 | PaTTAN Videoconference - Communication Skills for Students with Multiple Disabilities (Day 1) 08:30 AM » 04:00 PM | | | Communication Skills for Students with Multiple Disabilities: Partner-Assisted Strategies
This is a two-part videoconference series-participants are encouraged to attend both days.
Locations:
PaTTAN Pittsburgh; PaTTAN Harrisburg; PaTTAN King of Prussia
Dynamic Assessment and Interaction: Day 1
March 5, 2010
8:30 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
Children who have severe physical and multiple disabilities face learning challenges in the areas of language and communication, social interaction, cognition, motor skills, and sensory processing, all of which present complex challenges for teachers and therapists who work with these children. This two part series will begin by addressing questions such as:
- How do you integrate a dynamic assessment process into on-going teaching and learning?
- How do we create an appropriate language learning community and environment for receptive language learning?
Creative "light tech" to "high tech" strategies for developing auditory and multi-modal interactive communication systems will be shared.
Participants will be able to:
- Describe the challenges faced by team members working with children who present significant multiple challenges and who are often not considered to be "testable" by traditional means of assessment
- Explain the concept of Dynamic Assessment and give examples of how to integrate dynamic assessment into the teaching/learning process
- Identify effective strategies for teaching motor skills to students with neurologically based motor challenges
Presenter:
Linda Burkhart, BS is a well-known leader in the field of assistive technology, adaptive play, and augmentative communication for children with significant disabilities. She has worked as a classroom teacher and then as an Augmentative Communication and Assistive Technology Specialist for the Center for Technology in Education - a joint project between the Johns Hopkins University and the Maryland State Department of Education. Currently, Linda works as a private consultant and technology integration specialist. She has conducted workshops and presentations nationally and internationally since 1982, and has developed a variety of widely used publications and software in these areas.
Audience:
Teachers, therapists, paraeducators, and families of students with multiple disabilities and those who supervise them, administrators, assistive technology and inclusive practice leaders
Credit: Act 48 Hours; ASHA; ACVREP
Content Related Information and Questions:
Pittsburgh: Debby Holzapfel at dholzapfel@pattan.net or 800-446-5607 x 6843;
Harrisburg: Nan Rodgers at nrodgers@pattan.net or 800-360-7282 x 3721;
King of Prussia: Susan Gill at sgill@pattan.net or 800-441-3215 x 7264
General Registration Information and Questions:
Pittsburgh: Patty Panuccio at ppanuccio@pattan.net or 800-446-5607 x 6841;
Harrisburg: Karen Nikolic at knikolic@pattan.net or 800-360-7282 x 3115;
King of Prussia: Dana Colson at dcolson@pattan.net or 800-441-3215 x 7266
No registration fee will be charged for this training event.
To obtain directions to PaTTAN locations, please visit our website at: www.pattan.net
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