PECS workshop in September

PECS Level 1 Training

Presenter:

Jill Waegenaere, M.A., CCC-SLP

September 12 & 13, 2016 - A Two Day Workshop

Carmel, Indiana

The Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) is a language training package that is used to teach communication skills rapidly to those with limited functional speech. PECS promotes communication within a social context, without lengthy prerequisite training.

For more information and to register, please visit:
https://www.iidc.indiana.edu/pages/pecs

Mobile App Monday - Articulation Scenes

"Articulation Scenes brings articulation practice to a whole new level! This app, developed and designed by a certified speech language pathologist allows children to practice their sounds with a variety of engaging and fun activities centered around the cinema theme. Based on scenes, Articulation Scenes provides numerous opportunities for children to pronounce their sounds more clearly. All activities were beautifully designed around the theme of cinema and movies for a fun and interesting learning activity." -iTunes

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id498857302

Mobile App Monday - ABC Shakedown

"ABC Shakedown is a Reading Readiness Program using digital flashcards with easy prompts and a cool "shake" feature... This introduction app teaches the sound-symbol correspondence of each letter of the alphabet in a 21st century way... What really sets this app apart from the others, is that all the sounds are enunciated, articulated and properly spoken with guidance from a speech pathologist." -iTunes

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id347966971

Mobile App Monday -MyPlayHome

This fun game app can help children build both receptive and expressive language skills. The app lets the family characters go to school, the grocery story, even the hospital. It helps kids learn pronouns, verbs, pretend play, sequencing, and more.

To learn more about this app, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id439628153

Mobile App Monday - Autism iHelp – Opposites

"Autism iHelp is a vocabulary teaching aid developed by parents of a child with Autism and a speech-language pathologist. Autism iHelp was inspired by the need for specific language intervention tools for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder focusing on their unique strengths and difficulty with expressive vocabulary." -iTunes

For more information, please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id623204808

Mobile App Monday - Following Directions

Looking for an app to help users with following directions? Following Directions from I Can Do Apps is ideal for parents, teachers, therapists and individuals with auditory processing disorders, receptive language disorders, cognitive-linguistic disorders or attention and focus disorders.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id722392303

Collaborative Teaming: OT and SLP

The Indiana Resource Center for Autism has recently added an article to their e-newsletter. The article begins:

"A collaborative approach between speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and occupational therapists (OTs) is a highly effective treatment strategy.  The combination of the two therapeutic approaches allows therapists to address most of the core deficits and differences attributed to autism spectrum disorders (ASD)."

To read the entire article, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3787

To subscribe to the e-newsletter, visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=281

ASD Speaking Sounds: A Program to Foster the Sounds of Language

ASD Speaking Sounds is a program of learning to speak that may be implemented by a parent, teacher, therapist, or other adult. The program starts by requesting one sound at a time. The lessons then expand to include increasing numbers of sounds—so that by the end of the program, the children are producing sequences of four speech sounds. -from the book description

Want to learn more about it? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title or use worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

Workshop on The Expanding Expression Tool™ (EET)

Seating Still Available -- Register Today!

Expanding Expression Tool Workshop

October 9, 2014 

       

Presented by: Sara L. Smith, MS, CCC-SLP

Sponsored by Indiana Resource Center for Autism
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community
Hosted by MSD of Lawrence Township, Indianapolis, IN

There is still room for the workshop The Expanding Expression Tool™ (EET). This tool is a multi-sensory approach used to facilitate more detailed descriptions and definitions. It targets oral expression, vocabulary comprehension, similarities and differences, written expression, associations, categorization, functions and more.

For information about the workshop and to register, please visit:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3702

Mobile App Monday - Minimal Pairs

The Minimal Pairs Academy (MPA) is a state of the art evidence-based minimal pairs app for speech-language pathologists and parents of children with phonologic sound disorders. Use Minimal Pairs Academy to help your student or child develop listening and discrimination skills and have fun practicing producing target words at the word and phrase level. Minimal Pairs Academy uses linguistically based treatment procedures that have been reported in the literature to be effective when treating children with multiple sound disorders. -iTunes

Want to learn more about this app? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/minimal-pairs-academy/id483691470?mt=8

Mobile App Monday - NLConcepts Autism: Sort & Categorize

Looking for a way to teach categorization to children with autism? This Sort and Categorize Game is a fun way to do just that. Sixteen categories are available with 12 pictures. When the correct category is chosen, the game advances to the next picture.

