AbleNet Inc., 2625 Patton Road, Roseville, MN (2025)

12/18/2025

❄️ Let’s spark meaningful communication together this winter!✨

Warm up your sessions with our FREE AT resource: Let’s Make Hot Chocolate! 🍫☕️
This sensory-rich, hands-on activity is designed to encourage participation and communication for all learners.

Support:
✔️ Sequencing
✔️ Core & fringe vocabulary
✔️ Turn-taking
✔️ Engagement for students of all ages and abilities

It’s the perfect blend of literacy, sensory exploration, and AAC-friendly communication—created to help every student find their voice. 🧡

👉 Download here: https://bit.ly/44DTG8G

AbleNet is committed to providing resources that empower you and your students—get your free activity today!

12/17/2025

🎙️ New Two Sides of the Spectrum Podcast Release Out Now!

"Supporting Regulation: A Leveled-Up Approach" ✨
Hosted by Meg Ferrell, OTR/L, Featuring Dr. Jacquelyn Fede and Dr. Amy Laurent ♾️

💡 3 Takeaways from this episode:
1️⃣ For Autistic people with alexithymia, focusing on energy levels rather than emotions can be a more supportive pathway to regulation.
2️⃣ There is no one “right” way to be regulated.
3️⃣ We can support Autistic people by helping them match their energy levels to the energy demands of the moment.

At AbleNet, we’re proud to support conversations that deepen understanding, center neuro-affirming practice, and expand access to meaningful communication.

👇 Here's how to listen:
Spotify: https://bit.ly/3Yym7Bi
Apple: https://apple.co/3Yym88k
AbleNet QuickTalker Freestyle: https://bit.ly/47EpPxp

Let’s keep growing, learning, and empowering every communicator—together. 🎉

12/17/2025

Our favorite type of mail - a new communication device! 🩷

12/17/2025

❄️ Winter fun with purpose can spark some of the most meaningful communication moments of the year. 💬

Seasonal activities aren’t just festive—they’re powerful opportunities to build speech, language, and AAC skills when we approach them with intention.

From ❄️ sensory play
to 🎶 interactive music
to 🎁 gift-making

These 5 winter-themed activities are designed to support authentic, meaningful communication—while keeping joy and connection at the center.

👉 Swipe through for ideas
👉 Read the full blog and try them in your therapy sessions: https://bit.ly/48Wgp0Z

We’re here to support communication growth—this season and beyond.
Let the conversation begin!

12/16/2025

💬 New FREE AAC Essential for Families & Teams!

Consistent device readiness = consistent communication. 💙

Perfect for sharing with caregivers to build routines that keep communication flowing without interruptions!
✨ Free download
✨ Family-friendly
✨ Supports confident AAC use at home & school

🔗 Grab the checklist and make device readiness part of your daily routine.
👉 https://bit.ly/3KrplmY

12/13/2025

❄️ Winter break is almost here—here are a few friendly reminders to keep communication going! 💬

As routines shift and schedules change, a little preparation can help keep your QuickTalker Freestyle ready for every moment—at home, on the go, and everywhere in between.

✔️ Back up your AAC app
✔️ Take your device with you
✔️ Set up a nightly charging routine
✔️ Have lite-tech and mid-tech backups
✔️ Add winter & holiday vocabulary

Because every moment is an opportunity for connection. 🤍

12/09/2025

❄️ Your December Resource Bundle Is Here! ❄️

Two new winter resources to help families connect, communicate, and have fun all season long. 💙✨

🎁 Updated Winter Break Guide
Simple, practical ways to support communication at home—through everyday moments, shared routines, and holiday traditions.

🔎 2025 Winter Scavenger Hunt
A playful, winter-themed activity that boosts exploration, language, and engagement for learners of all ages and abilities.

Both resources are free, family-friendly, and available in English + Spanish—perfect to send home before break or add to your winter lesson plans 📚

Winter break gets busy. These resources make communication easy, meaningful, and fun. Thank you for all you do to support every voice at home—we’re here with you every step of the way. 💬

👉Download both resources here: https://bit.ly/4pY7anK

12/09/2025

🎉ableU WRAPPED 2025 is HERE!🎉

The ableU webinars you showed up for, learned from, and LOVED this year? We crunched the numbers… and the results are IN. 👀🔥

At ableU, we bring SLPs the most practical, impactful, and real-life-ready professional learning — 30, 60 and 90-minute webinars, on-demand access, and ASHA CEUs available for every course. This year, your learning made an impact. 💥

✨ Your Top 5 Most-Registered ableU Webinars of 2025:
1️⃣ Redefining Normal: Neurodiversity-Informed Approaches in Communication Therapy - by Andi Putt, SLP
🚨 LAST CALL—take before Jan 31!

