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contents volume 43 | number 6
february / march, 2025
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29 A Coaching Mindset for
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Preventing AAC Device Abandonment in Adults with Developmental Disabilities By Celeste R. Helling AttendoBoard: UNLOCK AUTONOMY, Achievement Board By Will Pearce
Better Assistive Technology Implementation By Janet Peters and Lisa Lajoie-Smith
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37 Integrating AAC into a Center-Based Preschool
Classroom: Collaboration is Possible! By Leah Carpenter and Sara Carrigan
11 Mentoring: Supporting
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16 Using the Knoster Model to Navigate AT/AAC Teams
Through Change By Irene Hughes
21 A Middle School Classroom’s Comprehensive Approach to Gaining Competence in Self- Advocacy Skills By Amanda Scheriff Hobson
46 Closing The Gap Resource Directory A guide to over 1,400 Assistive Technology Products! 61 Hardware Product Matrix 69 Hardware Product Listings 89 Software Product Matrix 98 Software Product Listings 130 Other AT Product Matrix 141 Other AT Product Listings
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