Talk Around Town AAC Enrichment Program

Presented by Pediatric Speech-Language Pathology Department/Sponsored by Dance Marathon

University of Michigan Health System

This program consists of community outings designed to promote

socialization among children who use a speech generating device

(SGD), and improve their use of SGDs in real-life, social scenarios.

Participants are elementary school-age children who use SGDs to

communicate. The group is staffed by a speech-language pathologist

and a recreational therapist, with the additional support of undergrad-

uate/graduate student volunteers.

When:

During the school year: Monthly from

October to March.

During the summer: Thursdays 5:30-7pm

beginning July 7 and ending August 11

Where: Locations and events to be scheduled.

Cost: No cost to participate; funding is

provided by Dance Marathon at the University

of Michigan. Parents will need to pay for sib-

lings to participate and for parking.

Talk Around Town: AAC Enrichment Program

Additional information/Contact Information

This program is based out of UMHS-C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.

Participants will meet at the scheduled location. Parents/guardians

must remain on the premises, but are encouraged to allow their children

to be as independent as possible. Children will be assisted, when nec-

essary, by a volunteer or staff member.

For additional information or to register, please contact:

Rebecca Ankeney, MA, CCC-SLP

Email: ankeneyr@med.umich.edu

Phone: 734-232-3268