This course, based on an activity-rich curriculum guide, will provide theoretical and practical information for teaching social communication skills to the growing population of students with combined challenges of visual impairment and autism.
Through reading, discussion and hands-on practice, participants will improve their confidence and skills in working with this challenging group of students.
Required Text
Better Together: Building Relationships with People Who Have Visual Impairments and Autism Spectrum Disorders (or Atypical Social Development), (Hagood, 2008) can be purchased online through the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. (List price $50.00).
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CREDIT TYPES |
EARLY BIRD PRICE - Ends July 1 |
REGULAR PRICE |
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PDPs, CEs, ACVREP, CTLEs, OSPI, ASHA |
$350.00 |
$375.00 |
Course Objectives
Participants will become better able to:
- Use 3 different criterion-referenced tools to evaluate and select teaching objectives for students with visual impairment and atypical social development.
- Demonstrate and practice a repertoire of unit-based activities for teaching social communication skills to students with visual impairment and atypical social development.
- Give examples of skills in each of four domains in the Better Together curriculum: Social interaction, Communication, Social Cognition, and Emotional Development.
- Explain the importance of engagement and relationship-building in teaching students who have visual impairment and atypical social development or autism.
- Describe and practice effective strategies for building relationships with students who have visual impairment and atypical social development/autism.
- Write and document progress on observable and measurable relationship-based objectives for students who have visual impairment and atypical social development/autism.
- Assess the effectiveness of teaching strategies and adjust as needed to facilitate student growth.
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