Let's work on:

Saying sounds and words clearly to be understood by peers & adults

Understanding spoken or written language. (i.e. Following directions, answering questions, learning new vocabulary)

Cognitive skills necessary for learning (i.e. attention, planning, task initiation, previewing likely consequences, flexibility, emotional regulation, self-monitoring, metacognition)

Pre-reading skills (rhyming, segmenting sounds, blending  sounds, identifying sounds, manipulating sounds)

Sharing thoughts and ideas.

(i.e. describing, organizing information, sentence structure)

Hearing & interpreting information (i.e. auditory discrimination, auditory memory, auditory sequencing)

Rhythm and rate of speech (i.e. stuttering, cluttering, secondary behaviors)

Using high tech or low tech options for children and teens with complex communication needs