AAC for All: Here’s How We Do It!
with Karina Saechao
12/20/2023
In this conversation, Karina Saechao helps us understand what it looks like now for multiply marginalized kids to try and access and use AAC, and what concrete steps we can all take to try and change that. Karina gives the best advice to therapists on the ground who are collaborating with parents and teachers to improve access to communication for our clients. Karina Saechao is an SLP, researcher, scholar, and activist who’s really passionate about increasing equity, access, and outcomes related to research, clinical practice, and course curriculum. She’s also a PhD student and a speaker at the upcoming Learn Play Thrive continuing education summit. Check it out at learnplaythrive.com/summit
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Show Notes
Grab your spot at the upcoming 2024 Continuing Education Summit, featuring Karina Saechao’s session: ‘AAC For All: Strategizing through Barriers to Accessing AAC and Literacy in Systematically Marginalized Communities’.
Learn more from and about Karina’s work:
- Karina’s website, goldenoakspeech.com
- Instagram at @GoldenOakSLP,
- Facebook at Golden Oak Speech Therapy
- Karina’s Doctoral student page (& contact info)
References to some of Karina’s comments about race differences in AAC use, provision, diagnosis for, etc
- Pope, L. Light, J. & Franklin, A. (2022)
- Keller-Bell, Y.D. (2017)
- Hyter, Y.D & Salas-Provance, B.S (2019)
LPT Resources/Training referenced:
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