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The National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders is a multi-university center to promote the use of evidence-based practice for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders.

predictable chart writing strategy for AAC

SEE LINK BELOW Index and Description of Dynamic Learning Maps Self-Directed Learning Modules. To help educators understand the Common Core State Standards and their application to students with significant cognitive disabilities, the Dynamic Learning Maps™ consortium has created and will continue to create self-directed learning modules. Each of the interactive modules is short (30-45 minutes on average) and focuses on a single topic. When you complete a module, be certain to complete the information regarding your name, school, and state so that you will receive credit where available. If you have questions about these modules, please contact dlmpd@unc.edu - See more at: http://dlmpd.com/all-modules-in-alphabetical-order/

18 page PD on how to facilitate language

"Exemplar Text Supports K-12 One of the challenges in providing students with the most significant disabilities with access to the general curriculum is finding materials that link directly to the grade level content, but are written at a level that is accessible. As part of the DLM™ project we have been building a library of companion texts that go with the exemplar texts"

presentation handouts and resources

http://secure.dynamiclearningmaps.org/unc/facilitated/index.html MANY self-directed or guided learning modules. Math, Core Vocabulary..etc Look for the module titled DLM™ Core Vocabulary and Communication. The module is available in 2 formats. One is a self-directed module with embedded learning activities. The Facilitated version is inside a folder called Facilitated Foundational Modules. It has a narrated movie, 2 or 3 learning activities, and the handouts and directions needed for those activities that a facilitator can use. There is also a copy of the PowerPoint slides without narration that include the videos we showed in our presentation.

The Bridge is an early literacy and language assessment framework based on observation and portfolio development/analysis. Several documents including an experimental version of the Bridge Assessment Tool can be downloaded by clicking on the files below.

Steps for Implementation: Speech Generating Devices (SGD) Fransone, E., & Collet-Klingenberg, L. (2008). Overview of speech generating devices for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders.

"When making your own PowerPoint book, a template can be a helpful time saver. The templates below are for creating ABC books and personal books for students with significant disabilities, including deaf-blindness. The templates have high contrast backgrounds and some have finger spellings. (The finger spelling photos come from Pics4Learning.com. They are free!). The templates have also been setup so that there is an auditory click and some movement when students turn the pages in the book. In all of the downloadable templates, the pages and the text boxes have already been made. Teachers, therapists and/or parents can spend time adding pictures and text, rather then the technical aspects of starting from scratch."

"The flip chart easel is used along with the alphabet flip chart for self-selected writing activities. The easel allows for the partner in partner-assisted scanning to have their hands free to point to the letters as well as write the letters the student chooses on their page. It also allows the student to have the alphabet flip chart at eye level as they focus on the letters being scanned. The easel can also be used with the communication flip chart for other partner assisted scanning activities. The easel has been designed by Julie Brickhouse, a teacher on the Deaf-Blind Model Classroom Project in North Carolina."

"finding materials that link directly to the grade level content, but are written at a level that is accessible. "

Hatch, Erickson, Geist Presentation ATIA15

nice hierarchy of beginning 4,8,16,32 message boards Erickson ATIA 13

"The Dynamic Learning Maps™ (DLM) Core Vocabulary is a list of words that have been determined to be highly useful for communicating in both social and academic contexts. The words are listed in rank order of utility based on a variety of factors that are fully explained in the DLM™ Core Vocabulary Overview paper. This word list includes vocabulary that is necessary for the DLM™ Essential Elements."

Dynamic learning maps for Core vocabulary