Spelling & Assisted Communication
What to look for
- AAC / assistive-technology evaluation experience (usually an SLP)
- Range of tools — low-tech boards to high-tech speech devices
- Help with device funding / insurance
- For S2C & RPM specifically: these letterboard methods are debated
S2C and RPM are debated approaches — read the honest evidence picture on our Spelling to Communicate explainer before deciding.
Who this helps
Families of nonspeaking or minimally-speaking children seeking a communication system or evaluation.
A Metro-East pediatric therapy practice offering AAC evaluations, consultation, and training with experience in switch access, eye-gaze, and head-pointing acces…
A neurodiversity-affirming speech and occupational therapy clinic specializing in AAC and Spelling to Communicate (S2C) for non-speaking, minimally speaking, an…
A neurodivergent-affirming practice run by Dr. Jessica Pardos providing AAC evaluation, device trials, and therapy to help clients communicate with individualiz…
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
A speech therapy practice offering AAC services including communication boards, speech-generating devices, communication apps, and sign/gesture systems.
A center dedicated to Spelling to Communicate (S2C), a debated letterboard-based method that teaches nonspeaking individuals to point to letters on a board or d…
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
A pediatric therapy nonprofit with assistive technology specialists (SLPs and OTs) providing AAC evaluation and intervention at centers in Villa Park, Napervill…
An organization founded by S2C practitioner Paulette Trotsky offering Spelling to Communicate, a debated letterboard method, alongside tutoring and social group…
A statewide nonprofit whose AT/AAC Evaluation Program provides assistive-technology and AAC communication evaluations for children and young adults through Illi…
An in-home and tele-therapy speech practice serving Chicago and surrounding suburbs that provides AAC evaluation and treatment for individuals with communicatio…
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
Listed on Chicagoland Spelling Center's website.
A pediatric therapy practice with certified staff that provides AAC evaluations and submits device-purchase evaluations through insurance, supporting both aided…
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
A children's developmental center whose speech-language pathologists provide augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services among other pediatric the…
An in-home therapy provider serving Champaign, Bloomington, Normal, and Peoria that includes assessment of candidacy for augmentative and alternative communicat…
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
A pediatric speech and occupational therapy practice offering collaborative AAC evaluations conducted jointly by an SLP and OT to identify the most efficient AA…
A tele-AAC practice led by Dr. Jill Senner, CCC-SLP, that conducts AAC evaluations and speech-generating-device therapy for children, teens, and young adults wi…
Listed on ABC Pediatric Therapy's website.
A Central Illinois pediatric therapy practice offering augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) services as part of its speech-language therapy program.