Working prototypes shaped by learner choice, access, and real interaction.
✦ In development · Interactive classroom game
Social Stuff: Meet Me at the Playground
A conversation adventure that starts with the student's preferences.
Students choose who to practice with and what matters to them. As the exchange unfolds, they can watch a message route, get one step of support, explore on their own, or use their actual AAC system.
Choose a partner and topic
Find a way to say it
Shape what happens next
This is a working prototype. Learner feedback will guide the next version.
Choose Chug the train, Skies the plane, or Galaxy the spaceship. Try five playful moments: discover who’s riding and see what happens when a package tumbles or a bubble pops.
Visible replay choices, a preview of what comes next, and a planned return to favorite moments give the learner ways to shape the journey. Speaking, AAC, pointing, and watching all belong.
I’m exploring whether visible replay choices can support predictable transitions while preserving the enjoyment and communication that repetition makes possible.
Starting with a thoughtfully investigated learner profile—including strengths, growth edges, preferences, and values—I develop learning experiences that serve as a bridge, making concepts, learning targets, and expectations accessible to the learner.
About Bintu
I love language.
And the possibilities it opens for learning, connection, and being understood.
Bintu TiamiyuM.S., CCC-SLP
Learning DesignerAccessibility StrategistEducator
10 years of listening closely, building access, and learning alongside learners, families, and educators across clinical and educational settings.
My mom, Linda, was an educator and a creative. She sent me to writing workshops and encouraged me to enter poetry slams. I learned early how much one word can change what someone sees or understands.
For more than a decade, I’ve worked alongside learners, families, and educators as a speech-language pathologist. I’ve supported complex communication needs, coached caregivers, and helped teams bring communication supports into everyday practice.
That work shapes how I design. I pay attention to what a person can already do, what matters to them, and where the experience makes participation harder.
Today, I bring that perspective to curriculum, interactive learning tools, and professional learning. I care about what happens when someone actually uses the experience—and I keep revising from there.
Education & specialized training
Master of Science in Speech-Language PathologyMGH Institute of Health Professions
Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language PathologyNational certification from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Developmental, Individual-differences, Relationship-based practitionerDIR/Floortime® Basic and Proficient training
Natural Language Acquisition trainedSupport for gestalt language processors
Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationAssessment, implementation, and team coaching
ASHA Award for Continuing EducationRecognition for sustained professional learning
Explore how I work with families, district partners, and education leaders. Choose a caregiver or partner intake, see the consultation process, and share the evidence that informs our next design decisions.
