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activities to raise awareness of aac

The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month by conducting an awareness campaign in March each year. The theme for the 2015 to 2017 campaign is: Not Alone.

"Expand the concept of accessibility to include communication access in their own communities, regions, and countries."

Phonemic awareness activities! Phonics activities! Perfect for literacy centers and small group instruction. A little bit of cutting and gluing on your part allows us to provide 15 activities in each area of literacy for use in your classroom.

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This non-exclusive community has come together in an effort to unite all individuals concerned with communication rights for Pennsylvanians with intellectual disability, autism and other disabilities that create complex communication needs. This wikispace aims to serve as a mechanism for: Sharing ideas and resources (including appropriate and/or promising practices) Raising awareness of issues and barriers for individuals with complex communication needs Problem solving through collaboration

"Imagine being unable to say, "I am hungry," "I am in pain," "thank you," or "I love you," - losing your ability to communicate, being trapped inside your body, surrounded by people yet utterly alone. For 13 long years, that was Martin Pistorius's reality. After contracting a brain infection at the age of twelve, Pistorius lost his ability to control his movements and to speak, and eventually he failed every test for mental awareness. He had become a ghost. But then a strange thing started to happen - his mind began to knit itself back together. In this moving talk, Pistorius tells how he freed himself from a life locked inside his own body."

Description of the Strategy-A-Day Calendar from a blog post

Linda Yollis has been an educator for over twenty-five years and is currently working as a third grade teacher in California. Her classroom blog has won the first runner up prize in the category of "Best Classroom Blog" for the 2009 and 2010 Edublog Awar

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"Effective communication is a fundamental element of life. Relationships, choice, employment, and so much more are severely limited by an inability to communicate. Let's make effective communication a reality for people with disabilities. Join TASH's new campaign, Communication for All. The campaign was created to promote life-long communication for people with disabilities through awareness, professional development, access to communication technologies, instruction, and support. Join the campaign group (members-only) to promote life-long communication for all!"

free printable items www.practicalautismresources.com/printables - Preview AAC free on 2010-02-17 and saved by 5 people International AAC Awareness Information Center

through the use of the World Wide Web, the overall outcomes of this project will be (a) increased ASD awareness; and (b) training and assistance at no cost to the educational, vocational, and medical communities and families.TechKnowledgy 09.

TeacherDirect is designed to establish a direct line of communication with classroom teachers and educators. The goal of TeacherDirect is to provide a way to share new instructional resources created by VDOE staff as well as make teachers aware of professional development and grant opportunities, and other information of special interest to teachers and their students.

Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening

Tyler is a typical high school student who happens to have cerebral palsy and some other challenges. He has taken on a mission to educate the world about Ability Awareness. He believes that what a person, any person, CAN do is much more important than w

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