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Trevor AAC Training

I.W. Evans Intermediate / Bonham ISD 074903

Staff training · TouchChat · WordPower · AbleTeams

Open a lesson. Partner with Trevor.

This is the training module for Trevor Rivard’s AAC. Each lesson has the how-to written in — plus a link to the official AbleTeams, PRC-Saltillo, or Language Lab page. Handouts and free activities live in the classroom section. Sign-in is optional: if staff use Google, family can see who opened it and when. Student records are not in this course.

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Start

1Quick startTen minutes before you take the class.

Learn

1AAC foundationsPresume competence, model, wait, honor.2Partner scriptSay, hit, wait, honor — then check your learning.3Your roleWhat this training asks of your job.4Across the dayArrival through dismissal, with scripts.

Tools

1TouchChatWord Finder and what to leave alone.2WordPowerHow his language system works — leave the file as it is.3AbleNet QuickTalkerDaily care, volume, charge, strap — already set up.4AbleTeams lessonsTeacher and Support Staff tracks, with the how-tos written in.5Language LabStages, Smart Charts, sample lessons.6PictelloStories that preview — not his voice.

Classroom

1Trevor’s fileHomepage words and how to request a missing one.2Handouts & activitiesFree AbleTeams and Language Lab activities, with how-tos.

Practice

1Practice logIn reach, modeled, waited — each block.

Finish

1CertificatesMark AbleTeams certificates and Word Finder practice.2Related servicesAAC PD, Learning Journey or ableU, and a coaching plan.

Campus standards

What this training asks of every adult

  1. 1Trevor’s voice is TouchChat on the QuickTalker Freestyle. Leave the speech app as it is.
  2. 2Staff model. Family and AbleNet program. Do not edit, hide, or swap vocabulary, voice, or grid.
  3. 3Keep the device on, unzipped, and in reach every block — not in a bag, not charging during instruction.
  4. 4He answers on the device. Handwriting is not the classroom output.
  5. 5Say the word, hit it on HIS screen, wait ten seconds, then honor what he says.

The partner script

Every lesson uses this four-beat pattern.

01

Say

Short real talk. Not a quiz. “Let’s eat.” “You want that.” “Stop. Wait.”

02

Hit

On HIS TouchChat, in his sightline, tap 1–2 core words. Do not hunt a perfect sentence.

03

Wait

Count ten seconds. Mouth shut. Do not repeat. Do not answer for him. Do not grab his hand.

04

Honor

Button, reach, look, vocal, head shake — treat it as the message. Then give the thing.

Practice the popsicle example

Homepage words this week

This week: explore and model homepage core. Learn the layout together. Use the practice log every day.

Tap a homepage word to see where to model it.

Want a word that is not there? Write word / why / page and send it to Brittany and AbleNet. You get a one-line path: hit X, then Y. You do not program it.

Who are you today?

Opens the lesson that belongs to your job.

Checks

Learning check

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Today’s practice log

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Certificates

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Related services

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Trevor AAC Training for Trevor Rivard · Lessons include official AbleTeams, PRC-Saltillo, and Language Lab how-tos · Training only — no student records