Event Details

CE Program/Activity
 Communication Strategies for Children with Visual Impairments and Additional Disabilities Including Deafblindness
Provider
 Perkins School for the Blind
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Location
 Available Online
Date(s)
 Available On Demand - self-paced
CE Hours
 2
Contact Information
 perkins.elearning@perkins.org
Registration Information
 http://www.perkinselearning.org/earn-credits/self-paced/communication-strategies-children-visual-impairments-and-additional
Fees
 $55.00
Description of CE Program/Activity
 There are four webcasts included in this training module that demonstrate a wide range of teaching strategies used to provide effective instruction to students with visual impairments and additional disabilities.Participants will:Learn strategies for having conversations with students who are deafblind.Develop an understanding of the components of a good conversation and how they can be applied to a conversation with a child who is deafblind.Gain an understanding of the value of a communication portfolio for learners with deafblindness or multiple disabilities.Learn how to develop a communication portfolio.Gain an understanding of the unique function hands serve for individuals who are deafblind.Gain an understanding of how to use symbols to support the development of communication in children who experience a variety of sever communication disorders and are unable to use abstract symbols.