AAC Studies at San Francisco State University

AAC Graduate Certificate

Graduate Certificates are approved and awarded by the SF State Division of Graduate Studies. This AAC Graduate Certificate is designed to prepare highly qualified professionals to provide culturally-responsive Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) services for individuals with communication needs (CCN) in school and community settings. Candidates acquire specialized competence in the areas of (a) AAC assessment, (b) AAC intervention, (c) AAC collaboration and  teamwork, (d) literacy development through AAC and (e) continued professional development in AAC to support the language and literacy skills with children, youth and adults. For more information please visit the AAC Graduate Certificate page.

Project AAC for ALL

Project AAC for ALL is co-directed by Drs. Gloria Soto and Nancy Robinson in the Department of Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences and funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs from 2021-2026, grant number H325K210005. Project AAC for ALL addresses the shortage of professionals in speech-language pathology and special education to meet the linguistic, academic and social needs of an increasing number of children with disabilities who have a home language other than English, and benefit from various types of Augmentative and Alternative Communication.  AAC for ALL currently enrolls 12-13 scholars annually who are current graduate students in the Departments of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences and Special Education. For more information please visit the Project AAC for ALL page.