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This course inspires us to use more and different visual supports. Visual supports are things we see that enhance our organizational skills, self-regulation, expressive and receptive communication, and ability to understand activity demands in the dynamic environments of school, home and community. Visual supports can be objects, printed words, pictures, body language, or environmental clues. Through concrete examples and lecture this practical course will share ideas about printed words, pictures, and objects that you can use with your students to support their learning and participation in all environments. Explore over 75 do it tomorrow ideas for incorporating the use of objects, pictures, icons, graphic organizers, visual bridges, task checklists, transition supports and schedules in a variety of settings to meet a variety of student needs. Walk away with a list of free resources to expand your visual supports.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
MA, CCC-SLP
Lorraine Maida has worked in the educational field for over 30 years. Her experience spans a broad range of roles including Speech Pathologist, special education teacher, administrator, university instructor and educational consultant. She has worked with students and developed programming for all ages and abilities. Lorraine has been invited to provide hundreds of training opportunities at local, state and national venues related to provision of educational services in schools. She is currently working as a public school SLP, a seminar provider and education consultant. She is also adjunct faculty for Central Washington University and a guest lecturer in the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Washington.
ASHA CE Provider approval and use of the Brand Block does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products or clinical procedures.
Timeline |
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Course Timeline |
10 min: Introduction: What are Visual Supports? Who are they? What do they do? |
30 min: Designing Schedules and Mini-schedules and avoiding the Pitfalls |
10 min: Functional use of Calendars as a Communication Tool |
15 min: Choice Board Use across the Day |
15 min: Creating portability when needed |
10 min: Creating flexible/dynamic supports and easy access storage |
20 min: Transition Supports for self-regulating movement between locations |
10 min: People Locator supports for home and school Templates and work systems |
10 min: Templates and work systems |
10 min: Visually supporting behavioral skills and classroom rules |
10 min: Visually supporting social skill instruction |
30 min: Closing Summary/ Questions and Answers |
Financial | Lorraine Maida received compensation for this presentation from SpeechTherapyPD.com. |
Nonfinancial | No relevant non-financial relationships exist. |