Click here for complete information or here to register!What:This webinar provides introductory information about core vocabulary. It explains the difference between core vocabulary and extended vocabulary, then addresses the top 5 reasons that people give for not providing core vocabulary to individuals with AAC needs. It addresses the issue of representing core vocabulary with pictures, along with strategies for organizing core vocabulary for maximum production of generative language. It is an introductory presentation for anyone new to the field of AAC.When:February 15, 20121:30 pm - 3:00 pm Mountain TimeContact:Assistive Technology Industry Association (ATIA)Toll-Free: 877-OUR-ATIA (687-2842) Phone: 312-321-5172 Fax: 312-673-6659 E-mail: info@ATIA.org
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Core Vocabulary: Why Use It? - Webinar - Feb. 15, 2012 - 0 views
Unity: The Language Behind the Device - Webinar - May 8, 9, June 4, 5, 2013 - 0 views
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PRC believes in providing single words for novel communication in addition to preprogrammed sentences and topic/environment specific vocabulary. This course explains the unique method of organizing and accessing vocabulary for all language levels and addresses the ongoing struggle with the constant need for adding vocabulary. It consists of two segments and will focus on Unity 60, 84, and 144 (found in the ECO, Vantage Lite, Vantage, or Vanguard). In the first segment, you will learn about the vocabulary options, icon features/functions and Unity Patterns 1 and 2. In the second segment you will learn Unity Pattern 3 through 5. Strategies for teaching Unity will be addressed throughout the training.
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This training meets 2 times. You are expected to attend both sessions.
May 8, 9, and June 4, 5, 2013
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm Mountain (both days)
Cost:
Free of charge.
Making Activity-Based Instruction Count with Core Vocabulary - Webinar - Feb. 20, 2014 - 0 views
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When someone says "it counts," it means something has value and importance. "It" makes a difference and matters. When a person says "make it count," they usually mean that whatever they are doing or experiencing, they are going to make the most of the opportunity. They want to make the experience meaningful. This webinar takes these two ideas to remind participants of how valuable and important it is to give people access to core vocabulary. By giving them core vocabulary and then teaching them to use core words, it counts because it makes an important difference in that person's communication skills and ultimately their life. This webinar demonstrates how to make the most of the different activities that are part of special education programs and make them count by using these activities as opportunities to practice use of core vocabulary. A four-step process will be discussed for providing access to core, selecting activities, establishing communication goals, and scripting the activities. Videos will be used to demonstrate use of core in activities. Additional ideas will be presented for integrated core into additional classroom routines (e.g., choice making, social etiquette, etc.).
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Thursday, February 20, 2014
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Mountain
Cost:
$49.00
Closing The Gap Live - Webinar - Multiple Dates - 0 views
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Click here to register for the webinars Student Response Apps for iPads, iPods and the Web 90 MINUTES Monday, November 5, 2012 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
AND Monday, January 14, 2013 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
From set up to ideas for classroom use, free, easy-to-use web-based student response apps and programs accessible from iPads, Android tablets, computers and other devices for teaching and assessment will be demonstrated. Learn how to utilize programs (from apps allowing you to run video, sound and drawing tools in a quiz on iPads, to programs that can be run from any and all devices at the same time from the Web) to keep students from falling behind, give them a voice in the classroom discussion, generate reports and monitor progress, even during the classroom lesson. PRESENTER: DAN HERLIHY Is Your Head in the Clouds?? This can be a Good Thing! 90 MINUTES
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Systematic Vocabulary Instruction - Billings, MT - November 8, 2012 - 0 views
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Improve vocabulary instruction in your school/district. This seminar is designed to help educators develop a plan for providing explicit, systematic vocabulary instruction to improve student academic performance in the classroom and on state assessments. Key academic vocabulary correlated to common core standards in reading, language arts, math, and science are provided along with a five day instructional plan that can be implemented in a single classroom or entire school/district. Targeted words are embedded into existing lessons and taught in context. An explicit, engaged instructional approach is used to introduce words followed by the use of center activities for meaningful use/practice of words to ensure long term retention. Mastery and progress monitoring assessments are provided to monitor student learning and inform instruction. When/Where:
November 8, 2012
Crowne Plaza
27 N 27th Street, Billings, MT
Billings, MT
8:30am-3:30pm (8:00am sign-in and breakfast) Contact:
Sandra
Executive Assistant
Partners For Learning, Inc.
