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North Shore AAC

We provide AAC caregiver consulting, professional training/coaching and school contract services. Consulting services available nationwide. Hello!

Services are in-home in the Newbury, MA area and via teletherapy anywhere in MA. Thank you for visiting North Shore AAC. My name is Michelle Britt-Thompson, MS, CCC-SLP. I am a pediatric speech-language pathologist specializing in the evaluation and treatment of children with complex communication needs. I bring over 20 years of experience to North Shore AAC where I provide services to children from the beginning communications stages into adulthood. I have advanced knowledge and experience with multiple AAC systems such as LAMP Words for Life®, TouchChat, Proloquo2go, etc. I am also a certified LAMP Words for Life® professional. After working in the schools providing services to children with complex communication needs, I saw the need for expert private therapy services within my own community. My small, specialized private practice allows me to build trusting and lasting relationships with my clients and their families. Through direct services, parent coaching, and advocacy, it is my goal to help my clients and their families to achieve lasting communication success. I am also excited to offer caregiver consulting services to families nationwide. Caregiver consulting is designed to educate, train, and empower parents and caregivers to effectively advocate for and communicate with their child. Whether parents are just exploring AAC as a means of communication or are looking for more advanced support, I am able to provide services to address almost any topic related to AAC and/or LAMP Words for Life®. As an SLP with a diverse professional background, I am also aware of the importance of empowering professionals with the skills necessary to confidently support their clients who use AAC. Training for speech-language pathologists, SLPAs, teachers, para-educators, personal care assistants, and other professionals is available nationwide. Please visit my website at www.northshoreaac.com to learn more.

02/08/2026

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🎤 Speaker Spotlight: Beth Bellone🎤

Beth Bellone, alongside William H. Ahearn, Chata Dickson, and Jared Bouzan will be presenting at the Profound Autism Summit on April 16–17, 2026, in Boston, MA.

🧠 Session Title: The Telepathy Tapes and the Return of Facilitated Communication: Perspectives
📅 Date: April 16, 2026
⏰ Time: 4:00–5:00 PM ET
🎓 CEUs: 1.0 BACB® GEN

Recent media attention, including The Telepathy Tapes podcast, has reignited interest in long-discredited, pseudoscientific communication methods such as Facilitated Communication (FC) and its modern rebrands. This timely panel brings together a behavior analyst, a speech-language pathologist, a parent, and a regulator to thoughtfully examine the scientific, ethical, and emotional issues driving this resurgence.

The panel will:
✔️ Place current media narratives in the historical context of FC
✔️ Explain the ideomotor effect and how it creates the illusion of communication
✔️ Address the real harms associated with these practices
✔️ Equip professionals with compassionate, evidence-based language for responding to families, colleagues, and communities
This session emphasizes science without cruelty—centering dignity, empathy, and professional responsibility while remaining firmly grounded in evidence-based practice.

🔗 Register here:
https://behaviorlive.com/conferences/profoundautismsummit/registration

01/07/2026

Pointing is important!

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01/05/2026

Something went wrong in the training.

12/23/2025

A must read!

This study aimed to elicit and analyze the views and preferences of a variety of AAC stakeholders regarding terminology related to augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and the people wh...

12/05/2025

I have the best job working with the best teachers! Meredith you are amazing!

(Some day I will figure out how to tag you on my prof page!)

12/03/2025

Save the date!!!! This 2 day introductory intensive course will offer an instructional framework and practical approaches to address the emergent literacy needs of students with extensive support needs that include not being able to rely solely on speech to be heard and understood. The focus will be on comprehensive approaches to emergent literacy with an emphasis on application and use rather than skill and mastery.
This course is open to all interested educators, related services personnel, parents, and caregivers concerned with supporting communication and literacy for students with extensive support needs that include not being able to rely solely on speech to be heard and understood.

12/01/2025

Vocabulary Builder is a powerful feature that helps AAC users focus on a smaller set of words—perfect for learning new vocabulary or targeting specific words...

11/13/2025

Another AAC training on the books! The staff at Hamilton + Wenham rocks!

11/06/2025

Congratulations to Mateo Moreno, the 2026 Prentke AAC Distinguished Lecturer! Mateo will share what he has learned from visiting classrooms to talk with over 2,500 students about AAC, disability, and inclusion.

Learn more about Mateo at atia.org/prentkelecture and plan to join us for his lecture in person at ATIA 2026 or for the free live-stream as part of the ATIA 2026 Virtual Event and on ATIA's YouTube channel.

Thank you to PRC-Saltillo for their generous support of this lecture.

10/08/2025

Safeguarding the communication rights of minimally- or non-speaking people who are vulnerable to Facilitated Communication, Rapid Prompting (Spellers Method) and variants

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23297018.2025.2544116

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