Bilingual AAC at Home (live registration)

Presenter: Alma Haro-Partida, M.A. CCC-SLP & Melissa Tapia, M.A. CCC-SLP

Relevant Financial Relationship: Alma and Mellisa are founders of the Bilingue AAC shop.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Alma is the owner/Founder of Con Alma Speech Therapy and co-founder of Bilingue AAC.

Melissa is the owner/founder of Hablame Speech Therapy and is a co-founders of Bilingue AAC.

Presenter Biography: Alma M. Partida is a bilingual and bicultural school-based Speech-Language Pathologist specializing in AAC. She graduated from San Jose State and received focalized training in AAC. She currently practices as an SLP and AAC consultant in Northern California with preschool and early elementary-aged students. She is also a clinical supervisor at CSU-Monterey Bay. Alma manages the Instagram accounts @AACForYouandMe and @DiverseAAC.

Melissa Tapia is a bicultural and bilingual certified Speech-Language Pathologist in Illinois. Melissa is the owner and founder of Hablame Speech Therapy. She focuses on a client-centered collaborative model with bilingual families through in-home therapy services and helping AAC users gain access to communication in their immediate and most comfortable environment using various communication modalities and educating caregivers on how to best support their children together. Melissa manages the Instagram account @hablame_de_language.

Learner Outcomes

• Learners will identify AAC myths about bilingual and multilingual users
• Learners will demonstrate applicable strategies for home-based AAC
• Learners will identify accessible tools for AAC home implementation

Agenda

• Introduction (5 minutes)
• Bilingual AAC Myths and Facts (5 minutes)
• What Does the Research Say about home AAC (5 minutes)
• AAC for Everyday Routines (20 minutes)
• Apps for Everyday Learning (5 minutes)
• Setting up a successful AAC home environment (10 minutes)
• Q&A (10 minutes)

Cost: Free

Audience: Students, Early Career Professionals (under 5 years), Related Professionals, Those seeking to increase Cultural Competency

Topic Area: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Equity, Inclusion and Influence of Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Language in Infants Through Preschoolers

To be reported to ASHA CE, participants must indicate their preference to be reported on the post-webinar assessment and achieve a minimum score of 80% accuracy. Unlimited attempts are permitted, but partial credit is not available. The assessment must be completed within one week of the webinar.