Moderate/Severe SPED Teachers & All SPED Pre K Teachers
AM Session: 9:15 - 11:45 a.m.Workshop:
Behavior Plan Development Workshop
Participants will receive hands on interactive training on how to write a basic behavior plan and work on more in depth functional behavior analysis and when each is appropriate. The participants will be broken out into groups based on participant need and level of experience. Please bring data from a target student to use as your guide in writing a behavior plan.
Moderate/Severe SPED Teachers, All SPED Pre K Teachers & Speech Language Pathologists
PM Session: 12:45 - 3:20 p.m.Workshop:
Communication Partner Training and Techniques: Implementing AAC effectively
When AAC is effectively matched to an eager-to-communicate student, the resulting authentic language is a joy to behold. But the sad fact is that 80% of AAC devices and methods are abandoned within the first year. How can we prevent this from happening? We just can’t do it alone. We’ve all witnessed communication partners interacting with our AAC students in less-than-ideal ways: i.e. too much help, too little help, etc. AAC is a often a new communication system for communication partners. We need to provide communication partners with relevant, carefully selected techniques to support and develop AAC communication. This presentation will provide a systematic approach to teaching these critical skills to communication partners, such as:
- Why AAC is often abandoned and how prevent this from happening to your students
- What communication partner skills are critical for supporting AAC development
- Who the crucial communication partners are to include into training
- When to teach AAC communication skills, in the sequential order
- How to effectively engage reluctant AAC users