Want to learn more about it? Please visit:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/nlconcepts-autism-sort-categorize/id389743827?mt=8

SLPs: Resources are available!

As noted in the Indiana Resource Center for Autism's latest e-newsletter, "As a member of a multidisciplinary team or as an isolated professional, the SLP often needs access to standardized assessment in language functioning, pragmatics and social skills. It is not always practical for a school district or an agency to purchase extensive speech and language assessment materials. The Indiana Institute on Disability and Community has a collection of materials that may assist Indiana speech language pathologists."

CeDIR has these assessments in the library collection available to any SLP who lives or works in Indiana.  These materials circulate for four weeks at a time and can be renewed as long as no one else has requested them. The list of assessment and related materials can be found at: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=3274

Want to check one out? Email us at cedir@indiana.edu.

Mobile App Monday - Word SLapPs

Word SlapPs can be used to teach receptive vocabulary specific to your child’s world with the images that you choose. Upload and save photos into customizable categories, pair them with your recorded questions and share with others using Dropbox. The app is designed by an SLP and modeled after Discrete Trial teaching.

Want to learn more? Visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/word-slapps-vocabulary/id413888079?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D4

Mobile App Monday - SpeechTree

Looking for an app that is a full-featured AAC communication system? SpeechTree might be the one for you! It has an interactive learning program for individuals with autism and others who experience complex communication needs. It features text-to-speech, pre-set communication pages receptive and expressive language lessons, and is customizable.

For a more in-depth look at SpeechTree, visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speechtree/id503100159?ls=1&mt=8

Mobile App Monday - SLP Field Kit

SLP Field Kit is an app that aids the Speech and Language Pathologist and Speech Therapist in the field with testing and building phonemic awareness and auditory discrimination. With 198 lessons and more than 3,000 exercises, this app incorporates dynamic training experiences that challenge and focus your clients.

Want to know more? Visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/slp-field-kit-consonants/id362544741?mt=8

Mobile App Monday -- QuestionIt

Looking for an app to help a child with autism or other language disorder with WH questions? QuestionIt might be for you. Activities include sorting words by type of question they answer, answering questions about sentences, and answering questions about paragraphs. Fireworks reinforce consecutive correct answers.

Want to learn more? Visit: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/questionit/id458737797?mt=8

"I"ing for Communication

The iPad has revolutionized the augmentative communication world and the way Speech Language Pathologists deliver articulation and language therapy to students and individuals. Despite easy access, we need to know the range of applications, how to judge and apply the technologies that are available, how to integrate the application and make them work in the world of learning.

The Institute’s Indiana Resource Center for Autism, in conjunction with Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Services Cooperative, is offering six training opportunities in the months of August and September.

Attendees will be able to:
· Identify how to use the devices for augmenting communication;
· Learn how technology can create content, share knowledge and build and support relationships;
· Learn how to incorporate technology into articulation and language therapy;
· Identify the applications for augmentative communication including those that focus on core vocabulary; and
· Identify the applications for articulation and language therapies.

Training dates and locations include:

August 26, 2011
Morning session (8:30-11:00)
Afternoon session (12:30-3:00)
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Bloomington, IN

September 2, 2011
Morning session (8:30-11:00)
Afternoon session (12:30-3:00)
Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, Bloomington, IN

September 14, 2011
Morning session (8:30-11:00)
Afternoon session (12:30-3:00)
Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Services Cooperative, Carmel, IN

For more information, go to: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/styles/iidc/defiles/IRCA/Iing%20for%20communication%20bro2.pdf

Price Reduction!

WH Question Comprehension Test: Exploring the World of Question Comprehension for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Understanding the communication demands of WH questions such as Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How is challenging for many individuals with autism spectrum disorders and for others with language difficulties, such as those with Down Syndrome. Speech language pathologists will want to explore this new screening test for verbal students and gather ideas for facilitating WH question acquisition within the classroom and other settings. In addition to the test, the publication describes the research underlying the development of the test, highlights results from various populations, and provides practical insights and suggestions for interventions. 178 pp. Author: Beverly Vicker.

Original cost $40.00 – Now just $10.00 (plus shipping and handling)

Available for purchase through E-store at IIDC. Visit the E-store at:
http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=9

If you have any questions about the contents of this book, please feel free to contact Kristie Lofland at klofland@indiana.edu or at (812) 855-6508.