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Erin Compton: Adopting Two Children with Cerebral Palsy and Getting Started With AAC

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Erin Compton is a mom to 13 children who blogs about family life, adoption, special needs and AAC learning. As a homeschool instructor she has over 20 years of experience working with young language learners. Through the recent adoption of two sons with cerebral palsy, the family has started on an AAC journey to find voices for their sons.

For more, see Erin's YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook!

Interview Show Notes:

    Adopting two sons with cerebral palsy from an orphanage in China

    In the beginning of AAC it’s more about educating yourself than educating your child

    Spreading the AAC gospel

    AAC is a journey and belief that your child is capable is the first step

    Erin’s experience homeschooling 13 kids and the disbelief that she’s encountered.

    How the comfort of home is typically the first place you see communication happens

    Making modeling a whole family experience

    The power of peer modeling

    The first time Erin heard the word “mama”

    The importance of SLPs working together with parents

    International perceptions of special needs children and the high incidence of abandonment

    Karma and how it plays into special needs perceptions in China

    Experience of touring a Chinese orphanage with 700 children

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46 episodes

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Manage episode 210690154 series 2364928
Content provided by Rachel Madel, Lucas Steuber, and Chris Bugaj, Rachel Madel, Lucas Steuber, and Chris Bugaj. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rachel Madel, Lucas Steuber, and Chris Bugaj, Rachel Madel, Lucas Steuber, and Chris Bugaj or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

Erin Compton is a mom to 13 children who blogs about family life, adoption, special needs and AAC learning. As a homeschool instructor she has over 20 years of experience working with young language learners. Through the recent adoption of two sons with cerebral palsy, the family has started on an AAC journey to find voices for their sons.

For more, see Erin's YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook!

Interview Show Notes:

    Adopting two sons with cerebral palsy from an orphanage in China

    In the beginning of AAC it’s more about educating yourself than educating your child

    Spreading the AAC gospel

    AAC is a journey and belief that your child is capable is the first step

    Erin’s experience homeschooling 13 kids and the disbelief that she’s encountered.

    How the comfort of home is typically the first place you see communication happens

    Making modeling a whole family experience

    The power of peer modeling

    The first time Erin heard the word “mama”

    The importance of SLPs working together with parents

    International perceptions of special needs children and the high incidence of abandonment

    Karma and how it plays into special needs perceptions in China

    Experience of touring a Chinese orphanage with 700 children

  continue reading

46 episodes

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