2971 North Mumbarto Ave.
Boise, ID 83713
208-322-5007
sandra@partnersforlearning.org
AAC Developing Participation, Part 5: Maximizing Participation - Webinar - June 25, 2013 - 0 views
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The purpose of Part 5: Maximizing Participation is designed for the child to engage in social interactions, to share information, share responsibility, and contribute to conversations with as little adult assistance as possible. The child will continue to expand and mature with language expression and also learn how to regulate interactions such as initiating, repairing a message, staying on topic, or asking permission. The child will demonstrate social skills, use vocabulary to accommodate educational growth, and participate in a variety of life experiences. As in the previous four webinars, tips for activities, literacy, vocabulary, tools, access, and troubleshooting will be offered to support a child becoming independent with communication and social participation.
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Mountain
Cost:
Free of charge
The Reading Big 5: Vocabulary and Comprehension Development - Havre, Great Falls - Jan.... - 0 views
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Click here to view registration form and get more information!What:Any reading program can be “powered up” when delivered with effective instructional techniques. Participants will review the “Big Five” strands of reading instruction with a particular focus teaching vocabulary and comprehension both as part of reading instruction and in content areas. They will learn and practice evidence based, explicit teaching techniques, practices and activities that can increase student learning whether used with large groups, small groups or individual students.Register online at http://www.formsite.com/hpsk12/form48873536/index.html.When and Where:January 25, 2012 - Havre, Montana - Fifth Avenue ChurchJanuary 26, 2012 - Great Falls, Montana - Hampton Inn8:00 am - 3:30 pm MTContact:Aileen Couch, CoordinatorPhone: (406) 265-4356 ext. 322Fax: (406) 265-8460Email: cspd@havre.k12.mt.us
In-Depth Weekend Skillshop - East Helena - October 4-6, 2013 - 0 views
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The signing exact english skillshops are for teachers, aides, parents, and others who use Signing Exact English and wish to improve their vocabulary, fluency, and expressive and receptive abilities. Participants review S.E.E. vocabulary and do extensive work on additional signs, visual features of sign language, song and story telling techniques.
The educational interpreting skillshops are for persons employed in elementary and secondary schools as educational interpreters, using any form of Signed English. Work is done on vocabulary expansion, fluency, fingerspelling, and expressiveness, practicing to a variety of timed tapes. Problem solving, discussion of interpreting ethics in the educational setting and how-do-you handle sessions also included.
When:
October 4, 5, 6, 2013
Where:
East Valley Middle School
401 Kalispell Ave N
East Helena, MT 59635
Cost:
$175 before September 20, 2013, $200 September 20, 2013 or later
AT Network Vendor Forum w/ Prentke Romich Company - Webinar - February 28, 2011 - 0 views
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What:Prentke Romich Company and AAC: The Language Behind the Device PRC believes in providing single words for novel communication in addition to pre-programmed sentences and topic/environment specific vocabulary. This webinar will explain the unique method of organizing and accessing vocabulary for all language levels and addresses the ongoing struggle with the constant need for adding vocabulary. When: February 28, 2011 2:00-3:00 p.m. Mountain Click here to join webinar: http://tinyurl.com/atforum10
PACER Center Workshops - Multiple Dates / Locations - 0 views
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Webinar - All About Apps for Education: Just the Apps and Nothing but the Apps Thursday, May 5, 2011, 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Mountain – Web-Based Training, register Discover the wonderful world of apps for education. This webinar will help you navigate and maximize your use of the iPod/iPad. The presenters will take you on an app adventure and share a variety of apps in such categories as early childhood, literacy, autism, communication, organization, and more. Funding for this webinar is made possible by a grant from the Minnesota Department of Education. The source of funding is from federal award, Grants to States-Special Education CFDA 84.027, P.L. 108-446 Individuals With Disabilities Education Act. Basic Vocabulary Organization in PRC Devices Monday, May 16, 2011, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mountain – PACER Center, Bloomington, MN, register This free workshop is for parents and professionals to learn more about Unity vocabulary organization included in all Prentke Romich Company PRC Communication or AAC Devices. Participants will be introduced to the vocabulary options available. This workshop will be held in the PACER computer lab where participants can bring their own device or use computer emulation software (Vantage Lite PASS software version 5.02). The training will include hands-on experience to become familiar with how Unity supports creation of spontaneous novel communication, and to teach basic device operations such as customizing messages, changing icons, hiding keys, and backing up the device. The presenter is PRC Regional Consultant Helen Canfield. The workshop is limited to 20 participants. Classroom Suite