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VE-AAC-41: All Around the World: Supporting Language, Literacy, Learning and Leisure Skills

Overview

This session provides a framework for starting your own language, literacy, learning, and leisure group based on in-depth study of countries of the world. We will share diverse stories of how we have implemented this approach both in-person and remotely, with adolescents, teens, and adults, led by SLPs and parents. Focus will be on emergent / transitional learners, including AAC use. We will show samples of: materials, interactive opportunities, country components, and tools. We will discuss logistics and where to find materials to create your own country visits. 

Content Disclosure: This session focuses on the All Around the World framework developed and implemented by the presenters for sharing with language, literacy, learning, and leisure groups for emergent / transitional learners, including AAC users. There will be limited or no information provided about other frameworks.

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe at least three goals for student outcomes using the All Around the World framework.
  2. Discuss at least two differences between in-person and remote implementation of the All Around the World framework.
  3. Develop a plan to include at least four components (e.g., science experiment, geography overview, shared poem) into a study of a target country.

Primary & Secondary Strand

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)

Target Audience

  • AT Specialists
  • Communication Specialist
  • Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities
  • Consultants/Trainers
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Educators
  • Family Members
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Paraprofessionals
  • Speech-Language Pathologists
  • Special Education Educators

Experience Level

Intermediate

Primary Life Cycle Addressed

Elementary - Secondary (K-12); Adult/Senior

Session Delivery Format

Recorded presentation

Course Schedule

This course was recorded for the ATIA 2022 Virtual Event

Continuing Education Credits

For Satisfactory Completion and Continuing Education information, please visit: ATIA Learning Center CEUs

This course is offered for the following CE Provider Credits:
ACVREP; AOTA; IACET
For: 0.10 CEU Units or 1.0 CEU Hours.

ASHA CE Information: Recorded Session
Start date of ASHA CEUs offering: March 15, 2023
End date of ASHA CEUs offering: December 31, 2023
ASHA CE Approved Provider. ATIA. Intermediate Level. 0.10 ASHA CEUs

As this course was included in the ATIA 2022 Virtual Event series, please refer to the ATIA Learning Center CEUs page for further information on how to submit your CRC CEUs for this course to CRCC.

Speaker/s:

Krista Howard

We Speak AAC, SLPA Student and AAC User

Biography

Krista Howard is an AAC user and is an AAC Mentor and consultant with We Speak AAC, LLC. Krista provides support in various Virtual Social Groups including Kate Ahern’s AAC Voices and Therapy One’s Out and About. Krista has presented at many conferences around the nation sharing her experience as an AAC user and a model for other AAC users. Krista is a mom of a 9-year-old son. In addition to raising her son and working, she is a student at Arizona State University pursuing her Bachelor’s Degree. Krista is also enrolled in the SLPA program at Estrella Mountain College. She plans to be the first SLPA who is an AAC user. Krista Howard is a PRC Ambassador and occasionally receives a stipend for presenting and promotion. Krista is a multimodal communicator and lifelong user of AAC; she utilizes a PRC-Accent with Unity 144. Krista will be receiving royalties for her upcoming book: Becoming an Xceptional AAC Leader.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Krista receives payments for AAC consultations, mentorship, paraprofessional work, presentations, and promotions from PRC, Lincare AAC, We Speak AAC, PicSeePal, AAC Voices, individual therapists, schools, teachers, and more. She also receives affiliate income for her contribution in the co-authored book, Becoming an Exceptional AAC Leader.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Krista is a member of ISAAC. Krista is a multimodal communicator and lifelong user of AAC.

Tina Lorenzana

B.S. in Medical Technology, LiterAACy Group Facilitator

Biography

Tina Lorenzana facilitates paid and free groups for families and their AAC users where she teaches literacy skills and incorporates AAC in learning activities. She has gone through Readtopia Training for Trainers by Dr. Caroline Musselwhite and taken Jane Farrall's course on Comprehensive Literacy. She has completed 100 hours of instruction on Assistive Technology Applications from California State University, Northridge. She is a parent of an AAC user.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Fee from teaching

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Tina hosts a chat group of families and receives no compensation. She is a parent of an AAC user.

Laurie Meyer

Biography

Laurie Meyer is a parent to a 19 year-old with Rett Syndrome.

Relevant Financial Relationship: No

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
She is a parent of an AAC user.

Caroline Musselwhite

Ed.D., Speech-Language Pathology,  AAC Intervention, AAC and Literacy Consultant

Biography

Dr. Caroline Musselwhite is an assistive technology specialist with more than 45 years of experience working with children and adolescents with multiple challenges, in a variety of settings, including Head Start, developmental day programs, and the public schools. She has also taught courses at several universities, including West Virginia University, and Western Carolina University. She has also coordinated Communication Circles and Balanced Literacy Club Projects in school districts in Massachusetts, New York, Florida, Arizona, Illinois, and Kingston, Ontario.
Dr. Musselwhite has authored a number of textbooks and “how-to” books on a range of topics, including Emergent Literacy Success, Communication Programming for Persons with Severe Handicaps, and Reading Activities Project for Older Students (R.A.P.S.). She has also authored a number of software programs (Write to Talk, Social Scripts) and books (Learning to Work) for youth with disabilities. She has presented thousands of workshops throughout the world, and is a founding member of the Board of Directors for the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC). Honors include: Foundation Fellowship (West Virginia University), Educator of the Year (Association for Retarded Citizens, North Carolina), Honors of the Association, (North Carolina Augmentative Communication Association), and DiCarlo Outstanding Clinician Award (North Carolina Speech-Language-Hearing Association), and ISAAC Fellow.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Caroline Musselwhite is the owner of AAC Intervention and receives compensation as such. During her presentation she will be referencing her company and actual case studies. She has authored many books and software items and receives royalties and/or consulting fees for these publications through her company, Don Johnston Inc. and Attainment Company. She has consulted with other companies including AbleNet, Assistiveware, and Panther Technologies. She has consulted with nonprofit groups such as FAAST and Angelman Syndrome Association.

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Caroline Musselwhite is a founding member, Executive Board Member, and Board of Directors Member of the International Society of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC).