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writes about riding her horse, Rascal. SEE IMAGE 4 During the 2018-19 school year, Clare has written many po- ems using the NOTES strategy. Her words are beautiful and typ- ically have a direct connection to the subject. She often amazes us with her insight. SEE IMAGE 5 During the school year, we have incorporated the PrAACtical AAC Year of Core Words (https://praacticalaac.org) throughout our district. This has served to introduce words in different cat- egories (adjectives, determiners, adverbs) that we may not have considered. We see these words reflected in her poems as well as her daily conversation. Clare’s writing is shared with her family and friends. During a recent meeting to discuss her goals, some of her writings were shared with the team. Because writing is personal, we ask Clare’s permission before sharing her writing. A new goal was added to her Individual Education Plan so that we can improve her language through writing: When provided with a self-selected photo, Clare will write a list poem of five to seven words consisting of at least three different word forms (nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, etc.) using her SGD in 3/5 oppor-
tunities across three data collection days. Some days she has less control of her eyes and as a result more difficulty selecting words on her Accent. On these days, we talk about the writing process and the concept of editing and revising- assuring her that it’s OK to put away her writing and return to it another day. Another fun way to encourage interaction is to incorporate apps with selfies. Using Hair Salon Me, from Toca Boca, we up- loaded Clare’s photo and she was able to give herself various hairstyles and hair colors. This led to another writing prompt for Clare to describe - SEE IMAGE 6. By inserting the photo in Adobe Spark Post, Clare then di- rected us which font, background color and sizes to use for her words. JibJab, a free app for making e-cards that allows you to upload photos and find holiday-related backgrounds, is also a favorite. This app lets you add multiple faces, so it’s always excit- ing to see who Clare chooses to be in her pictures and what she will say about them. Using Adobe Spark Video, we’ve made short videos including her poems, and have contemplated opening an Instagram ac-
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