C+-+Communication

Communication Skills for Students with ASD
Presented by: Cathy Kania, M.S.CCC SLP, Martha Myers, SLP, and Lenore Remley, SLP M.Ed., ATP

We have provided you with links to several articles and a PowerPoint below. Please read these articles and review the PowerPoint. We are looking forward to meeting you on February 21st!

 By Autism Society @http://www.education.com/reference/article/Ref_2006_pdf_Article4/
 * How Students With Autism Learn **

//By Susan Stokes // @http://www.specialed.us/autism/nonverbal/non11.htm
 * Developing Expressive Communication Skills for Non-verbal Children With Autism **

By Paula Kluth @http://www.autism-mi.org/about_autism/interventions_support/visual.html/title/creating-visual-literacy-supports-for-special-needs-students
 * Creating visual literacy supports for special needs students: Do You See What I Mean? **

@http://www.paulakluth.com/readings/literacy/supporting-the-literacy-learning-of-students-with-autism/
 * Supporting the Literacy Learning of Students with Autism **
 * By Paula Kluth **

By Brenda Smith Myles @http://www.education.com/reference/article/hidden-curriculum-school-asperger/
 * Making Sense of the Hidden Curriculum **

@http://fdlrsgulfcoast.adobeconnect.com/p7s2iazname/ The presentation is about 22 minutes in length. You'll notice about a 12 second pause at the beginning as it loads. Lenore Remley narrates this presentation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please watch and listen to this presentation on Visual Strategies for the Classroom **

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Please develop visual supports to share on February 21st. **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Create visual support(s) to use in your classroom for a particular student or for **//ALL//** students as a Universal Design for Learning support.
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Bring your support(s) to the session
 * <span style="color: #800080; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Or take pictures of the visual supports to share at our face-to-face meeting


 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Here are some websites that will help you create visual supports: **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This website by By Linda Hodgdon, M.Ed., CCC-SLP provides printable picture cards. It also provides more information on the importance of Visual Strategies. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">@http://www.usevisualstrategies.com/Welcome.aspx

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This website provides many examples of visual environments. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">@http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/ATBasics/Populations/aac/schedules.php

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">This website provides printable black and white pictures for visual environments. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">@http://www.dotolearn.com/picturecards/printcards/index.htm