The DTA Blog

One of the things we’ve been working on with our Storybook Companions is making sure they do more than give students a few activities to complete after reading a book.We want the book to become the starting point for real ELA instruction.

"What will make it easier for teachers, therapists, and classroom teams to support communication when the school year gets busy?"

When your child uses Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), communication becomes a shared journey that you and your speech-language pathologist (SLP) take together.

For many of our students, cooking activities provide opportunities to work on communication, literacy, science, social interaction, following directions, and independence—all within a single activity that feels meaningful and engaging.

For too long, many students with significant disabilities have been excluded from literacy instruction. T

Summer can bring mixed emotions for families of children with special needs.