AAC Collaborative Teaming Tools

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Disabilities Special Education Technology
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Overview

These resources are part of the Open Access AAC Supports collection, a free set of team-based planning tools designed to help educators, therapists, and families coordinate Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) supports so students with complex communication needs can participate fully in learning and daily interactions. Developed through California’s Statewide System of Support, the materials emphasize collaborative roles, communication access planning, and consistent implementation across settings to improve outcomes for students who rely on AAC.

  Keywords: Accessibility, Accessible Technology, Assistive Technology, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), English Learners (EL), Inclusion, Individualized Education Plan (IEP), Neurodiversity, Speech Language Pathology (SLP), Speech or Language Impairment, Universal Design for Learning (UDL), Working with Families

AAC Collaborative Teaming Tools

Name Type Description Access
AAC Roles & Responsibilities Document A team planning tool that clarifies who is responsible for implementing, programming, supporting, and maintaining AAC supports to ensure consistent communication access across settings. View
CAA Roles Y Responsabilidades Document A Spanish-language version of the roles and responsibilities guide that helps teams coordinate AAC supports and device management to promote effective communication access for Spanish-speaking families and teams. View
AAC Snapshot Document A student-centered profile that documents communication abilities, AAC tools, access methods, and current goals to guide coordinated support and instructional planning. View

AAC Roles & Responsibilities

A team planning tool that clarifies who is responsible for implementing, programming, supporting, and maintaining AAC supports to ensure consistent communication access across settings.

Document
View

CAA Roles Y Responsabilidades

A Spanish-language version of the roles and responsibilities guide that helps teams coordinate AAC supports and device management to promote effective communication access for Spanish-speaking families and teams.

Document
View

AAC Snapshot

A student-centered profile that documents communication abilities, AAC tools, access methods, and current goals to guide coordinated support and instructional planning.

Document
View

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Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC)

Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) is an area of clinical practice that addresses the needs of individuals with significant and complex communication disorders characterized by impairments in speech-language production and comprehension, including spoken and written modes of communication. Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) describes multiple ways to communicate that can supplement or compensate (either temporarily or permanently) for impairments in speech-language production and/or comprehension, including spoken and written modes of communication. AAC is augmentative when used to supplement existing speech, and alternative when used in place of speech ...

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Assistive Technology (AT)

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Universal Design of Learning (UDL)

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Added on 6/2/2026   ·   Last updated on 6/2/2026