Communication Skills (Keys 7)

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About this tutorial... "Communication Skills" is made up of 3 modules, each containing video segments, readings, lectures, and assigned activities to enhance and apply your learning.  Plan to spend 1 week working through each module.  While this is a self-paced course, the material will have the most impact if you work steadily through the outline in the order it is presented.  

 

This course uses the text, Keys to Educational Success:  Teaching Students with Visual Impairments and Multiple Disabilities, which is available on Amazon.com

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.

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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.

 

 

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