This course uses the text, Keys to Educational Success: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities, which is available on Amazon.com
Communication Skills (Keys 7)
Learning Goals and Objectives
Session I of this module discusses the impact of visual impairments and multiple disabilities on communication, how communication develops, the forms of communication, and other key components of communication.
Session 2 examines ways to support the development of communication, establishing communication goals for students with visual and multiple disabilities, and interpreting intended communication of behaviors that are challenging.
Readings
Sacks, S.Z. & Zatta, M. C., Eds. Keys to Educational Success: Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities. New York, AFB Press, 2016
Additional required readings are provided through the learning platform. Additional suggested reading is optional.
Have a question? Contact Perkins.eLearning@perkins.org
Related Courses
Learn to use the What's the Complexity Framework to guide the educational team in designing a visually accessible school day for for children with CVI.
The transition from special education to post school life presents significant challenges to students, their families and their educational teams.
The course will include information pertaining to the causes of CVI and program planning/interventions for individuals with CVI.