Effective Access to Communication and Literacy for Students with Visual and Multiple Disabilities

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Presented by Faye Gonzalez, TVI & COMS

This webinar with TVI Faye Gonzalez looks at positioning and other best practices to increase access to technology for students with multiple disabilities during classroom activities. Special Education teachers, assistants, parents, TVI’s and Related Service Personnel: don’t completely re-invent the literacy and communication wheel!

Learn how to more effectively use and modify the assistive tools that you already have with your students who have Visual and Multiple Disabilities.

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Learning Goals and Objectives

Upon completion of the session, participants will be able to:

  • Learn strategies to use common assistive tools and devices more effectively with students who have visual and multiple disabilities.
  • Learn how to modify the environment and materials for more effective access to literacy and communication for students with visual and multiple disabilities.
  • Understand key elements to consider and modify when selecting and using an abstract symbol system for literacy and communication.

 

PRESENTER SUMMARY:
Faye Gonzalez has been an itinerant TVI and COMS since 1997 and currently works for the Madison School District in Arizona. She specializes in using Assistive Technology with children with visual and multiple disabilities. Her passion is helping these extra-special children to be more independent and better able to communicate with their friends and family.

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