Lesson · PRC-Saltillo
AAC Language Lab
Stages, lesson plans, activities, and Smart Charts. Use the Lab to pick core words and print a path — then model on HIS TouchChat. Do not copy a lesson’s extra words onto his live file.
The how-to is written in this lesson so you can train here. Official page: AAC Language Lab
- AAC Language Lab is PRC-Saltillo. About $19.95/year on the PRC account. Stages, lessons, Skill Survey, online Language Screener, Smart Charts.
- A Smart Chart is the icon path for a target word in a named language system and grid. Print it for the aide. That is how staff find WANT without opening Edit.
- My Lab (subscription) stores up to 25 custom Smart Charts, 25 target words each. Color by part of speech if it helps motor planning — do not move buttons on HIS file to match a chart.
- Lesson plans and activities exist by language stage. Use them to pick functions and core, then model on HIS TouchChat. Do not copy a lesson’s fringe onto his file without Brittany + AbleNet.
Language stages
Pick activities that match where he is. Stages overlap. They are a teaching map, not a gate.
| Stage | Focus | In this classroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Single words | Direct, request, label. GO STOP MORE LIKE LOOK WANT HELP. |
| 2 | Two- and three-word phrases | Combine core: WANT THAT, NOT MORE, HELP ME. |
| 3 | Early sentences | Word order, -ing, plural -s. Still model core on his file. |
| 4 | Grammar and questions | Negatives, questions, irregular past. Smart Charts help staff find the path. |
| 5 | More endings | Possessives, he/she -s, regular -ed. |
| 6 | Complex sentences | Longer grammar. Vocabulary keeps growing. Core does not move. |
How to pull a Smart Chart
Do this on a staff computer. Print it for the aide. Never install extra apps on the QuickTalker to “make charts easier.”
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Open AAC Language Lab on a staff computer — not on Trevor’s QuickTalker.
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Choose language system WordPower and the grid already on HIS device.
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Open the Smart Chart for the target word. Print it. That is the icon path.
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Give the print to the aide. They tap that path on HIS device. They do not open Edit.
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My Lab (subscription, ~$19.95/year on the PRC account) stores up to 25 custom charts, 25 words each. Color by part of speech if it helps motor planning.
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Do not move buttons on HIS file to match a chart. The chart follows the file, not the other way around.
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Lesson fringe (Earth Day, Same and Different, etc.) goes on the request list to Brittany + AbleNet. Core is modeled today.
Ready-to-run Lab activities (Ready, Set, Go; Play That Music; I Do Not; Moon Sand) are written out in Handouts & activities.
Realize Language (optional, SLP)
Realize Language can chart logged use after the family signs consent. It is not part of opening the device, and minutes in a bag are not models. Leave it off unless the SLP and family have already agreed.
Realize resources / consent · Starter guide PDF · Course 655
Language Lab · Lesson plans · Activities · Stages · Literacy planner / Smart Charts
Trevor AAC Training for Trevor Rivard · Lessons include official AbleTeams, PRC-Saltillo, and Language Lab how-tos · Training only — no student records