This accessible guidebook is every professional's key to helping students develop the language and literacy skills that lead to higher academic achievement and positive peer relationships. Balancing practical strategies with up-to-date research, this book unlocks language and literacy skills for children who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and lays the groundwork for long-term school and social success. Educators and Speech Language Pathologists, (SLP's) who provide communication support will learn to collaborate effectively to improve outcomes for students who use AAC; determine student needs through effective, ongoing reading, writing, and language assessments; develop IEPs based on each child's language, communication, and literacy goals; help students move beyond emergent literacy and develop the skills research identifies as the keys to reading success; & meet IDEA requirements by adapting the general curriculum so all students participate and achieve.