#269: A Coaching Model For AAC with Gabriella Wendling

About this episode

This episode features a conversation with AAC specialist Gabriella Wendling about practical strategies for AAC training and implementation.

If AAC has ever felt intimidating, you are not alone, and this episode is going to give you a clear, practical path forward. In this conversation, I sat down with Gabriella Wendling, an AAC specialist who has dedicated her entire career to assistive technology and augmentative communication. We talk honestly about how most of us received minimal AAC training in graduate school and how real confidence comes from experience, collaboration, and ongoing learning. We walk through what AAC evaluati...

People in this episode

Host: Rose Griffin

Guest: Gabriella Wendling

Topics covered

• AAC
• assistive technology
• communication
• speech therapy
• collaboration
• training

Keywords

• AAC
• assistive technology
• speech therapy
• communication
• training
• collaboration
• evaluation

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