Weekly Resources
Weekly Resources
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Week 1: Grocery Shopping AAC Adventure
This activity builds independence and confidence in QuickTalker Freestyle interactions, turning a regular shopping trip into an exciting learning adventure.
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Week 2: AAC Adventures At The Park
This week’s Adventures At The Park activity helps boost QuickTalker Freestyle skills while having fun at the park or playground.
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Week 3: All About My Friend
Our All About My Friend activity prompts QuickTalker Freestyle users to explore and inquire about others’ preferences, experiences, or traits.
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Week 4: People Play
Our People Play activities are also great for building language because they limit the child's need to juggle multiple points of attention and action (e.g., their body, ideas, you, their device, and a toy).
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Week 5: Mirror and Amplify Activities
Working at the child’s language level is essential, but you should always aim to be One Step Ahead. By mirroring and amplifying their language, you can consistently bolster their language proficiency.
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Week 6: All About Me
Our All About Me fillable word game allows individuals to work collaboratively with speech device users to fill in the mad lib using their speech device.
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Week 7: Sharing A Meal With Your Child
This week’s Share A Meal activity helps your loved one communicate by modeling language on their device while you prepare and enjoy a meal together.
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Week 8: Incorporating AAC into Daily Routines
This week, take a moment to identify your loved one’s daily routine to see if there are opportunities for them to incorporate communicating with their QuickTalker Freestyle.
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Week 9: Teaching Emotions Using Speech Devices
The Teaching Emotions activity encourages creating an emotion of the day, incorporating emotions into story time, and more.
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Week 10: Incorporating AAC into Music
Our Fun With Music activity offers a unique and functional way to engage with your loved one over music.
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Week 11: Celebrate Communication with Shared Book Reading!
This week’s activity, Shared Reading, is a learning activity where you and your loved one can engage with a book together, focusing on interaction rather than just reading.
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Week 12: Activities to Facilitate Communication Using Speech Devices
Our Facilitating Communication activity provides ideas on how your loved one can use their QuickerFreestyle speech device during everyday activities like making a snack, listening to music, playing a game, or reading a book.
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Week 13: Motivating Your Child to Communicate
This week’s activity is called Mirror And Amplify. In this activity, you’ll learn how to mirror your loved one’s statements and amplify them to model a richer version of their initial expression.
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