AAC in the Classroom: Empowering All Students to Communicate - Live Webinar 10/14/2021 - 10/15/2021
8:30 am - 11:30 am
Do you work with students who have difficulty communicating verbally? Would you like to know more about how to give your students a "voice"?
This two-day live webinar is an introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) for teachers, paraprofessionals, Speech-Language Pathologists, and others who work in-person within the classroom setting.
Through lecture and interactive activites, we will cover many objectives, including:
The guiding principals of AAC and its forms
Core and fringe vocabularies
How to model communication for an AAC learner
Engineering the classroom for visual communication
Planning and integrating AAC throughout the day
Selecting vocabulary and creating a lesson plan
Team collaboration for success
Resources for communication systems, activities, and lesson plans
This training is an overview of AAC and focuses on in-person classroom implementation of basic visual AAC. It does NOT cover assessment or programming of high tech devices or their systems.
Event Details
Audience
Teachers, Paraprofessionals, Speech-Language Pathologists, and other service providers
Facilitator(s)
Courtney Beatty, M.A., BCBA, EV SELPA Program Specialist Susanne Ferguson, Ed.S., CCC-SLP, BCBA, EV SELPA Autism Program Specialist
Location
Online (Webinar, Online Class, Etc.) Note:A link will be sent to confirmed participants prior to the event.
