I’ve presented to thousands of practitioners and parents both domestically and abroad on how to utilize technology to support children becoming more effective communicators. I have a specialized expertise in children with autism, augmentative alternative communication (AAC) and how parents and practitioners can utilize apps to support communication development. Click here for more information.
This option is perfect if you have an educational product or service that you need guidance from a speech-language pathologist who specializes in children with complex communication needs and augmentative alternative communication (AAC). I’ve worked with companies and organizations to help build out proof of concepts and prototypes that optimize communication development for users. Click here for more information.
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Presentations Offered
Below you will find my most popular presentations. The topics and times can be tailored to meet your organization’s individual needs. If you’re interested in having me develop new content for your organization, be sure to specify in your inquiry.
AAC Essentials: What Every SLP Needs to Know
Early Intervention & AAC
Engaging Apps for Communication
Engaging Telepractice Tools & Ideas for AAC
Effectively Coaching AAC Communication Partners (co-presented with Chris Bugaj)
Talking with Tech Live (co-presented with Chris Bugaj)
Full-Day Course (co-presented with Chris Bugaj)
PResentation Feedback
“Rachel Madel is always a standout presenter. Her dedication and love for the field radiates in her personality. My practice has significantly improved since I started listening to her content.”
“I 100% agree with everyone who said this is the best AAC course they have ever attended. I want MORE! This is an area I have always felt ill-prepared to tackle. I feel empowered to implement these very practical strategies!”
“The session was superb! As an AAC practitioner here in the Philippines, the lecture gave me a whole new perspective on AAC practice in general. It also helped me realize that AAC intervention IS POSSIBLE through telepractice.”
“I love, love, love Rachel Madel, her courses, and all of her resources. Her information and resources have been invaluable to helping me work with a full caseload of students using some form of AAC. This session was extremely helpful as well, and I appreciate all of the work she puts in to help us become better therapists!”
“Best AAC session I have EVER attended! Please have Rachel return and share more, this training made me feel more comfortable about tackling high tech AAC with my new students this year instead of feeling nervous!”
“AMAZING!!! I was so glued to my screen I did not even participate in the chat box. I am not even sure I blinked for an hour because I didn’t want to miss one second! She is AMAZING and her passion is contagious.”
“WOW!! Rachel is amazing and one of the best presenters I have heard in my almost 38 years as an SLP!! Thank you for your passion!”
“Rachel was extremely generous with her resources during this session. She was motivating, and validated me with skills I already have. Rachel provided concrete information that I can apply to my caseload!
““Fantastic presentation! Hands down one of the best if not the best presentation I have seen in my 20 years!”
“What an amazing webinar! Jam-packed with resources, crazy positive energy and enthusiasm, and all the while, grounded in excellent knowledge of the field. I’m an ‘older’ SLP and seeing this gives me hope for the future of our field!”
“AMAZING! This was beyond helpful to me in supporting AAC but just ways to support learning at home in general. Invaluable. Rachel is amazing!”
“This was honestly one of the best presentations I attended at ASHA! What I loved was that she touched on each area of AAC in a thorough way with excellent resources and ideas I could start implementing immediately in my practice.”
“This session was amazing! SO much great information. Very useful. I appreciate all the ideas!! Rachel’s enthusiasm and knowledge is impressive! I could listen to her talk for an entire day.”
“Amazing session! Rachel was absolutely phenomenal. She presented great guidance, great resources, and made me feel so much more confident in my teletherapy abilities.”
“Great presentation! I really enjoyed the information and the way it was presented. Interesting about the motor planning versus the icons being "perfect". Very energetic, kept things moving, and you can tell that Rachel truly loves what she does!”
“Wow...information sharing and training about using AAC with students have never been explained to me so thoroughly and extensively, as this one-hour course. Rachel's passion and excitement to share what she knows with us, is so positive and making me believe that I can do this!”
“Absolutely one of the best presentations in an hour for AAC. Her enthusiasm is contagious, her expertise undeniable, she makes you believe you can do this. Thank you so much.”
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Praise from Happy Companies
“We have a fantastic product - and we required the input of an SLP who truly has their finger on the pulse of the community and knows their stuff. Our first contact with Rachel was in our pre-start-up phases. She was pivotal in supporting us to launch and succeed. Rachel is both innovative and creative, smart and humble. She understood immediately where we were taking our global project.”
- Chris from PicSeePal
“Rachel is very approachable and insanely knowledgable. She knew the answers right away, especially with technology. My app deals with augmented reality and Rachel is one of a few that knew that technology. I could see Rachel partnering or even being a research consultant for a big name company in this space.”
- Kevin from Moment AR, From Zero LLC
