Pittsburgh AAC Language Seminar Series:
Assessment and Intervention of Dual Language Learners (Spanish/English) who use AAC
DAY 1 – (10AM – 5:30PM EST)
Core Vocabulary
Language Acquisition
Communication Partner Training
UNITY® Language System – Hands-on Time
DAY 2 – (10AM – 5:30PM EST)
Guest Speaker Presentation (Details Below)
DAY 3 – (10AM – 5:30PM EST)
Recognition Memory and Motor Automaticity
Language Development in the Classroom
Bloom’s Taxonomy
Conversation with Chris Klein (individual who uses a UNITY® system)
PASS Software Training
Natural Polysemy
Assessment and Intervention of Dual Language Learners (Spanish/English) who use AAC
Gloria Soto, PhD
Participants will learn to assess the communicative needs of children who use AAC and are growing up in communities that use both Spanish and English. We will frame our assessment and intervention in an integrated model that brings together the sociocultural, psycholinguistic, structural, interactive, and developmental aspects of language development in both languages. Participants will learn about strategies and tools to describe the communicative profile, set appropriate goals, design therapy materials, and monitor the growth of their dual language learning clients.