This series of four, half-day workshops present non-traditional assessment and intervention strategies appropriate for the development of communication in individuals having complex access needs, significant cognitive disabilities and/or autism. Information is relevant to the needs of those individuals who are currently unable to communicate their wants and needs spontaneously in their environment, regardless of age or severity of physical and/or cognitive differences. Techniques incorporate current research in the areas of communication, education, and sensory integration.
The training is presented over 4 sessions of 3 hours + 30 min each.
Session 1: Jan 10 Research and Theory
Session 2: Jan 31 Assessment
Session 3: Feb 21 Implementation of Counts
Session 4: Mar 21 Implementation of Clicks and Chats
Workshop includes four, 3-hour sessions, discussion and video clips of examples. Participants should register with at least 1 other educator in other disciplines (i.e., TVI, PT, OT SLP, O&M, classroom teacher, etc.) from their LEA to make a team of 2+. Participant teams should select a student to apply what they learn from each session and bring their experiences and questions to the subsequent session.
Workshop is appropriate for professionals including speech/language pathologists, special education classroom teachers, occupational therapists, physical therapists, teachers of students with visual impairment, orientation and mobility instructors, direct care staff, and paraprofessionals.
**Each individual must register individually to receive attendance/organizational credits.
**You can register more than one team per district (a team can be 2+ with a maximum of 5 per team). Each team should consist of no more than 2 disciplines. Each team will need to attend all 4 sessions.
Participants will be expected to be actively engaged with each other and the presenter during each session. All sessions can be attended in person at Region 10 ESC or virtually together as a team. If participating virtually, all cameras will be expected to be on during the virtual sessions. This is a mandatory requirement for receiving credit.
This training has a limit of 30 teams and each team will receive a set of materials.
TSHA, ACVREP and PT CEU’s will be submitted for approval.
Region 10 credit will be given for attendance.