Unfortunately, at this time, we do not accept insurance. Some places that do and do AAC are the Speech and Hearing Centers at Holyoke Medical Center, Mercy, Baystate, and Cooley Dickinson.

Yes! We travel to the individual’s location, whether that be at home, school, or work. We feel it is important to access an individual in their own environments.

We work with all ages. Our team members work in Early Intervention and Early Childhood, as well as with school-aged individuals and adults of all ages.

We are mobile clinicians, and we come to you!

Our team is comprised of individuals who are speech pathologists, board certified behavior analysts, and assistive technology practitioners. All team members are licensed in the states in which they practice and many are ATP certified (which means they are credentialed Assistive Technology Practitioners).

We are mobile clinicians and we come to you! Our mailing address is 97 Klaus Anderson Rd., Southwick, MA 01077..

Our clinicians are licensed in Massachusetts and Connecticut. We typically work in Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, Berkshire and Worcester Counties as well as most areas in Connecticut. We are willing to travel farther, so just let us know!

We do intervention, consultation and evaluation services both in-person and via telepractice. Telepractice is not for everyone. If an individual or team is interested in exploring telepractice we do a comprehensive needs assessment to ensure that it is an appropriate service delivery method for the specific case. If a team is not interested in telepractice then we offer traditional in-person services.

Telepractice has changed the way we provide services. It helps to make them better by allowing us to collaborate with our team, additional specialists and team members. It also helps us be more efficient and enables us to offer services in many different locations. And, many of the individuals with whom we work prefer receiving services via telepractice!

Tele-AAC is the use of telepractice specifically for individuals using or working with those using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). With telepractice and tele-AAC, the student or client is connected to the clinician using the Internet (rather than being face-to-face in the same room). We use secure video-conferencing online software to allow us to “see” the individual at his or her location.

Yes, this is part of our evaluation package. We will meet for up to an hour in-person or over the phone developing on scheduling and location.

Reach out to us and let us know your are interested. Once permission is granted to complete the evaluation we will send you some paperwork (such as a contract, and intake form and our photo release). We may or may not ask for additional work samples.

Call us; we’d be happy to talk to you about this. Sometimes a “screen” is the first step, other times an evaluation is warranted. It can be confusing, but we are here to help.

You don’t need to sign the release, but we ask you to as it makes it helpful for us. We like to include pictures of the individual in the report or assessment note so that we can clearly describe their performance and our recommendations. We can still complete the service and not take pictures.

Our evaluation prices vary depending on what you are looking for. We do AAC, AT, AAC + AT, AAC + Speech and Language, Speech and Language, and more. Please contact us if you are interested in learning more.

We offer direct intervention, consultation and assessment services. Our team specializes in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), assistive technology (AT), and curriculum planning and development.

Our prices vary depending on the nature of the contract. For example, we typically charge by hour, but our rate decreases if we are at your location for 4 consecutive hours or more. Please contact us if you are interested in learning more.

Our assessments are comprehensive. As part of our assessment package cost our team members review and individual’s file, gather information from pertinent team members, work directly with the individual to engage in specific trials, writes a comprehensive report with recommendations and implementation strategies, meets for up to one hour to review the report either in-person or over the phone. Our team often works collaboratively (i.e., there may be two clinicians) to help turn around the report more quickly.

Scheduling varies. However, we typically schedule evaluations within 2-4 weeks.

We do a lot of “behind the scenes” work and the time with the individual is 45 minutes to 2 hours depending on the evaluation type and what the individual is able to tolerate.

Our team works hard to turn around reports within 2-4 weeks. If you have a specific deadline we can work with that.

No problem. We will work with your team to find another time that works.

Yes, our team members love working with volunteers and interns. We take volunteers and interns from local colleges, universities, and organizations during the school year, however, our placements are limited and are based on a first-come-first-served basis and interview process. We have more positions available during the summer as part of our Camp Communicare AAC Summer Camp. We typically take student interns from Umass Amherst and then have between 4 and 10 volunteer openings.