Feature Match AAC to the Intervention
Traditional AAC feature matching focuses on user access needs. However, this focus can become restrictive with early users whose skills are still emerging. This session will describe how to broaden the scope of feature matching to ensure the AAC we select is the best match for the user, their partners, their environment, and the demands of the intervention (such as AAC modeling) our users require.
Speaker
Erin Sheldon works to maximize opportunities for learning for students with complex needs. As the Director of Learning Design for AssistiveWare, she helps equip schools and educators to teach language, AAC, and literacy to emergent students. Erin has presented professional learning to a wide range of educators, clinicians, and families in over a dozen countries. She has authored book chapters, articles, manuals, and internet modules on AAC implementation and emergent literacy instruction. These days, Erin's biggest passion is making vocabulary instruction accessible and meaningful to all students.
Disclosure: Erin Sheldon is a full-time contractor for AssistiveWare.
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Every minute is written for working clinicians, educators, and families. You walk away with real-world tools to try with your next learner, not abstract theory.
Speech-Language Pathologists
AAC Evaluators
AT Specialists
Practice Managers
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You’ll be able to
Identify 3 essential stakeholder needs that require feature matching.
- 02
You’ll be able to
Describe 3 aspects of a student's environment that require feature matching.
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You’ll be able to
Define 3 aspects of the AAC intervention that require feature matching.
The full 30 minutes
Your learning path.
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Introduction
3 minutes - 2
Common approaches to feature matching
3 minutes - 3
Challenges with common approaches
3 minutes - 4
Overview of PESICO framework
5 minutes - 5
Applying PESICO to early intervention
5 minutes - 6
Applying PESICO to a school-aged emergent user
5 minutes - 7
Applying PESICO to a more advanced user
5 minutes - 8
Conclusion
1 minute
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