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What are Core Words for AAC and How Do I Implement Them?


Core, Fringe, and Personal Core

Personal core words bridge the gap between general core words and fringe words, ensuring that AAC users have the vocabulary they need to ...

Let's All Communicate - Teaching Core Words to AAC Users

Core words are re-useable words, maximizing communication with multiple meaning words. Using core words on communication boards gives access to ...

Core Vocabulary - Virginia's Assistive Technology Priority Project

We refer to these words as core vocabulary. Core words are verbs, prepositions, pronouns, adjectives, articles or conjunctions and rarely nouns.

AAC: Infusing Core Vocabulary Across Settings

Core vocabulary is considered high-frequency words that are used across all contexts (e.g., it, want, go, I, that, more, no). In contrast, ...

Using Core Words in the Classroom: Some Guidelines

A core word approach teaches functional use by combining the core word with a variety of other words to show it can be used for different ...

An Introduction to Core Vocabulary: A Great Low-Tech Option of ...

... it makes sense to use words that are going to get the most mileage! At first ... it at an AAC conference. I wasn't sure I'd like it more that PECS, but ...

Low-Tech AAC Training | Core Vocabulary Exchange System (CVES)

"I enjoyed learning how this communication system is built for a child using core words, fringe words, and how it ties to developmental milestones in language.".

Designing Engaging Experiences to Teach Core Vocabulary to AAC ...

Learning language with the use of an AAC device need not be a chore. Educators can use myriad tools to design educational experiences to demonstrate the meaning ...

A Year of Core PCS by PrAACtical AAC - Saltillo

Individuals who are learning to use their AAC systems need lots of practice on their core vocabulary words. There are two sets of A Year of Core from ...

AAC Core Word Implementation Ideas: Month 7 - TPT

Do you need fun and functional ways to implement core words?Core words can be so abstract and hard to teach. Which makes it challenging to get staff members ...

Getting Started With Core Words - Adventures in the ATC

This blog post from PrAACtical AAC is a good description of what core vocabulary words are and how to start teaching them.

Core Word Curriculum - Google Sites

The Core Word Curriculum was assembled to support language learning by focusing on core vocabulary. You will find songs, books, activities, and Predictable ...

Teaching CORE Vocabulary- It's that SIMPLE! - Teach Love Autism

It is known that the core vocabulary words are the ones that we use most often so why not have them always readily accessible to our students ...

Using AAC – Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Non ...

These words are Core words and are typically the ones you can see on a board, like the one above. How To Use It. Adults always first need to consistently model ...

Choosing Words - AAC Community

Increases speed of communication by putting together social phrases and sentences like these: ... What does an effective AAC vocabulary look like? Mostly core ...

TIES TIPS | Communicative Competence | TIP #5: Connecting Core ...

The use of core words and aided language modeling with these students not only increases augmentative alternative communication (AAC) use, but also forms a ...

20 Easy to Grab Toys to Target Core Words in Speech Therapy

Several of my students are obsessed with animals. They can list and label all the animals, which is great but not super functional. I use these ...

Independent Communication | Minspeak Academy

Core words are familiar and most of them are short – six letters or less. Only a few core words have more than six letters (for example, “sometimes” has nine ...

Resources & Support - The Center for AAC & Autism

The LAMP approach emphasizes the use of core vocabulary along with fringe vocabulary that is important to the individual. The ability to produce core words aids ...

Communication Supports

The “First 40” core vocabulary words are particularly useful for students who need AAC systems with a limited set of words and symbols due to motor, sensory, ...