TechKnowledgy Webinar: Necessary Components of Successful AAC Consideration (Part 2 )

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Description:

Working to provide students with a way to communicate is often a difficult task wrought with barriers and challenges. Learning language is less like one person opening a locked door and more like a team of construction workers building a house. Rarely is it the case that a dynamic augmentative communication device is put in place and then suddenly scores of language come spilling out of a student without persistent, focused support. It takes a consistent, collaborative effort to implement a functional language system. Together we’ll explore proven strategies for teaching even the youngest students how to become effective, functional communicators by teaching them language and by engineering the school, home, and community environments so that all communicators have opportunities for rich, meaningful practice of language in the context of everyday routines.

Christopher R. Bugaj, MA, CCC˜SLP, is a founding member of the Assistive Technology Team for Loudoun County Public Schools. Chris hosts The A.T.TIPSCAST, http://attipscast.com, a multi˜award-winning podcast featuring strategies to design educational experiences. Chris is the co-author of The Practical (and Fun) Guide to Assistive Technology in Public Schools published by the International Society on Technology in Education (ISTE) and has designed and instructed online courses for ISTE on the topics of Assistive Technology and Universal Design for Learning. Chris is also the author of ATEval2Go, http://bit.ly/ateval2go, an iPad app that helps professionals in education perform technology assessments for students. Chris co-authored two chapters for a book published by Brookes Publishing titled Technology Tools for Students with Autism. Chris co-produces and co-authors the popular Night Light Stories podcast, http://nightlightstories.net, which features original stories for children of all ages. Chris has presented over 250 live or digital sessions at local, regional, state, national and international events, including TEDx, all of which are listed at http://bit.ly/bugajpresentations. His latest book,The New Assistive Tech: Making Learning Awesome For All, http://bit.ly/thenewat4all, also published by ISTE, will be available in the Spring of 2018.

Skill Level: "Begintermediate"

Date(s):


5/10/2018 3:30 PM ET - 5/10/2018 4:30 PM ET

Tag(s):

Assistive Technology Autism Spectrum Disorder Communication - AT Communication/Language Early Childhood Elementary High School Intellectual Disability Middle School Mild/Moderate Disabilities Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic Impairment Parent/Family Preschool Speech/Language Impairment Traumatic Brain Injury