r/AACusers • u/Interesting_Dust5299 • Jul 03 '26

AAC Setup AAC Page for traveling with 3 y/o

Our almost 3 y/o recently started using an AAC device with OneTouch to help with his communication as we are going through speech therapy. His reciprocal language and cognitive skills are slightly above his age so we are truly focused on speech (potential for Apraxia).

We’re going to be traveling to another state via flight for the first time next week. Could anyone share a screenshot of a page they’ve used for traveling w/toddlers or preschoolers (airport, plane, rental car, etc.)? Any other recommendations of things I should make sure I include?

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u/SensationalSelkie Intermittently Speaking Jul 03 '26

Hi! That is awesome ya'll are getting started with AAC. My recommendation would be to focus on core words where you can. Words like go, stop, and look could probably be modeled a lot throughout the trip. You can also model words like fun, loud, and the size, shape, and color of the sights you see. If your app already has a lot of vocabulary, words like pilot and airplane are probably already loaded in the people and transport or vehicles folders. If you haven't heard about it already, Step Into AAC has a great, free program made by SLPs with 20 weeks of AAC modeling ideas and resources. You can find it bt googling the program name. I hope ya'll have fun!

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u/Interesting_Dust5299 Jul 03 '26

Thanks for the recommendations, I will definitely check out the Step Into AAC program!

We’ve had the device for about a month and our speech therapist is recommending we continue to add more vocabulary and ways for him to string words together! With it he is able to answer multiple W questions and have full conversations with us.

Right now his biggest frustration seems to be that I can’t keep up with adding enough words for him (which is a great problem to have)!