ASHA

The Hagedorn Little Village School

Jack Joel Center for Special Children

 

Program Description

 

The explosion of applications for mobile media devices (including the iTouch/iPad), has created a lot of excitement for individuals working with people with special needs. Navigating the ever-growing maze of applications poses new challenges and responsibilities. Many speech-language pathologists and educators are now faced with iDevices suddenly showing up in their office or school with the question:  “What apps do we use?”  followed by “Make this work”.

 

The workshop will cover the basics (e.g., differences between iDevice platforms, accessories, and managing multiple iDevices) to customizing your iPad as a therapy tool (e.g. motivating apps and apps to support expressive communication, receptive communication, and behavior). The workshop will focus on a clinical approach and walk clinicians through a feature matching process when considering communication applications (with the assumption that a valid clinical decision process has already determined that the iDevice platform is the most appropriate for an individual student). Over 50 applications will be highlighted and a framework for modifying, adapting and analyzing apps will be illustrated through video/visual examples and case study.

 

Target Audience:

 

             • Speech  Pathologists

             • Occupational Therapists

             • Special Education Administrators

             • Special Educators

             • Psychologists

             • Physical Therapists

             • Parents

 

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Learning Outcomes

 

As a result of this workshop, participants will:

 

1.    Identify apps specific to speech therapy. Understand their use and limitations.

2.    Adapt apps for therapy and motivation to communicate.

3.    Identify key differentiating features of communication apps.

4.   Discuss the feature matching process applied to communication apps for the iDevice platform.

5.  Demonstrate knowledge of built-in accessibility features to be used across the 3 domains.

 

Presenter

Jessica Gosnell, MS, CCC-SLP has been a Speech Language Pathologist in the Augmentative Communication Program at Children's Hospital Boston since 2008.  Her clinical focus includes assessment and intervention for children and adults who present with complex communication needs; with special interest in high-tech users of AAC.  She has lectured nationally and internationally on the topic of high-tech AAC. Most recently she has lectured at the DAAC Conference (ASHA AAC Division Annual Conference) and ASHA Healthcare Conference on use of iDevices and Apps as AAC supports. Additionally, Jessica has taught graduate level courses in Augmentative Communication at both Mass General Institute of Health Professions & Northeastern University.

 

 

Fee Schedule

 

Registration by March 12, 2012 -  $160.00

Group Registration  by March 12, 2012 (5 or more) - $150.00

Student (with Student ID) by March 12, 2012 - $125.00

Registration after March 12, 2012 - $175.00

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