Lindsey Paden Cargill's guest appearances

Lindsey Paden Cargill

Talking With Tech AAC Podcast

Laura Hayes

Kim Albrecht

Brian Whitmer

Lateef McLeod

Laura Taylor

Erin Sheldon

Sarah Lockhart

Shannon Graham

Chris Ellis

Mark Brown

Mike Hipple

Megan Roberts

Carrie Baughcum

Kevin Williams

David Tobin

OwlTail

Dana Nieder

Eleanor Francis

Happy New Year! This week, the TWT team would like to share five “Small Talks”, each 7 minutes or less, that we recorded with TWT guests Dana Nieder, Erin Sheldon, Lindsey Paden Cargill, Eleanor Francis, and Tabi Jones-Wohleber! In our first Small Talk, Chris chats with Dana Nieder about her 21-day modeling challenge. Dana shares about how she helped people to stay on track with the challenge, gave people new ideas for modeling, and bringing the device along with the family! Second, Erin Sheldon talks about what she learned listening to feedback from adult users of AAC. This included how to be a better speaking partner with AAC users, why finding out how an AAC user wants to communicate with you is so important, and the need for respecting the privacy of AAC users (e.g., asking permission to use their device, check their message history, etc). Third, Lindsey Paden Cargill chats about things she does to generate language with students and make learning fun! Helicopter toys, balloons, spin art – Lindsey shares how she uses activities to engage and motivate her students to learn language! Fourth, Eleanor Francis discusses how her school’s AAC users use the Square app to collect payment for their school’s coffee club! Her students are using the same app as stores use in the community, and the results have been great! Finally, Tabi Jones-Wohleber talks about “Camp Gizmo”, a summer “camp” where parents, graduate students, and professionals learn hands-on how to help young children with multiple assistive technology needs! We want to know what you think! You can connect with us at our Facebook group Talking with Tech, on Twitter, and Instagram (@talkingwithtech)! Also, please subscribe and post a review for us on iTunes- it helps others to find us!

Happy New Year! This week, the TWT team would like to share five “Small Talks”, each 7 minutes or less, that we recorded with TWT guests Dana Nieder, Erin Sheldon, Lindsey Paden Cargill, Eleanor Francis, and Tabi Jones-Wohleber! In our first Small Talk, Chris chats with Dana Nieder about her 21-day modeling challenge. Dana shares about how she helped people to stay on track with the challenge, gave people new ideas for modeling, and bringing the device along with the family! Second, Erin Sheldon talks about what she learned listening to feedback from adult users of AAC. This included how to be a better speaking partner with AAC users, why finding out how an AAC user wants to communicate with you is so important, and the need for respecting the privacy of AAC users (e.g., asking permission to use their device, check their message history, etc). Third, Lindsey Paden Cargill chats about things she does to generate language with students and make learning fun! Helicopter toys, balloons, spin art – Lindsey shares how she uses activities to engage and motivate her students to learn language! Fourth, Eleanor Francis discusses how her school’s AAC users use the Square app to collect payment for their school’s coffee club! Her students are using the same app as stores use in the community, and the results have been great! Finally, Tabi Jones-Wohleber talks about “Camp Gizmo”, a summer “camp” where parents, graduate students, and professionals learn hands-on how to help young children with multiple assistive technology needs! We want to know what you think! You can connect with us at our Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkingwithtech/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking with Tech</a>, on <a href="https://twitter.com/talkingwithtech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/talkingwithtech/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> (@talkingwithtech)! Also, please subscribe and post a review for us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-with-tech-aac-podcast/id1300126888?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>- it helps others to find us!

Small Talks with Dana Nieder, Erin Sheldon, Lindsey Paden Cargill, Eleanor Francis, and Tabi Jones-Wohleber

The TWT team is joined this week by Lindsey Paden Cargill, a speech-language pathologist and AAC specialist who works at Bridgeway Academy in Columbus, Ohio! Lindsey is the creator of the Chatterbox Challenge, an event that seeks to improve the modeling and prompting skills of caregivers and teachers of children who use AAC. During this challenge, caregivers and teachers communicate in a social setting using their student’s AAC device and no oral language! Before the interview, Rachel and Chris share some modeling “tips and tricks” for AAC communication partners that can be used to improve modeling and prompting. Some of these tips include: Using an AAC app’s search function instead of visual scanning when looking for a vocabulary word, Modeling for the student at their language level (or one step above), Coordinating “core word of the week” at home and in the classroom, Using peers and siblings as modeling “buddies,” and Using “scripts” describing how to model a particular book to increase AAC modeling during shared reading time.  Following this discussion, Chris connects with Lindsey Paden Cargill to talk about her work with AAC and the Chatterbox Challenge! First, Lindsey shares about how her efforts to improve modeling among teachers led to the creation of the Chatterbox Challenge, and how parents became motivated to become involved as well. Next, Lindsey and Chris discuss how the Chatterbox Challenge teaches modeling by asking caregivers and teachers to use the devices to communicate.  AAC communication partners learn how powerful a robust AAC system can be and how these systems can be used for more than basic requests. Finally, Lindsey discusses some of the rules for the Chatterbox Challenge, and how listeners can start a Chatterbox Challenge of their own! We want to know what you think! You can connect with us at our Facebook group Talking with Tech, on Twitter, and Instagram (@talkingwithtech)! Also, please subscribe and post a review for us on iTunes- it helps others to find us!

The TWT team is joined this week by Lindsey Paden Cargill, a speech-language pathologist and AAC specialist who works at Bridgeway Academy in Columbus, Ohio! Lindsey is the creator of the Chatterbox Challenge, an event that seeks to improve the modeling and prompting skills of caregivers and teachers of children who use AAC. During this challenge, caregivers and teachers communicate in a social setting using their student’s AAC device and no oral language! Before the interview, Rachel and Chris share some modeling “tips and tricks” for AAC communication partners that can be used to improve modeling and prompting. Some of these tips include: <ul><li>Using an AAC app’s search function instead of visual scanning when looking for a vocabulary word,</li> <li>Modeling for the student at their language level (or one step above),</li> <li>Coordinating “core word of the week” at home and in the classroom,</li> <li>Using peers and siblings as modeling “buddies,” and</li> <li>Using “scripts” describing how to model a particular book to increase AAC modeling during shared reading time.</li> </ul> Following this discussion, Chris connects with Lindsey Paden Cargill to talk about her work with AAC and the Chatterbox Challenge! First, Lindsey shares about how her efforts to improve modeling among teachers led to the creation of the Chatterbox Challenge, and how parents became motivated to become involved as well. Next, Lindsey and Chris discuss how the Chatterbox Challenge teaches modeling by asking caregivers and teachers to use the devices to communicate.  AAC communication partners learn how powerful a robust AAC system can be and how these systems can be used for more than basic requests. Finally, Lindsey discusses some of the rules for the Chatterbox Challenge, and how listeners can start a Chatterbox Challenge of their own! We want to know what you think! You can connect with us at our Facebook group <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/talkingwithtech/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Talking with Tech</a>, on <a href="https://twitter.com/talkingwithtech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/talkingwithtech/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> (@talkingwithtech)! Also, please subscribe and post a review for us on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/talking-with-tech-aac-podcast/id1300126888?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>- it helps others to find us!

Lindsey Paden Cargill: Using Communication Partner Meet-Ups to Improve AAC Modeling Skills 