen to advance to the next page of the book on the computer screen. Favorite books can be scanned into a digital format and put into a number of widely available photo and presentation formats such as IPhoto, Power Point, Intellitools, and others.
Adapting Books
Pati King DeBaun's Adapted Books To Go
http://www.adaptedstories.com/index.cfm
(The AAC EI Project has subscribed to the Early Childhood I collection and these materials can be obtained in the AAC Lab for adaptation with your target child.)
Boston Public Schools Access Technology Center: Modifying Books
Bridge School: Adapt a BookCreating Books
Resources for adapting children’s books with Boardmaker Overlays (for Windows only): http://prekese.dadeschools.net/resourcepages/resources_teacher_resource_room_main.htm
Baggie Books from Debbie Grant, M.S., SLP-CCCTalking Books
Talking Books using Power Point: http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials/talkingBooks/powerpoint.php
Department of Special Education and Communicative Disorders Program
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, California 94132
U.S. Department of Education
Office of Special Education Programs
Grant #H325A040109
Funded 2004-2009
Contact:
Gloria Soto, Ph.D., Project Director
gsoto@sfsu.edu
Nancy Robinson, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Co-Director
nancyr@sfsu.edu
Marci Hanson, Ph.D., Co-Director
mjhanson@sfsu.edu
Bridge School