ICAN Talk Summer Camp Training
Date/Location:
July 28-29, 2015, Pittsburgh
Description:
A 1.5 days intensive training for volunteer speech-language pathologists (SLP) and graduate student SLPs participating in the annual ICAN Talk AAC Summer Camp for non-verbal children who rely on augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) systems.
Speakers:
Katya Hill, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Evelyn Meinert, MBA, M.A., CCC-SLP
Darlette Navrotski, PRC representative
Aaron Shute: Saltillo representative
Renee LoStracco/Renee Collender: Speak For Yourself representatives
Mark Sauka: Tobii Dynavox representative
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify 1 benefit and 1 disadvantage for each AAC system of the following AAC manufacturers: Tobii Dynavox, Speak For Yourself, PRC, Saltillo.
- Identify one AAC system that supports data logging or language activity monitoring.
- List the three AAC language representation methods.
- Identify 1 therapeutic strategy to use to elicit a response from a child using an AAC system functioning within Language Transition I.
- Identify 1 therapeutic strategy to use to elicit a response from a child using an AAC system functioning within Language Transition II.
- Identify 1 therapeutic strategy to use to elicit a response from a child using an AAC system functioning within Language Transition III.
CEUs:
This activity is offered for up to 0.9 CEUs (9.0 hours of instruction). To register for CEUs:
- Download, and complete the following forms.
- Save the files names: 150728_AACI-Lastname-Firstname.xls
- Send both files to ceus@aacinstitute.org
- CEU certificate will be sent after submitting the two forms
Note: If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format.