It's the last day of #InternationalAACAwarenessMonth for 2023, but we can still support our Augmentative and Alternative Communication users all year long. Here's a summary of October's communication tips from your TCDSB SpeechLanguage team Toronto Catholic District School Board TCDSB Indigenous Ed, Equity & Community Relations ISAAC #AACaware23

For the last time this year, have a happy #InternationalAACAwarenessMonth from your TCDSB SpeechLanguage team. Toronto Catholic District School Board TCDSB Indigenous Ed, Equity & Community Relations ISAAC #AACaware23

Inspiring words from esteemed former Minister of Education, Mitzie Hunter at the Toronto Catholic District School Board Women’s Affinity Group gathering.

TCDSB SpeechLanguage presents a free Parent Webinar, Supporting Communication Through Play on May 15. Toronto Catholic District School Board Speech-Language Pathologists will show & tell: types of play, speech, language, and literacy skills. Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us on May 9th and dress in your wackiest, loudest and wildest clothing to raise awareness for children with hearing loss. We invite you to join our Toronto Catholic District School Board schools in the VOICE 2024 Dress Loud Day on May 9. Dress Loud Day is supported by parent organization VOICE.

Parents, REGISTER for our FREE Maria Meehan webinar - Supporting Communication Through Play. SLPs will model toy & play scenarios to build speech, language, and literacy skills. Learn what regulation is and how it supports communication. Toronto Catholic District School Board docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Parents, JOIN US tonight - FREE Maria Meehan webinar - Supporting Communication Through Play. SLPs will model toy & play scenarios to build speech, language, and literacy skills. Learn what regulation is and how it supports communication. Toronto Catholic District School Board docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Thank you D/HH students and teachers at St. Bruno/St. Raymond for warmly welcoming Surrey Place to our Toronto Catholic District School Board preschool ISP classes. Happy Speech, Language and Hearing month.

D/HH ISP students proudly show off their classroom and learning with Surrey Place. Thank you Toronto Catholic District School Board St. Bruno/St. Raymond principal, teachers and D/HH Itinerant staff for the fun visit.

Learning tips on Supporting Transition into Kindergarten during the Spring OCASE Symposium panel discussion. Thank you Denise Kollee HCDSB_SLPs_CDAs for sharing your best practices with transition to kindergarten.

Congratulations to our St. Angela KLP graduates. We had a fun year of learning. St. Angela @tcdsb #communication#&earlyliteracy

Way to go, St. Angela KLP students in the green group. Congratulations on graduating from the Toronto Catholic District School Board Kindergarten Language Program.

St. Marguerite Bourgeoys students celebrated Dress Loud Day for Speech, Language & Hearing month. They shared information about hearing awareness with classmates. Thanks Principal Ross for being such a supportive leader. Yay for Dress Loud Day! @TCDSB_PAguiar Brendan Browne

Shout out to all Toronto Catholic District School Board TCDSB Indigenous Ed, Equity & Community Relations high school students who joined us today Speech-Language Pathology Summer Mentorship Program. Always a pleasure to hear keynote Dr. Karla Washington. Honoured to share my journey with students and answer questions about school SLP services.

It’s October again, so please join us in celebrating International AAC Awareness Month and all the different ways we communicate with one another! #InternationalAACAwarenessMonth Toronto Catholic District School Board ⁦TCDSB SpeechLanguage⁩ ⁦ISAAC⁩

Here’s the first communication tip of the month in celebration of #InternationalAACAwarenessMonth courtesy of your friendly, neighbourhood speech-language pathologists ⁦Toronto Catholic District School Board. Have a great day! ⁦TCDSB SpeechLanguage⁩ ⁦TCDSB Indigenous Ed, Equity & Community Relations⁩ ⁦ISAAC⁩ ⁦

Here’s to week 2 of #InternationalAACAwarenessMonth. Reach out to your ⁦⁦TCDSB SpeechLanguage speech-language pathologist to help make #AugmentativeandAlternativeCommunication more visible at school and more inclusive of a variety of communicators!

As we head into the weekend, please remember to take every opportunity to use AAC with our friends who use it to speak. Happy #internationalaacawarenessmonth #AACaware24 TCDSB SpeechLanguage Toronto Catholic District School Board TCDSB Indigenous Ed, Equity & Community Relations ISAAC

Capping off Week 3 of #InternationalAACAwarenessMonth. Wishing you all a great weekend from your TCDSB SpeechLanguage team at the Toronto Catholic District School Board. ISAAC #augmentativeandalternativecommunication

After@s|ptcdsb assessment,these were some of the #augmentativeandalternativecommunication materials introduced to support comprehension and expressive language in this kindergarten classroom.@torontocatholicdsb @equity_tcdsb isaac.aac #aacaware24 #vibesofaac