Autism and Visual Impairment: The Better Together Curriculum

This online course provides theoretical and practical information for teaching social communication skills to students with visual impairment and autism.

This 7 weeks course, starts on July 8, 2019 - August 25, 2019

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).

CREDIT TYPES	EARLY BIRD PRICE	REGULAR PRICE

PDPs, CEs, ACVREP, CTLEs, 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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Contact Perkins eLearning at 617-972-7824 or perkins.elearning@Perkins.org for any questions.

Meet the presenters:

Linda Hagood, M.A., CCC-SLP

Disclosure

Linda Hagood has been paid by Perkins to develop this course and is also paid to be the instructor. She has no relevant nonfinancial relationships to disclose.

This workshop is offered for 6.45 ASHA CEUs (Introductory Level, Professional area).

Perkins School for the Blind is approved by the Continuing Education board of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) to provide continuing education activities in speech-language pathology and audiology. See the course information for number of ASHA CEUs, instructional level, and content area. ASHA CE Provider approval does not imply endorsement of course content, specific products, or clinical procedures.

This workshop is offered for 6.45 AOTA CEUs.

The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.