Free Webinar-Using Telehealth with Project ImPACT
Dear Community Members, I just wanted to share this opportunity with our Community Here: Offering Project ImPACT through Telehealth FREE WEBINAR With the current COVID-19 pandemic, many provid...
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Collection Telepractice and Telework
Date Created: 3/23/2020
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We will use this collection to provide resources and tips for telework to support professionals and parents working with students with complex communication needs.
We are the team members who work on the Communication Matrix projects at Oregon Health & Science University. We are a small group of researchers, speech-language pathologists and educational experts who are passionate about creating an engaging and supportive community to improve outcomes for individuals with complex communication needs.
Great webinar opportunity about telework.
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Notification of Enforcement Discretion for Telehealth remote communications during the COVID-19 nationwide public health emergency
Dear Community Members, If you haven't seen yet HHS has included a great resource about Remote Communications during the COVID-19 outbreak. You can view the full announcement here: https://www.hh...
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This would be a great resource for parents working with children at home.
Shared reading plan for Rap A Tap Tap
Attached is a plan of action our classroom developed in implementing a shared reading experience in a middle school classroom of students with complex communication needs. I had the wonderful experien...
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Here is a shared reading activity for a very common book many people may have in their house already.
Shared reading for Cat in Hat
Following is a shared reading lesson that we have done a couple of times [the first with our speech pathologist]. When Amy Parker and the Matrix team were at Wing Lake, I had asked if she would like t...
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If you are looking for crafting projects that could also help your students or kids than this is the post for you!
These are a few of my favorite things! All the things you need for DIY low tech!
These are a few of my favorite things...cue the sound of music! Materials that are so handy when crafting low tech systems of all kinds! People including far more crafty individuals than myself have t...
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This guide might be helpful for siblings while families are all together.
Encouraging and Equipping Peers to Interact Well with Classmates with Complex Communication Needs
Peers may need to be equipped and encouraged in order tobuild the skills and motivation to interact really positively with a classmate with complex communication needs. So often, peers without disabil...
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This free online resource offers adapted electronic non-fiction books. They include narration and a click to page turn capabilities. One book that might be particularly useful is a book on washing your hands.
Unite for Literacy
There is a free website with a wide variety of books called Unite for Literacy. Books are posted with photographic images and bold print. All books are non-fiction. The print is in English and in Span...
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This free resource offers adapted electronic non-fiction books. They include narration and a click to page turn capabilities. One book that might be particularly useful is a book on washing your hands.
Unite for Literacy
There is a free website with a wide variety of books called Unite for Literacy. Books are posted with photographic images and bold print. All books are non-fiction. The print is in English and in Span...
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Great resource for SLPs looking to implement telehealth practices.
ASHA Telehealth Resources
In an effort to help support speech-language pathologists who are needing to pivot to telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) has crea...
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Free Webinar- Telemedicine-based Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Assessment in Toddlers
I wanted to share that there will be a free webinar hosted by Zachary Warren, Ph.D. Professor of Pediatrics; Executive Director, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) / Treatment and Research Institute for ...
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My child doesn't seem to have real control over his body yet.
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My child has control over her own behaviors, but she doesn't use them to try to communicate to me.
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My child clearly tries to communicate his needs to me through gestures, sounds or language.
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Mastered
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Each question you will see is related to a certain message that your child might be able to express using a variety of behaviors. Read the question and decide whether your child is able to express the message described using any of the listed behaviors. If the answer is YES, then you must also decide whether your child has mastered the use of each behavior or whether it is still at an emerging stage. Check either the mastered or emerging box next to any behaviors your child uses to express the message. Use the following definitions to decide whether a behavior is mastered or emerging