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Nov 2022
29m 31s

Functional Communication & High School S...

Hallie Sherman
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Do you work with high schoolers that have an AAC? So many SLPs in this position really struggle to make their lessons functional, so they end up stuck working on the same goals year after year. If this sounds like you, you’re in the right place. In this episode of SLP Coffee Talk, I sat down with Katelyn Kelps from The Communication Classroom to talk abo ... Show More
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