02/20/2026
🔥 Hot takes incoming! 🔥
🔥 AAC does not have to be high tech to be robust!! For some kids, an iPad or dedicated device just becomes a really expensive paperweight (or worse, projectile). Mid-low tech methods, especially for early communicators, are often overlooked!
🔥 Direct teaching is the missing puzzle piece for a lot of kids. If they aren’t picking up a skill from play/child-led therapy, sometimes it takes getting down to brass tacks and teaching it directly. A little bit of rote learning is not going to hurt anyone and can make a world of difference!
🔥 Kids cannot summarize, make predictions and inferences, understand humor or figurative language if they don’t have enough content knowledge as a foundation. Sometimes low-exposure to world knowledge can masquerade as a language disorder.
🔥 I see the motor planning benefits, I do. But for pre-literate children LAMP is basically impossible to navigate. Their symbols are opaque and confusing and since the vocabulary isn’t set up semantically it’s really hard for teachers and parents to follow, potentially leading to less follow-through in the classroom and at home.
🔥 What are your SLP hot takes?? 🔥
