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.
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