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We always want to approach every student, every team and every classroom with as much wisdom and respect as possible. One of my colleagues, Dr. Penny Hatch, from UNC Chapel Hill frequently draws us back to a concept called the “Least Dangerous Assumptions” written by Anne Donnellan in 1994. “Least Dangerous Assumption” states that in the absence of absolute evidence, it is essential to make the assumption that, if proven to be false, would be least dangerous to the individual… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b35d685109846243a72bc/1596673675454-SEUQH5IIVJVQYJB7CV75/Screen+Shot+2020-08-05+at+8.27.41+PM.png Resources - Strengthening the Communication Environment The first thing we want to ask: Is language being represented visibly? We in AAC are often known by our “stuff”. Because we need to represent language visibly and love technology, we typically have a lot of “stuff”. I, for one, currently have a large storage unit holding 30+ years of “stuff” waiting to be distributed to all my new teams since I am no longer in the classroom. Let’s start by looking around our instructional environment… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b35d685109846243a72bc/1596673925517-1FB95AKHP0L5FPBDZ1GK/image-asset.jpeg Resources - How I Do It: 5 Ways to Tell If Your Students are Becoming Competent Communicators “Five Ways to Tell That Your Students are Becoming Competent Communicators” Students are: Participating in the purposes of communication by novelly generating multiple word phrases demonstrating a variety of communicative functions Taking multiple communicative turns with multiple partners in multiple environments Using words from many different word classes Using words to talk about words Using language to communicate and communicating to learn Throughout the implementation of our “framework for success” we have attempted to periodically take “snapshots” of how our teams are doing and if we are moving closer to our target goal… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f2b35d685109846243a72bc/1596674390744-MDR19PCHL39FWH92OC0S/Mindset+Matters+AAC+in+the+Cloud.jpg Resources - Mindset Matters Both parents and professionals spend a lot of time and energy on word lists, funding devices, laminating, and coming up with the activities to practice using AAC. What if some changes early on could make that work even more impactful? Join us as we reflect on one of the principles that are foundational to our work: our mindset & the mindset of those we work with. We will discuss the challenges that come along with self-reflection as educators shift towards being influencers rather than experts. 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