Date/Location:

On-Demand Starting March 10, 2025

Description:

Building background knowledge is an essential component to comprehensive literacy instruction, especially for our most complex learners. This literacy lab will give participants the what, why and how of building background knowledge, so that all students can learn to connect to a variety of rich, age-respectful literature.

Speakers:

Sarah Wakabayashi  

Learning Outcomes:

Explain 2 or more reasons why background knowledge is essential when providing comprehensive literacy instruction to students with complex communication needs.

Describe 2-3 examples of how to provide background knowledge for students with physical disabilities and/or CVI.

Explain the what, why and how of building background knowledge.

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CEUs This activity is offered for up to 0.1 CEUs (1 hour of instruction). To register for CEUs:  

Download and complete the following forms.

Save the files names: 250310_CTG_Lastname_Firstname

Send both files to ceus@aacinstitute.org

Upon completion of the two forms and passing the quiz, a CEU certificate will be sent

Note: If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format.