Even as communication partners support AAC learners, we are AAC learners ourselves.  Learning about communication & language, developing competencies with technology, honing our skills with practice, and establishing habits of use each play a role in shaping our journeys toward more connected and meaningful interactions. Building community around our AAC learners also shapes our paths.  This series will explore these 5 intertwined elements of communication partner learning: knowledge, technology, skills, habits, and community.

Week 4 will review and integrate the 5 elements of communication partner learning, into individual action plans to support AAC learners and their teams. A workbook for drafting thoughtful, strength-based goals that align with evidence-based practices will be shared, modeled, and practiced.

Learner Outcomes:

• identify 3 possible options for describing a family or team’s starting place for AAC implementation.
• list 4 service delivery options that may be used when supporting teams with a focus on 5 elements of communication partner learning.
• describe why it is beneficial to differentiate between mastery-criteria, and criteria for increased consistency when drafting goals for early AAC learners

Time-Ordered Agenda: 

5 minutes - Review & Agenda

10 minutes - Discussion- More ways to build Skills, Habits, and Community

20 minutes - Discussion- Mapping family or team needs to strategies that build Skills / Habits / Community

15 minutes - Group Activity-Sharing about AACtion Steps (so far) with group feedbackSup

20 minutes - Discussion- Meaningful Goals for Early AAC learners (workbook)

15 minutes - Group Activity- Draft Goals

5 minutes - Q&A

Please note the following details regarding this course:

• You must register for and attend this course using your own AACLJ account.
• ASHA CEU and certificate eligibility require complete live attendance.
• Certificates will be available to participants with verified attendance within a 2-week processing period.

• Please check that your Zoom software is up to date prior to the course start time

Tabitha Jones-Wohleber, M.S., CCC-SLP

Tabi Jones-Wohleber is an AAC-focused SLP supporting families through WV Birth to Three. She previously worked as a school-based Assistive Technology Team leader for 17 years. Tabi created the widely shared Model as a MASTER PAL training series, co-developed Stepping Into AAC, and has authored chapters on AAC implementations in various texts. Tabi has worked with Angelman Syndrome family organizations in multiple countries, and presents on AAC-related topics at local, state, national, and international conferences.

Disclosure: Tabitha Jones-Wohleber is a paid subcontractor of PRC-Saltillo.

Session Dates:

• Session 4: Ready, Set, Communicate
  February 27, 2026 : 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST