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Be The Exception In Special Education · Oct 23, 2025 · 7 min

287.Spooky Fun with Communication: Halloween Activities Using AAC

Halloween brings costumes, candy, and plenty of opportunities for communication. By weaving AAC into seasonal lessons, you can boost engagement and make learning stick. In this episode of Be The Exception, you'll learn: How to role-play trick-or-treating with AAC tools. Fun ways to label and describe costumes. A Halloween SEL activity using spider emotions. Links and Resources Halloween Freebie Connect with Dawn Find me on IG Find me on Tik Tok Etsy Shop TpT Store The Exceptional Collective Subscribe Are you subscribed to my podcast? Trust me, you definitely want to do that so you don't miss a thing! Click here to subscribe in iTunes! Leave a Review If you are loving the podcast, I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other teachers find my podcast and I love hearing what you think about the podcast as well. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what part of the podcast you found to be the most helpful!

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Halloween brings costumes, candy, and plenty of opportunities for communication. By weaving AAC into seasonal lessons, you can boost engagement and make learning stick.

In this episode of Be The Exception, you'll learn:

  • How to role-play trick-or-treating with AAC tools.

  • Fun ways to label and describe costumes.

  • A Halloween SEL activity using spider emotions.

Links and Resources

Connect with Dawn

Find me on IG

Find me on Tik Tok

Etsy Shop

TpT Store

The Exceptional Collective

Subscribe

Are you subscribed to my podcast? Trust me, you definitely want to do that so you don't miss a thing! Click here to subscribe in iTunes!

Leave a Review

If you are loving the podcast, I would be really grateful if you left me a review over on iTunes, too. Those reviews help other teachers find my podcast and I love hearing what you think about the podcast as well. Just click here to review, select "Ratings and Reviews" and "Write a Review" and let me know what part of the podcast you found to be the most helpful!

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