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Veteran educator having worked in public schools for 32 years. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist by training and has worked with all levels of students from pre-school through age 21. While most of her time was spent as a Special Education Facilitator focusing on Assistive Technology and Related Services, she also worked as a general education teacher and Speech-Language Pathologist. Now retired from the schools, Paige owns Buckingham Educational Services & Training, LLC (BEST) with the goal of supporting school staff across the country in learning more about the tools students need to have skills for life.


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Executive Functions and AAC Connections

Executive Function skills are necessary to become independent in life and Language is necessary for a person to be able to develop Executive Function Skills. Individuals who use Augmentative Alternative Communication systems often don’t have the same exposure to experiences as their neurotypical peers. Explicit teaching is often needed to learn something new and putting an executive function focus on vocabulary and daily activities will support the development of these skills. We will do a crosswalk by looking at executive function checklists and various communication and language development checklists to see how these areas fit together. Strategies to support emotional …