Version 4 Foundations Wednesday, May 18, 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain - PACER Center, register This workshop is designed for educators, SLPs, OTs, AT specialists, paraprofessionals and parents who are new to (or have limited experience with) Classroom Suite V.4. The goal of the Foundation Workshop for Classroom Suite V.4 is to enable educators to use Classroom Suite to teach early concepts, reading, writing, and math to students struggling because of learning difficulties or access issues. This workshop is sponsored by Cambium Learning Technologies. Registration fee $225. Kurzweil 3000 Version 11 Foundations Thursday, May 19, 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain - PACER Center, register This workshop is designed for educators, SLPs, OTs, AT specialists, paraprofessionals and parents who support students with learning disabilities and are new to (or have limited experience with) Kurzweil 3000. This workshop is sponsored by Cambium Learning Technologies. Registration fee $225.00. Putting LAMP (Language Acquisition through Motor Planning) to Work: AAC Strategies to Promote Communication Friday, May 20, 2011, 8:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mountain – PACER Center, Bloomington, MN, register Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) is a therapeutic approach based on neurological and motor learning principles. The goal is to give individuals who are nonverbal or have limited verbal abilities or speech a method to independently and spontaneously express themselves. This workshop is for parents, professionals, and SLPs and will give an overview of the LAMP treatment approach, discussion of the components of LAMP and how and why children with autism would benefit from using a voice output AAC device, and discussion of features that are beneficial for teaching language to children with autism and other disabilities. Lunch will not be provided. A one hour lunch break will be taken and maps to area restaurants will be provided. This free workshop will offer 0.5 ASHA CEUs.
National Lekotek Center Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) - Webinar - December 4, 2012 - 0 views
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This webinar will provide strategies to support the social-emotional development of a child with and without disabilities, build emotional vocabulary and positive communication skills. Participants will learn about the Kimochis® Keys to to Communication. These Keys help children to listen, speak and act in ways that promote positive behavior and social interactions. Research shows that developing social and emotional skills improves academic performance and prevents problem behavior. Developing these skills helps kids communicate, team up effectively with others and manage emotions like anger and discouragement and ultimately learn how to motivate themselves to cope with the everyday life.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2012
10:00-11:00am MST Contact:
Call: April Anguiano at 773-528-5766 ext. 402 or Email: aanguiano@lekotek.org
AAC Developing Participation, Part 4: Bridging Skills - Webinar - June 4, 2013 - 0 views
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The purpose of Part 4: Bridging Skills is designed for the child to bridge into independence with their communication participation. The goal is to continue to expand the child's unique language productions while adult facilitators learn to reduce cuing in order for the child to experience increased degrees of independent success. Tips will be offered for activities with unfamiliar communication partners, literacy by writing and reflection on their own experiences, vocabulary skills of using correct tense and even slang, testing adequacy of tools, access, and troubleshooting so that the children will be better able to bridge to successful independent participation.
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Tuesday, June 4, 2013
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Mountain
Cost:
Free of charge
AAC Developing Participation, Part 2: Building Fundamentals - Webinar - May 9, 2013 - 0 views
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The purpose of Part 2: Building Fundamentals is designed to help the children function with AAC because their communication matters. Children can learn to express their choices about daily preferences and take turns with peers. Their voice will be heard, even if that voice is a Little Mac, a Big Mac, or their own voice as they point to a communication board or use a communication switch. Remember that participation matters across contexts so parents and educators must continue to build literacy skills, expand language with question asking vocabulary, use more complex AAC tools, access, and troubleshoot for the children who are putting words and ideas together.
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Mountain
Cost:
Free of charge
Using Sentence Starters for Early AAC/Writing: Poetry Power - Webinar - Apr. 24, 2013 - 0 views
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This session will highlight ways to use highly functional sentence starters as predictable charts and poems. Here they are, the top two word sequences for vocabulary use in early writing (Clendon, Sturm, & Cali, 2004): I like, Going to, I am, Went to, To the, I went, In the, It was, My mom, And my. Learn how to structure experiences for students that support and celebrate their earliest writing attempts using poetry forms. These sequences can be embedded in list poems, add-a-word poems, comparison poems, and other poetry frames.
