Learning Opportunities

Children and Youths with Complex Communication Needs in the Classroom

Presented By

Katrin Sannig, Sarah Anderson & Brandis Short

Series Sessions

Date Time
Friday, November 01, 2019 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Friday, December 13, 2019 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, January 27, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, February 24, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, March 16, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Monday, April 20, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Friday, May 08, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Friday, June 05, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Location

In Person Crystal Park School 9351 - 116 Avenue, Grande Prairie, AB

This session is for those who are new to or would like a refresher on working with a student with complex communication needs (CCN). A child/adolescent with CCN does not develop speech and language skills as expected due to motor, language, cognitive, and/or sensory perceptual impairments that may result from developmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy, autism, Down syndrome.

These children/adolescents may be non-speaking or have limited verbal output and cannot communicate in conventional ways.

Our CCN students typically experience restricted access to the environment, limited interactions with their communication partners, and few opportunities for communication (Light, 1997). Alternate and augmentative communication (AAC) systems/strategies offer potential tools to meet their communication needs.

The session will teach you how to support students with CCN communication needs at school. We will introduce the concept of Aided Language Stimulation and core vocabulary as well discuss different AAC strategies/ systems including low tech (i.e., core boards) and high tech (proloquo2go, Touch Chat etc.) AAC options.

 

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