Continuing Education for AAC

Additional resources to deepen your capacity to help

Everyone can benefit from learning more about AAC! Below are a collection of learning resources and continuing education tools you can use, for yourself or for others, to keep getting better at AAC for years to come!

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Support Resources

Utah Assistive Technology Teams (UATT) support school LEAs and IEP teams to evaluate, acquire, and manage assistive technology for students with disabilities. We support and coordinate with multi-disciplinary educational and rehabilitation teams to train students, caregivers, educators, and service providers in the use of assistive technology in education and in the major life functions of students with disabilities.

Online Lessons

Project Core provides free, self-directed professional development modules on a variety of AAC topics.

The AAC Academy offers paid, certified lessons on AAC topics and strategies.

AAC In The Cloud

AAC in the Cloud is an annual virtual conference covering the latest topics and strategies in AAC. Presenters include AAC users, therapists and practitioners, parents, and providers. All sessions are recorded and made available online, so there are hundreds of sessions available on a range of topics. Viewers can track which sessions they have watched and submit a certificate of participation for CEU credit hours.

Conferences and Meetups

Temple University hosts weekly virtual meetups for AAC users discussing topics like AAC strategies and use, introductions to new technology, etc.

ImpAACt Voices hosts monthly AAC meetups for AAC users 14 years or older. Sessions include hearing from other AAC users, and also just open-ended social time.

Talking With Tech AAC Podcast is an online weekly podcast focused on various AAC topics related to using technology to improve and facilitate communication. They also have a collection of discussions with AAC users to help highlight their perspectives.

Closing the Gap is an annual in-person conference focused on improving the of various assistive technologies including AAC.

ATIA hosts an annual conference in-person in Florida focused on various assistive technologies including AAC.

School-to-Community Transition Support

See our Transition Resources page for more information.