2️⃣ Neurodiversity Affirming Goals That Freakin’ Rock for Autistic Kids
by Chris Wenger, SLP

3️⃣ Refining AAC Modeling: Considerations for Communication Partners
by Rachel Langley, SLP in collab with

4️⃣ Speech-Generating Device Assessment Demonstration: A Practical Guide for SLPs
by Ann Bedard, SLP & AT Specialist

5️⃣ Executive Functioning 101: Foundations & Practical Strategies for SLPs
by Rachel Musial, SLP

⏳ All 5 courses are 60 minutes, on-demand, and registered for 0.1 ASHA CEUs — perfect for wrapping up your year with confidence!

Get instant access to all courses here + finish your CEUs before it’s too late!
👉 https://bit.ly/4rLFoN6

12/06/2025

🔥 Hot Topic: Phonology Essentials: Cycles, Complexity & Minimal Pairs

✨ NEW ableU On-Demand Series!
🎓 Registered for 0.15 ASHA CEUs
📆 Available Now - watch anytime!

If you support kids with speech sound disorders, this 3-part series is your quick, practical guide to choosing the right approach at the right time—presented by Hailey Van Asch, MS, CCC-SLP, owner of Vanasch Speech Therapy

Each 30-minute webinar breaks down a core phonological approach with clear explanations, real examples, and strategies you can use tomorrow. PLUS, you'll get Hailey's FREE Phonological Approach Cheat Sheet!

What’s Inside:
1️⃣ Minimal Pairs – What it is, when to use it, and how to make it meaningful
2️⃣ Complexity Approach – Simple steps + who’s the best fit
3️⃣ Cycles Approach – When it works best + ready-to-use therapy ideas

✨ On-demand professional development, no subscription, and designed to fit your busy day.

🔗Register here: https://bit.ly/3Y0arac

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12/05/2025

💬 From sharing stories and expressing emotions to joking, protesting, and directing attention — communication connects us in countless ways!

✨ Our newest free poster reminds us to move past requesting by modeling all functions of language during AAC and speech sessions!

📥Download here: https://bit.ly/4iGPtqn

12/05/2025

🎉 You’re Invited to a special ableU!

We are thrilled to welcome Jennifer Cook, Author— neurodiversity expert, bestselling author, and on-camera personality from the Netflix series Love On The Spectrum — for a LIVE ONLY ableU webinar you won’t want to miss. 💛

Harnessing the Power of the Spectrum: Leaning into Being Human ♾️
🗓 December 16, 2025
⏰ 12:00 PM CT
⏱ 60 minutes
📚 0.1 ASHA CEUs Available

Communication is a two-way street—yet neurodivergent interactions are too often taught through abstraction, correction, and “doing it right.” As seen on Netflix’s 7x Emmy Award–winning Love on the Spectrum, Jennifer brings humor, heart, and powerful neurodiversity-affirming perspectives that will shift the way you support autistic individuals of all ages.

✨ In this session, you’ll learn to:
• Define the concept of mind blindness
• Understand why “normal” and “typical” aren’t the same—and why that distinction matters
• Apply at least two concrete, neurodiversity-affirming communication methods in your practice
This is your chance to learn directly from one of the most influential voices in neurodiversity advocacy.

👉 Save your seat here: https://bit.ly/4rJEIrC

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12/03/2025

🎙️ New Podcast Episode Out Now!

Episode 108 of the Two Sides of the Spectrum Podcast with Meg Ferrell, OTR/L owner of Learn Play Thrive is now LIVE!

✨ “Reclaiming Disabled Kids' Futures: A Planning & Visioning Process for Every Provider” - with Joyner Emeric ♾️

💡 3 Takeaways from this episode:
1️⃣ The process of visioning a child’s best future can profoundly guide the services we provide.
2️⃣ Outcomes and goals can—and should—be built from that future-focused visioning process.
3️⃣ Truly supporting a child means helping them live INTO their disability, not striving for them to “grow out of it.”

At AbleNet, we’re proud to support conversations that shape the future of AAC, disability-affirming practice, and communication access for all. 🧡

👇 Ready to listen?
Spotify: https://bit.ly/4pStHTb
Apple: https://apple.co/48tbSCP
ableEXPERIENCE: https://bit.ly/47EpPxp

Let’s keep growing, learning, and empowering every communicator—together. 🎉

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