Connecting & Communicating with Young Learners with Autism Through AAC - Part 2
In this session, participants applied concepts from Part 1 by exploring strategies for supporting young learners with autism in early learning settings. They examined methods to enhance regulation, communicative intent, two-way communication, and "first word" learning using multimodal AAC. The session concluded with resources for ongoing professional development and self-reflection.
Speaker
Tanna is a speech-language pathologist with over 15 years of experience supporting children and young adults with complex learning needs. In my work as an early interventionist, AAC consultant, and coach at Summit AAC & Autism Support, I provide online tutoring to children and young adults learning to connect and communicate and 9ffer coaching to families and teams supporting complex communicators across their daily lives. As the founding director at AACcessible - a nonprofit organization driven to improve global access to AAC through education, advocacy, awareness, and action- I lead a board of volunteers and contributors with a similar heart to serve the AAC and special needs communities. At AACcessible, we are building a robust "village" and resource library of free and low-cost training, digital tools, and support services for those touched by communication challenges and other barriers to living and learning. Tanna receives a salary from Dynamic Therapy Associates as an AAC SLP and Trainer, and consulting fees as a private consultant for Summit AAC & Autism Support. Tanna also receives a teaching stipend for adjunct courses with the University of Washington and honorariums for select speaking engagements at conferences and on teaching platforms. Tanna is the founding director at AACcessible & The AAC Academy, where she receives a commission for the sale of courses she have authored.
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Attend the full course and pass the post-session assessment at 80% or higher. Your 0.1 ASHA CEUs are reported to ASHA when you opt in on the assessment.
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You’ll be able to
Discuss at least three intervention elements to consider when teaching early communication and language skills to nonspeaking/minimally-speaking autistic learners via AAC tools and strategies.
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You’ll be able to
Describe at least 3 types of prompting/cueing strategies that are within best practice for teaching communication through AAC to young autistic learners.
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You’ll be able to
Identify at least 3 resources to assist in further learning and educational/therapeutic planning for this unique population.
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"5 minutes Introduction, Disclosures, & Objectives
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40 minutes Mindful AAC Modeling & Learning Support Strategies
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10 minutes Resource Exploration
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5 minutes Question & Answer"
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