Guidelines for Participating in a Avaz App Twitter Chat #avazchat
Introduction: Twitter chats, sometime known as tweet chats, occur when a group of people tweet about the same topic using a specific tag, known as hashtag (#) that allows the conversation to be followed online. The chats take place at a specific time and topics are defined in advance. We use the hashtag #avazchat for […]
admin February 25th, 2015
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Avaz Webinar – How can Avaz help your child communicate?
If you are a therapist, and have been checking your calendar and thinking that it‘s time to evaluate new AAC options Or You are already using Avaz, and would need a brief refresher course, then please join us for a FREE demo of Avaz on 26Th Feb 2014, 3 PM – 4 PM PST. Choosing […]admin February 25th, 2015
Join Us For The Twitter Chat With @Debraruh, Global Disability Inclusion Strategist
Topic: How to get schools to educate your child with Autism, so they are ready for employment Time: Join Us on 26th Feb, 20:00 hrs GMT About our Guest: Debra Ruh is an advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities and founder of Ruh Global Communications. Debra has provided global leadership to governments, corporations, NGOs and DPO’s (Disability Persons Organizations) supporting research […]admin February 24th, 2015
Dah Der Peas
Not every mother would know how to decipher “dah der peas”. But that was what Alex, a child with speech difficulties, was saying from the back of the car one morning when his mother was ferrying his younger brother Andy to school. Trying to guess, mother asks: “What? Doctor please?” She knew Alex had stomach […]admin February 6th, 2015
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Demystifying – AAC, Recorded Webinar
We at Avaz are having a great new year!! As part of our efforts to make every voice heard, we had a webinar on ‘Demystifying AAC’ on January 17. Parents, special educators and speech therapists like you enthusiastically took part. We tried to address the issue of how jargon was clouding the AAC space and […]admin January 28th, 2015
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Avaz Communication Challenge – Vocabulary Extension
We had posted the below question on our FB-page and got some great responses. The answer to the question is Option ( C ). {Disclaimer: The ‘correct’ answer varies according to the communication level of the child. We would suggest you to consult the child’s therapist for the best advice.} // Post by AVAZ – […]admin January 15th, 2015
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Avaz Webinar – Demystifying AAC
Specialized AAC(Augmentative and Alternative Communication) jargon makes AAC decisions difficult. Many of the questions that researchers have studied over the last few years are loaded with complex terminology. For example: Is a vocabulary based on core words different from a pragmatically oriented vocabulary? How do we deal with multi-graded vocabulary that a child has to grow […]admin January 15th, 2015
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Tags: AAC, autism, Language, Vocabulary, Webinar
Avaz – Communication Challenge { Topic: Extension in Communication}
We are back, with the Avaz Communication Challenge!! Johnny is a 7-year-old and communicates in 1-2 words. He returns from school and shows you a fish he made in crafts class. He uses his AAC device to say “BIG FISH”. You expand his utterance with “Yes! This is a big fish”. Now, what is the […]
admin January 13th, 2015
Avaz – Communication Challenge!!
A few days back, we posed the following question to our Facebook community. We got some great responses. // Post by AVAZ – Making every voice heard. Our answer to the question is (B). We asked this question because we wanted to explore the topic of ‘Expansion in developing language’. First, a disclaimer. The ‘correct’ […]admin December 19th, 2014
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Tags: Aided Language input, Apps, autism, communication, Expansion
Is one hour of speech therapy at school sufficient for your child?
In general, most children hear approximately 1,200 words per hour, and they learn language by listening to the words they hear every day. It’s difficult to imagine how many times a typical one-year-old hears a word like ‘more’ before learning to say it. Children develop language and speech by hearing sounds, morphemes, words, and sentence […]admin December 10th, 2014
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