Pushing Further: using iPad apps to increase AAC

This document discusses using iPads to increase augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) use and skills. It notes that communicating serves several purposes, including expressing wants and needs, sharing information, fostering social closeness, and practicing social etiquette. It recommends using motivating activities with the iPad, modeling communication behaviors, and giving students time and space to communicate independently. It provides examples of motivating iPad apps in different categories like recording voice, storytelling, guessing games, authoring tools, and more. It stresses that students do not need to physically access the iPad themselves for it to be used as a motivating activity.