Date/Time
12/9/2025
11:00am - 12:00pm
11:00am - 12:00pm
Event Description
Assistive Technology enables people with disabilities to participate more fully in all aspects of their lives – at home, at school, and in their community. Communication systems, strategies, and tools that replace or supplement natural speech are known as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Do you have questions about how to use AAC at home and how to best support growing your AAC user's communication skills? The Supporting AAC @ Home with Alt+Shift, webinar will cover: strategies for incorporating AAC tools into daily routines, training skills to support AAC as a communication partner, and advice from other parents AAC users on supporting AAC at home. Who should attend? Families with a child or young adult with an IEP or IFSP who uses— or may benefit from AAC. Register now to save your space! FREE.
Location
Setting: Live Virtual
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Assistive Technology enables people with disabilities to participate more fully in all aspects of their lives – at home, at school, and in their community. Our partners from Alt+Shift and Michigan Disability Rights Coalition will be talking technology during these three November and December webinars. Register now to save your space!
November 12 - Assistive Technology: What It Is and Why It Matters with Alt+Shift.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/2j9dxps9
We will demystify assistive technology in this family-friendly session. We’ll explore what AT is, share examples across a range of tools, from no-tech strategies to high-tech devices, and discuss how AT supports learning and participation across all ages and stages.
November 17 - Intro to AAC & Resources with Michigan Disability Rights Coalition from 6:30pm–8:00pm.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/murxuphk
Students who have difficulty expressing themselves may require an alternative way to communicate. Communication systems, strategies, and tools that replace or supplement natural speech are known as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
• what is AAC and when AAC should be considered
• how to find the right AAC
• philosophies to consider
December 9 - Supporting AAC @ Home with Alt+Shift.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/ypmp9der
Many have questions about how to use AAC at home and how to best support growing their AAC user's communication skills. This online session will cover:
• Strategies for incorporating AAC tools into daily routines
• Training skills to support AAC as a communication partner
• Advice from other parents AAC users on supporting AAC at home
For full details and more webinar topics, visit the calendar page on our website at https://www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/upcoming-events/
November 12 - Assistive Technology: What It Is and Why It Matters with Alt+Shift.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/2j9dxps9
We will demystify assistive technology in this family-friendly session. We’ll explore what AT is, share examples across a range of tools, from no-tech strategies to high-tech devices, and discuss how AT supports learning and participation across all ages and stages.
November 17 - Intro to AAC & Resources with Michigan Disability Rights Coalition from 6:30pm–8:00pm.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/murxuphk
Students who have difficulty expressing themselves may require an alternative way to communicate. Communication systems, strategies, and tools that replace or supplement natural speech are known as augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).
• what is AAC and when AAC should be considered
• how to find the right AAC
• philosophies to consider
December 9 - Supporting AAC @ Home with Alt+Shift.
Register at https://tinyurl.com/ypmp9der
Many have questions about how to use AAC at home and how to best support growing their AAC user's communication skills. This online session will cover:
• Strategies for incorporating AAC tools into daily routines
• Training skills to support AAC as a communication partner
• Advice from other parents AAC users on supporting AAC at home
For full details and more webinar topics, visit the calendar page on our website at https://www.michiganallianceforfamilies.org/upcoming-events/
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Supporting AAC @ Home with Alt+Shift