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Monday 8am - 6pm Tuesday 8am - 6pm Wednesday 8am - 6pm Thursday 8am - 6pm

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Sparking Speech, Eblana House, 11 Eblana Avenue, Dublin (2025)

14/10/2025

🥳 Introducing the AAC Advocates! 🥳

The brand new AAC community hub for parents, carers and educators to get all the support you need to support your AAC user.

Inside the AAC Advocates community hub you’ll get access to:

✨ My coveted AAC modelling course (worth €600)
✨ Monthly AAC masterclasses on different topics
✨ A growing library of AAC how-to videos
✨ Downloadable resources and freebies to keep you on track
✨ Private WhatsApp community
✨ 2x live monthly calls, including a Q&A and a power hour to edit and update your child’s device with live support.

I’ve been working really hard on this behind the scenes and I can’t wait to open the doors to the hub!

The AAC Advocates community hub goes live in November.

📧 Add your name to our waiting list to learn more and be the first to get access at our special founders' rate!

Click the link in our bio or DM “AAC” for the waitlist link.

03/10/2025

There’s often confusion when it comes to the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS).

This term is often used interchangeably to describe any visuals or paper-based AAC, such as communication boards, symbols and photos.

Paper-based AAC is fantastic and is an integral part of a total communication approach.

PECS is different from this; it’s a protocol.

One that’s highly structured and based on the principles of Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA).

Yes, it uses picture cards and communication books as part of the protocol.

But this doesn’t mean it’s the same as using visuals to support communication.

There’s a lot to consider and keep in mind when talking about PECS

Over the coming days, I’ll be sharing a series on PECS to explain it further and share other things you can use instead to support a total communication approach.

Follow along to find out more.

03/10/2025

⭐️ Exciting news! ⭐️

We’re delighted to welcome our latest group of parents and carers to Let’s Communicate Together this week.

And we’ve also had a few questions from people hoping to join so we’ve decided to:

✨ Extend the opening of the course to October 14th.
✨ Set up a payment plan option.

You now have until October 14th to register your place.

And you have the option to either pay in full or pay across the 4 months of the course.

We want to make this course as accessible as possible to parents and carers.

Because we created it specifically for you to feel more confident, comfortable and connected to your child’s communication journey.

We’re so excited to see you all inside the course and can’t wait to get started!

👉 Join today for instant access to all course modules and your exclusive community group invitation.

Once doors close on October 14th, they won’t open again until late 2026 so now’s your chance!

Don’t miss out!!

📧 DM ‘LCT’ for the sign up link.

01/10/2025

We are celebrating AAC Awareness Month here at Sparking Speech 🎉🎉

AAC stands for:

⭐️ Augmentative Communication – to add to or supplement mouth words

⭐️ Alternative Communication – to replace mouth words with other forms of communication

AAC devices, systems, strategies and tools can be used by anyone who unable to communicate everything they want to say using mouth words (spoken words).

Swipe left to see all of the AAC discounts available this month!

If you are looking for AAC support be sure to join the Let’s Communicate Together Course and Community!

DM ‘LCT’ for the link or find the link in bio.

29/09/2025

This is your last chance to sign up for the parent and carer course!

We are so excited that so many of you have already joined our community and we can’t wait for you to get access to all of the course content tomorrow 🥳🥳

For those of you who haven’t yet signed up, here is a reminder of what you can expect in the course:

✅ Expert Guidance - Easy-to-understand, helpful information on the different ways Neurodivergent children learn language, play and communicate.

✅ Practical Strategies - Exercises to complete with every module to reinforce learning and encourage communication practice in everyday settings.

✅ Flexible Learning - Access to recorded modules to watch and return to in your own pace, at a time that suits you.

✅ Digestible Modules - Covering everything you need to know about GLP & AAC.

✅ Private Community - Access to a private community group to ask questions, share resources and connect with other parent.

✅ Live Support Sessions - Two live Q&A call with Aoife and Julie each month to ask questions, share experiences, and gain insights from others in the community.

✅ Library of AAC How-To Videos - Covering all robust AAC systems

Don’t miss out!!

DM ‘LCT’ for the sign up link.

05/09/2025

Need help getting started with AAC in school?

Here are some top tips to help you to support your AAC users in your classroom:
✅ See the device, see the child
✅ Model, Model, Model
✅ Focus on fun

What types of AAC do you use in your classroom?

02/09/2025

Join us tonight at 7pm as we talk all things Let’s Communicate Together, and answer any questions you have about our upcoming course!

What do you want to know?

See you all there 👋

29/08/2025

While having fun with sound effects, literacy, AAC and the slant stand in a session yesterday it reminded me of a key message…

“All children can learn to read and write” (Erickson and Koppenhaver, 2000)

There are no exceptions to this rule.

Prioritising literacy for all individuals, regardless of their primary mode of communication (mouth words or AAC), is essential.

When it comes to literacy, presuming competence is essential.

What does presuming competence mean?

Presuming competence means that we view all individuals as having the capacity to think, learn and to understand the world, regardless of any diagnosis that may have been provided.

Rather than assuming that an individual does not understand or is incapable of carrying out certain tasks, we believe that the individual requires supports and systems to help them succeed.

While literacy instruction is a key component for those who use mouth words as their primary form of communication, literacy instruction typically is not as robust for non-speaking individuals.

What are the ways you have targeted literacy for the non-speaking individuals you work with?

To receive a 10% discount off any slant stand purchases you make use code SS10OFF.

*Disclaimer - I don’t receive anything for you using the code.

28/08/2025

🌟 AAC Family Camp 2026 🌟

Thank you all for your applications for our AAC Family Camp 2026! We were so excited to see how many of you signed up.

We did our lottery on Wednesday so that places could be provided on an equitable basis and our 30 available places have now been offered so be sure to check your emails.

For those of you who applied and didn’t receive an email, we will be opening the waiting list for AAC Family Camp 2027 in the coming months.

Thank you again for all your support!

25/08/2025

We are so excited to announce that Ireland’s first AAC Family Camp will take place in Barretstown from Friday 4th to Saturday 5th December 2026!

This two-day, one-night immersive residential event will welcome 30 families for a weekend of connection, learning, and fun. Accommodation, meals, family activities, and Speech & Language Therapy-led training sessions are all included.

✨ And because it’s the festive season… families can look forward to a very special visitor who may be making a stop at camp – ho ho ho! 🎅

We are delighted to offer families this incredible experience at the subsidised cost of €350 per family! The remaining costs of the event will be fully covered through sponsorship and fundraising.

We are opening the expression of interest form for 24 hours only, so if you haven’t yet completed it this is your chance! The link to the form is in our bio.

We will be doing the lottery draw tomorrow evening where families will be selected at random. We will contact everyone who has received a place in the coming week with all the details.

We can’t wait to welcome you to this incredible event!

20/08/2025

Check out some of the ways I used the in clinic this month!

It is such a helpful and versatile tool to incorporate into any speech therapy activity!

What ways would you like to see me using it next?

If you have any questions about Slant Stand please send me a DM or if you would like the link to their store DM me SLANT STAND.

To receive a 10% discount off any purchases you make use code SS10OFF.

*Disclaimer - I don’t receive anything for you using the code.

30/07/2025

Check out some of the ways I used the in clinic this month!

It is such a helpful and versatile tool to incorporate into any speech therapy activity!

What ways would you like to see me using it next?

If you have any questions about Slant Stand please send me a DM or if you would like the link to their store DM me SLANT STAND.

To receive a 10% discount off any purchases you make use code SS10OFF.

*Disclaimer - I don’t receive anything for you using the code.

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