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:

  1. Identify 1 benefit and 1 disadvantage for each AAC system of the following AAC manufacturers: Tobii Dynavox, Speak For Yourself, PRC, Saltillo.
  2. Identify one AAC system that supports data logging or language activity monitoring.
  3. List the three AAC language representation methods.
  4. Identify 1 therapeutic strategy to use to elicit a response from a child using an AAC system functioning within Language Transition I.
  5. Identify 1 therapeutic strategy to use to elicit a response from a child using an AAC system functioning within Language Transition II.
  6. 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:
  1. Download, and complete the following forms.
  2. Save the files names: 150728_AACI-Lastname-Firstname.xls
  3. Send both files to ceus@aacinstitute.org
  4. 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.