AAC news
21–22 October 2026 – ATAAC Conference
Two members of staff will attend the ATAAC (Assistive Technology and Communication) conference, to be held in Zagreb.
October 2026 – AAC Month
For the first time, we are organising events to promote AAC in the canton of Geneva to mark International AAC Month. A symposium, co-organised with the paediatric neurorehabilitation team at the HUG, will take place on Friday 30 October, on the theme ‘Communicating differently, participating fully: the new horizons of AAC’. We have also chosen to customise a tramway operated by Transports Publics Genevois to raise awareness amongst the local population about AAC and the use of pictograms to communicate differently with non-verbal people.
September 2026 – Launch of AAC workshops
Following a year of AAC support, we have decided to launch workshops aimed at parents, or parents and children. The aim of these sessions is to enable families to practise AAC, to learn more about it, and also to discuss and sharetheir experiences regarding their child’s communication tools.
July 2026 – Intensive AAC workshops
A week of intensive AAC therapy sessions was organised with two groups of children from the Centre. The first group, comprising four young children, worked on the theme of the song “Wheels on the Bus’. The second group, comprising five teenagers, explored the theme of ‘Travel’. These courses provided an opportunity to reassess certain means of communication and to highlight the value of AAC in promoting social cohesion and participation.
11–13 May 2026 – RICAA Conference
Two therapists attended the RICAA (International Conference on Alternative and Augmentative Communication) conference, which took place in Toulouse.
February 2026 – PODD training
The AAC team is continuing its training in various Alternative and Augmentative Communication tools, notably through a course on PODD (Pragmatic Organisation Dynamic Display). PODD is a tool designed to provide a specificand original way of organising vocabulary. It can be used in various formats, either on paper or digitally.
3-4 December 2025 – Romandi’cap
Presentation of our AAC project at the 3rd Romandi’cap conference, organised by Orthoconcept.
1 September 2025 – Opening of AAC to external patients
In view of the strong demand for AAC in the Geneva area, after an intense year for the team gathering experience, developing the project and working with a few children, Centre qap extended the referral procedure to all children in need of services.
July 2025 – Intensive AAC course
A week of intensive therapy was organised for four children, the outcome of which confirmed the positive impact of AAC on their social interaction and their development.
September 2024 – Acquisition of material
In September 2024, thanks to precious initial financing, our paediatric rehabilitation centre launched a project in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). The acquisition of specialised material allowed us to offer AAC to the first patients as we developed the project and finally bring AAC to all children who need it, even if not followed at the Centre.