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Building Social Connections for AAC Users

By Dawn Flores | AAC, AAC After Work, Assistive Technology, Brandi Wentland, Certificate Maintenance Hours, Courses, Deanna Wagner, Language, Social Aspects, Special Education, Speech Therapy | Comments are Closed | 21 August, 2020 | 0

LIVE WEBINAR
Monday 9/24/2020
5PM PST / 8PM EST

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Recorded Course
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+2 weeks recorded course access
(11:59PM EST 10/11/20)

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Instructor:

Deanna WagnerDeanna Wagner M.S. CCC-SLP
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Brandi Wentland, MA, CCC-SLP
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Number of hours: 1 hour
Instructional Level: Intermediate

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Want to learn how to help your clients/students become more connected with other augmentative and alternative communication users? Have you heard about social groups like “Out & About” and have always wanted to know how to get started? This course will walk you through each step to bring your idea into reality. During this course, participants will have an opportunity to reflect with others on roles and responsibilities to design an event, connect individuals within their communities, be inspired by engaging activities that showcase and celebrate multiple forms of communication.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Formulate a six-step plan for creating their first social group event.
  2. Define at least 4 roles/tasks to be assigned to various members of the group.
  3. List at least 4 activities that do not require a specific location for the event to take place.
  4. Compare and contrast 2-4 benefits from an example in-person and virtual event.

Course Instructions:

  1. Enroll in this course.
  2. Return to this course and click on “4. Watch Live Webinar” tab
    at the designated Live Webinar time.

Need a Course Certificate?

  1. Achieve 80% on the Quiz
  2. Check your email for Course Certificate

Financial Disclosures:

All instructors receive income from course purchases at XceptionalED.

Brandi collects consulting fees from TherapyOne as an independent contractor for her work as an SLP and AT Specialist. Our O&A group has also received monetary assistance from PRC-Saltillo when designing our first t-shirts and purchasing in bulk. Brandi sells materials on www.teacherspayteachers.com.

Deanna collects consulting fees from TherapyOne as an independent contractor for her work as a speech therapist and AT Specialist (focusing on AAC implementation through speech therapy services, evaluation and assistive technology training). Our group has also received monetary assistance from PRC-Saltillo when designing our first t-shirts and purchasing in bulk. Deanna is co-author with Caroline Musselwhite for a number of AAC mini books and CDs, some free and some available for a small fee from www.aacintervention.com and www.teacherspayteachers.com.

Non-financial Disclosures:

Brandi is a member of ISAAC and voluntarily consults with various AAC vendors on product improvement and increasing reach to consumers. Members of our O&A group use AAC devices mentioned by name in our session. The group continues to use a logo designed with input from PRC-Saltillo on our flyers and t-shirts from Bonfire. Any money made from t-shirt sales on Bonfire will eventually be used for O&A member admission to events and/or materials fees.

Deanna is a member of ISAAC and voluntarily consults with AAC vendors to advocate for improved access for complex needs and bilingual English-Spanish features (Ablenet, Assistiveware, Avaz, Lincare AAC, PRC-Saltillo, SmartBox, TalkSuite AAC and TobiiDynavox). Members of our group use AAC devices mentioned by name in our session. The Out and About group continues to use a logo designed with input from PRC-Saltillo on our flyers and t-shirts from Bonfire. Any money made from t-shirt sales on Bonfire will eventually be used for admission to events and materials fees.

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