What Are Tangible Symbols? An Introduction and Discussion of Functional Use Across Settings
In this session participants learned what tangible symbols are, who may benefit from them, what to consider when making them, and how to implement them functionally across settings. Participants were provided tangible steps they can make toward implementing this type of AAC to bring communication access to their clients, students or loved ones.
Speaker
Emily Macklin is a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) working with school-aged (ages 3-22) Deafblind individuals. She is passionate about working with individuals with complex communication profiles and enjoys being creative with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Assistive Technology (AT) to provide access to communication. Emily is an employee at Perkins School for the Blind.
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Who this course is for
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
Occupational Therapists
AT Specialists
Educators
After this course
What you’ll walk away with.
You leave with concrete skills and frameworks you can apply in your next session, classroom, or family visit, not just ideas to think about later.
Earn your CEUs
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
Identify foundational basics and terminology associated with tangible symbols Learners will identify who may benefit from use of tangible symbols and why Learners will identify how tangible symbols can be utilized to support receptive and expressive language across settings.
The full 1 hour
Your learning path.
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Introduction and Terminology Overview
5 minutes - 2
Receptive Language supports
10 minutes - 3
Expressive Language supports
20 minutes - 4
Context-based symbols
10 minutes - 5
Community use
5 minutes - 6
Expansion ideas, multimodal use, resources
10 minutes
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