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7c. Example - Croatia: Experience during the COVID Pandemic.
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During the mentoring phase, special emphasis was put on the work with parents. However, due to the COVID-19 circumstances, most AAC services shifted to the online support.
- Professionals from ERF supported professionals who implemented AAC or specifically Cboard with families. The team from ERF created a video focused on language modelling when using communication boards for parents as an example of how to use AAC in everyday situations.
- Furthermore, professionals were encouraged to motivate families to create video examples of their use of AAC with their children, and many parents welcomed the idea.
- Parents had the opportunity to stay in touch with the professionals through video calls or e-mail correspondence.
- The project also provided parents with many AAC activity boards implemented directly into Cboard.
- The year long experience showed that the communication partners needed to understand AAC and get as many concrete examples as possible.
- AAC momentum and mentoring need to be maintained to ensure appropriate understanding of AAC systems and services.