AAC Language Lab

Target Vocabulary:

1. drink
2. eat
3. make
4. play
5. read
6. sleep
7. work

Target Language Skill: Produce one word utterances

Suggested Objectives:

1. The person will say the word "work" to direct another person to do something.
2. The person will say the word "work" to indicate turning on a machine or computer.
3. The person will say the word "play" to indicate that he/she wants to play with another person.
4. The person will say the word "play" to indicate they he/she wants to play a game.
5. The person will say the word "eat" to indicate that he/she wants someone else to eat something.
6. The person will say the word "read" to direct someone to read a book.
7. The person will say the word "drink" to indicate that he/she wants a drink.
8. The person will say the word "sleep" to request that someone goes to sleep.
9. The person will say the word "make" to direct someone else to make something for him/her.

Teaching Activities:

1. Model and prompt the action words on the device, and by acting out the word.
2. Act out the words that the person says.
3. One person may need to do hand over hand modeling with the person, while another person acts out the word.
4. Play a guessing game: Print action words on cards, and place the cards in a box or other container. Draw out a card and act out the word. The person wins a point if he or she can say the word that is being acted out.
5. Communication partner models using the action words to make two and three word phrases, for example "eat food", "play game" "drink water" "you make" "read book"
6. Let the person direct someone else to do these actions by saying one word at a time.

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