Getting Started with Flexspeak: Save Time with Multilingual AAC and Visual Supports
This session introduces practical strategies for getting started with multilingual AAC using Flexspeak, with an emphasis on creating communication systems that reflect the linguistic and cultural realities of diverse users. Attendees will explore how to quickly build and customize vocabularies, visual supports, and page sets that are functional and relevant across languages and settings.
Speakers
Alan Vu, MA, CCC-SLP, is the Founder and CEO of Flexspeak, an AI-powered, multilingual AAC platform designed to improve communication access for individuals with speech difficulties. As a bilingual speech-language pathologist with lived experience in communication challenges, Alan combines clinical expertise with technology to build more inclusive, efficient AAC solutions for students, families, and professionals.
Disclosure: Alan Vu is the Founder and CEO of Flexspeak and receives compensation and equity from the company.
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Who this course is for
Every minute is written for working clinicians, educators, and families. You walk away with real-world tools to try with your next learner, not abstract theory.
Speech-Language Pathologists
Educators
AAC Teams
Communication Partners
After this course
What you’ll walk away with.
You leave with concrete skills and frameworks you can apply in your next session, classroom, or family visit, not just ideas to think about later.
Earn your CEUs
Attend the full course and pass the post-session assessment at 80% or higher. Your 0.1 ASHA CEUs are reported to ASHA when you opt in on the assessment.
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You’ll be able to
Identify three barriers that affect implementation and stakeholder buy-in of AAC.
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You’ll be able to
List three features within Flexspeak to better support nonspeaking individuals from various cultural and linguistic backgrounds.
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You’ll be able to
Describe three ways artificial intelligence (AI) can be incorporated to support the implementation of AAC and visual supports.
The full 1 hour
Your learning path.
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5 minutes, Introductions and Disclosures
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5 minutes, Overview of Current Barriers in AAC
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30 minutes, Exploring Features in Flexspeak AAC & Flexspeak Studio
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10 minutes, Case Study with Practical Examples
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10 minutes, Conclusion and Q&A
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