Fueling AAC Implementation With CoughDrop Organizations

Effective implementation of AAC depends heavily on collaboration. From speech-language pathologists and educators to caregivers, families, and individuals who use AAC, collaboration plays a crucial role in ensuring success. Tools like CoughDrop organizations provide an efficient and structured way to enhance collaboration, adding fuel to AAC implementation efforts.  

CoughDrop, a cloud-based AAC system, offers a unique feature called organizations. A CoughDrop organization functions as a centralized hub where AAC teams can manage settings, monitor progress, and share resources.  

• This collaborative feature is especially valuable for schools, therapy practices, and healthcare facilities serving multiple individuals with complex communication needs.  

There are several key features of a CoughDrop organization, including: 

• Centralized Management: Store and manage subscriptions, settings, and accounts in one place. 
• Team Collaboration: Grant access to AAC team members, ensuring everyone is aligned. 
• Data Insights: Track AAC usage data to monitor progress and guide decision-making. 
• Customizable Access: Assign roles and permissions to ensure secure and appropriate access for each team member. 
• Account Sponsorships: Sponsorships allow for the purchase of CoughDrop subscriptions without continuing to pay for an individual's subscription when they are no longer with the entity.  
  • Sponsorships can be transferred between accounts within the CoughDrop organization, ensuring that resources remain efficient and cost-effective when team members leave, and new ones join. Sponsored users can be removed from your organization when they are no longer with your entity and reallocate that subscription to another user. 

AAC implementation is a dynamic process involving many moving parts. Consistency, collaboration, and streamlined processes foster effective AAC implementation. CoughDrop is designed to optimize the AAC implementation process with its robust features.  

The CoughDrop organization management feature has several benefits for AAC teams, including: 

• Improved Consistency Across Environments 
  • With a centralized library of page sets and tools, individuals with complex communication needs experience greater consistency. Whether they are at school, home, or in therapy, their pages remain the same, reducing confusion and enhancing communication. 
• Streamlined Collaboration 
  • CoughDrop organizations make it easy to share resources and updates. For example, if an SLP updates an individual’s page set, the changes are instantly available to the entire team. This ensures that everyone supporting the individual with complex communication needs is on the same page. 
• Data-Driven Decisions 
  • CoughDrop’s data reporting tools provide valuable insights into how and when the individual with complex communication needs engages with their AAC device. This data helps teams identify strengths, address needs, and adjust goals, implementation strategies, and plans, as necessary.  
• Efficient Onboarding and Training 
  • CoughDrop organizations standardize onboarding for new AAC team members. This reduces the learning curve and ensures continuity of support.  
• Cost-Effective Subscription Management 
  • With the ability to transfer sponsorships, CoughDrop organizations allow for strategic management of subscription costs. Schools and therapy practices can ensure that subscriptions are used effectively by reallocating them when a user leaves the organization. 

A CoughDrop organization is only as effective as the implementation efforts accompanying it. Here are a few tips to get the most out of your CoughDrop organization: 

1. Assign Roles: Designate managers, assistant managers, and supervisors to streamline workflow and maintain security. 
2. Use the Data: Regularly review reports to monitor progress and refine AAC implementation plans and strategies accordingly.  
3. Collaborate Regularly: Schedule periodic AAC team meetings or check-ins to discuss updates, share insights, and align goals.  
4. Manage Sponsorships: Transfer and manage sponsorships as team members join and leave to optimize subscription costs. 

Collaboration is the essence of effective AAC implementation, and CoughDrop organizations foster teamwork and streamline processes. By centralizing resources, facilitating communication, and leveraging data, teams can provide those with complex communication needs with the consistent support necessary to achieve their full potential.  

• If your team is ready to launch AAC implementation, a CoughDrop organization will take your implementation efforts to new heights!  

For more information about CoughDrop and its organization management features, visit the CoughDrop Zendesk or reach out to us today to get your own CoughDrop organization!