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm Mountain
Cost:
Free of charge
AAC Developing Participation Part 1: Getting Started - Webinar - Apr. 30, 2013 - 0 views
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The purpose of Part 1: Getting Started is designed to help practitioners and parents answer the question, "What am I supposed to do?" Drs. Rogers and Mayne will talk to you about social interaction behaviors that a child with predominantly nonverbal communication skills uses to communicate. Then address communication skills and activities to support emerging communication with teachable suggestions for facilitators who gradually become the child's communication partners. Discussion of development of beginning literacy skills, choosing vocabulary for AAC, selecting different AAC tools, trying various access methods, and finally troubleshooting AAC options for beginning AAC users.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Mountain
Cost:
Free of charge
ATIA Webinars - Multiple Dates - 1 views
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November 12th - Implementing AAC in the Classroom with Kelly Fonner, Consultant, Fonner Consulting & Training OVERVIEW: Challenges are often met when introducing AAC systems from the clinical or
"speech-room" setting into the busy environment of the classroom. The "real-world" of
communication does not always play out easily for the student using AAC. Whether they are using
lo-tech or hi-tech systems there are strategies that can assist staff and families in bringing AAC into
the school day. During this webinar you will learn to evaluate the AAC-using student's day by
communication contexts and reevaluate the possibilities of how your student can more effectively
communicate, learn vocabulary or communication strategies during the typical activities of their
school day.
Exciting two part webinar series on Reading Comprehension with Scott Marfilius. It is recommended
that both webinars be attended. The content for these two webinars come from Scott's highly
acclaimed three hour workshop. REGISTER ONLINE http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0015DFd8XTzVJ3rQKTZEMzE53P63vyJ
Super Systematic Strategies for Secondary Instruction - Great Falls - Sept. 27, 2012 - 0 views
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Click here to download the brochure with registration information for this workshop (pdf) What:
This workshop is designed for all middle or high school teachers interested in "powering up" their instructional practices. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and practice research-based approaches and strategies proven to successfully increase the learning of the secondary student. For this training to be as relevant as possible for each individual, at-tendees are asked to bring information related to the next chapter or unit of study they will be teaching including: critical vocabulary, learnings and objectives, etc. Specific strategies will be presented for: Teaching new concepts, skills or processes Reviewing and practicing previously introduced information Monitoring student progress of materials presented Intended Audience: General and Special Educators Paraprofessionals Agency Personnel, Parents Others who work with middle school and secondary students When/Where:
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Hampton Inn
Great Falls, MT
Assessing and Increasing Students' Ability to Read Multisyllabic Words - Bozeman - Sept... - 0 views
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Course # 3238 - 6 OPI Renewal Units
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When upper elementary or secondary students fail written assessments, teachers often assume it's because they lack specific content knowledge. But what if it's simply because they cannot read the multisyllabic words? All reading consists of three components: word identification, vocabulary, and comprehension. Word identification is often overlooked and can be the root of students' failure. Hear about new evidence-based data on prefixes, suffixes, and Greek roots occurring most often in content-area words that supports a shared responsibility for strengthening students' literacy skills. Discover quick, formative assessments for upper elementary and secondary teachers that measure students' ability to use knowledge of syllable types, syllable division patterns, and common morphemes (e.g., prefixes, suffixes, Greek roots) to decode multisyllabic words. The CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook, a comprehensive resource in teaching research based reading instruction, is used during the session as a resource in helping teachers improve instruction in multisyllabic word instruction.
When:
Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013
8:30 am - 3:30 pm Mountain
Where:
Bozeman Public Library
626 E. Main
Bozeman, MT
Cost:
No cost
'Robust' preschool experience offers lasting effects on language and literacy - 0 views
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Worried that using that longer word might stump your 3-year old? Worry no more. New research from Peabody finds that preschool teachers’ use of sophisticated vocabulary and analytic talk about books, combined with early support for literacy in the home, can predict fourth-grade reading comprehension and word recognition.
Research shows that individuals who develop strong vocabulary skills are very successful in life. Being able to understand words and phrases to expand knowledge and build linguistic competence is an essential skill for every learner. Moreover, improving vocabulary is imperative for students with special needs. Building vocabulary requires practice and repetition. How can we make such a task more engaging, effective, interactive, and enjoyable? BY USING GAMES. In this session we will explore numerous vocabulary activities that are built in "game type" formats. Participants will learn how to create different activities using apps, web-based tools, and various software applications. We will also discuss how to use such resources in the classroom. In addition, participants will receive templates to build their own vocabulary games.
When:
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Mountain
Cost:
$49.00 - Live Broadcast