This course includes three recorded sessions from the 2018 online conference “Children With Autism: Matching Interventions to Communication Needs.” Taken together, these sessions provide practical strategies for incorporating and empowering various stakeholders – including family members, peers, educators, support personnel, and other professional team members – to support school-age students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The conference included a total of 13 sessions, with the broad goal of presenting current best practices in intervention for school-age students with ASD. Conference sessions focused on tips and strategies SLPs can use to choose the most appropriate interventions for each child using an evidence-based approach that balances family preferences, research, and clinical judgment/expertise.

The three sessions in this course bundle are:

• AAC Solutions for Minimally Verbal Children With ASD: Empowering Stakeholders in Decision-Making, by Billy T. Ogletree, PhD, CCC-SLP (79 minutes)
• Maximizing Parent-Provider Communication, by Gazi Azad, PhD, LP, NCSP (65 minutes)
• Heritage Language Maintenance and Bilingual Development, by Betty Yu, PhD, CCC-SLP (95 minutes)

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• create and use three strategies for engaging stakeholders in AAC decision-making
• develop efficient two-way communication systems
• counsel and give support to parents/caregivers regarding family language choices

What is Included?

You'll get online access to all the course content, including the full video, handouts, and references so you can access it from anywhere!

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

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