10/15/2025
💬 October is AAC Awareness Month! 💬
At Learn, Play, Grow, we’re celebrating all the ways our kids communicate! 💙💛
AAC stands for Augmentative and Alternative Communication — any form of communication other than spoken words. This can include gestures, sign language, pictures, or high-tech devices that “talk” for the user. 🗣️✨
Children may use AAC for many reasons — such as autism, cerebral palsy, or speech disorders — to help them express their thoughts, needs, and ideas.
💡 Did you know?
AAC does not stop verbal speech. In fact, it can encourage children to talk more!
AAC supports language growth, social interaction, and confidence.
There’s no “right age” to start using AAC — it’s all about finding what helps each child communicate best!
To help spread awareness, some of our amazing Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) led an in-service training for our staff this month! 🧠👏 (Thank you, Aubrey, Anna, and Emily!)
They shared how AAC works, ways to support communication across environments, and simple strategies we can all use to empower our AAC users.
We’re so proud of our team and the work they do to give every child a voice. 💬💙
