Sponsored by: Tobii Dynavox

Overview

Are you looking to increase learning and engagement among students when using your Picture Communication Symbol (PCS) materials and Boardmaker activities? Throughout this make and take course, discuss the research and benefits for movement-based tasks to increase engagement and motivation during learning. We will construct five hands-on materials to implement interactive and accessible ideas when using symbols and tactile elements. Don't let your symbols stay flat on the paper throughout learning, communication, and play, bring them to life with this make and take course.

Content Disclosure: This presentation will focus exclusively on Boardmaker and will not include information on other similar or related symbol-based editing software.

Learning Objectives

1. Discuss three benefits of incorporating movement into learning opportunities throughout the school day.
2. Identify three benefits when adding tactile elements and overlays to symbol based activities for learning.
3. Design at least five Boardmaker activities incorporating active engagement through a make and take portion.

Strand(s)

Augmentative and Alternative Communication; Education & Learning: Early Intervention – 12/Higher Education

Target Audience

Accessibility Professional; ADA Coordinator; Administrators; AT Specialists; Caregivers; Communication Specialist; Consumers/Individuals with Disabilities; Consultants/Trainers; Curriculum and Instruction; Disability Services; Educators; Family Members; Occupational Therapists; Paraprofessionals; Physical Therapists; Rehabilitation Counselor; Speech-Language Pathologists; Special Education Educators; Teachers of the Visually Impaired; Teachers of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing; Visual Impairment Specialists

Experience Level

Introductory

Primary Life Cycle Addressed

Birth – Pre K; Elementary - Secondary (K-12)

Session Delivery Format

In-person presentation with recording

Course Schedule

This course was given at the ATIA 2024 Conference on Thursday, January 25 from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM (EST)

Continuing Education Credits

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

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

Speaker/s:

Mary Katherine Dally, MS, CCC SLP – ATP

Hamilton County ESC, SLP and AT Consultant

Biography

Mary Katherine Dally, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP, has served as the SLP on an ALS clinic focusing AAC evaluations, voice banking and no-tech/low tech communication. She then worked as a solutions consultant for a communication device company, traveling the West side of Ohio. Currently, Katherine works as an assistive technology consultant through an educational service center and works in a preschool program as a speech-language pathologist. She presents at local and national conferences and has a passion for accessible play.

Relevant Financial Relationship: Yes
Compensated by Tobii Dynavox to present at ATIA; Hamilton County ESC - School Based Speech-Language Pathologist; Hamilton County ESC - Assistive Technology Consultant; Speech-Language Therapy Services, LLC - Outpatient Speech-Language Pathologist

Relevant Non-Financial Relationship: Yes
Member of the American Speech and Language Hearing Association; Currently an Assistive Technology Professional through RESNA