ATS Coach Caitlin has fun using Book Creator Team to make picture books. The auto draw feature is nice for students who may have difficulties with fine motor skills. The option to record voices, add emojis, or add photographs can make it personal & engaging bookcreator.com

B Komonie & Caitlin Radek explore ways AI can be a part of special education classrooms. ATS FCPS

One of the highlights of our ATS FCPS AAC C.L.A.S.S. workshop today was Annandale High School Jill Hunt sharing about how she builds an inclusive environment for all of her students using all sorts of #AAC devices and systems! Thank you Jill, for sharing your creativity & expertise!

Did you know you can now ASSIGN books in Book Creator? This means each student will get their own editable copy when they sign in so you can easily distribute a template book to your class with whatever content and scaffolds are needed. Learn more at hubs.la/Q02tMDvw0 ✨

I’m so lucky to work with such amazing people at Holmes MS-FCPS! Yesterday our fabulous SLP, Hanna Stofko, shared her insights, activities, and ideas with the ATS FCPS community and beyond at our C.L.A.S.S. AAC integration workshop! Thank you Hanna!

Thank you Caitlin Radek for sharing how AI can generate great #AAC visuals at the FCPS AI Share Fair!! ATS FCPS Summer Johnson

ATS FCPS had a great afternoon celebrating our amazing #ATAmbassadors. These kids are amazing! #StudentVoice #AllMeansAll Accessibility FCPS Fairfax Schools 🌟 Heather Ellison Jeff Sisk Ashley Kiley Caitlin Radek

Looking for fun opportunities to model LAMP Word for Life vocabulary with your students? Check out Speech with Joe on You Tube.  youtube.com/@speechwithjoe… He is a Hawaiian SLP who makes quick silly videos with a few core and multiple opportunities to practice each word. ATS FCPS

Ms. Skocik’s class had a great time using this @goboardmaker template to write acrostic poems for Mother’s Day! The template was already made and shared through my MyBoardmaker.com, so the kids had all of the fun with almost no teacher prep time! ATS FCPS

Our awesome communicators at Holmes MS-FCPS had a blast making paper plate flowers during today’s #AAC group! Students used some of the vocabulary words they learned in Ms. Hamad’s science class to label the different parts of the flowers. ATS FCPS

Why use #AEM? “When I don't have accessible materials, there's so many extra things I have to do to make sure I'm taking in all the information. Sometimes I don't remember what I learned because I was busy trying to access things.”-Elle #ATAmbassador #StudentVoice #GAAD ATS FCPS

Thrilled to have AT Ambassador Madeline (Woodson HS) share how using the right tools can make learning accessible for all! #AccessibilityForAll #StudentVoice #Math #AssistiveTechnology Accessibility FCPS

What a beautiful tribute to an amazing mentor, colleague, and friend. So many past, present, and future FCPS students have a voice thanks to the incredible work done by JeffPowersATS. Thank you Chris Bugaj for sharing a bit of his life and legacy. #EverybodyLovesJeffPowers!

AT Ambassador grad alert! Congrats to Zak Woodson HS on this exciting milestone. His most recent use of @TextHelp Read & Write sounds like a game changer. #AssistiveTechnology made a big impact & we're glad you shared your experience. #ATAmbassador Accessibility FCPS

Found a treasure trove for parents & educators of children with CVI! CVI Book Nook cvibooks.com/home has amazing downloadable books in various formats (print, text, video) on all sorts of topics - routines, ABCs, animals, & more! #CVI #LearningResources ATS FCPS

AT Ambassador Elle Woodson HS uses assistive technology to crush the curriculum & loves Read&Write's text-to-speech & screen masking tools! These features help her access info & focus on learning. #accessibility #ATforEveryone @texthelp #StudentVoice

It’s always a great day when you catch Ashley Kiley and Lisa Gewirtz teaching folks about #AAC! ATS FCPS

Check out all of these great deals for #AAC Awareness month! Thank you Lauren Enders Gonzales, MA, CCC-SLP for making this list every year!

#FCPSKeepCALM - Use Text! All text we use should be selectable and editable, not an image of text. You can check by highlighting the text. If you can select it, it's text. If not, it's an image of text. Accessible text is a key element of UDL. ATS FCPS FCPS Education Technology Team

#EdTech is the smart way in. We couldn't agree more! So many people benefit from using audio to support reading and FCPS has so many great inclusive tools! Support #UDL, make tools available, & remember to use accessible text. #FCPSKeepCALM ATS FCPS FCPS Education Technology Team Fairfax Schools 🌟