Speaker: PECS- Catherine Horton

Target Audience:

Speech Language Therapists, MSD Teachers, Related Service Providers

AHSA CEU’s will be provided.

High Leverage Practices: 

12. Systematically design instruction toward a specific learning goal.
13. Adapt curriculum tasks and materials for specific goals
14. Teach cognitive and metacognitive strategies to support learning and independence.
21. Teach students to maintain and generalize new learning across time and settings.

Description: 

This intensive two-day interactive training is designed to teach educational teams the theory and protocol for the Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), an evidence based practice. We begin with identifying key components to designing effective educational environments that foster communication. Through presenter demonstrations, video examples and role-play, you will learn the six phases of PECS, including how to teach spontaneous requests, attributes for expanding language, responding to questions and commenting. The workshop concludes with discussions about the relation between PECS and speech as well as criteria for transitioning from PECS to other communication modalities, such as speech generating devices (SGD)

EILA: No

If you need ADA accommodations, please email Cecilia Barnhill,  cecilia.barnhill@ckec.org

PAYMENT POLICY

Please note that CKSEC accepts Purchase Orders and checks as forms of payment, for auditing purposes, we can not accept cash. 

Be sure to confirm with PO # prior to registration. 

GUESTS/UNREGISTERED POLICY

At CKSEC, we love kids and families! Unfortunately, due to liability issues and professional decorum, children and other family members or friends are not permitted to attend our trainings.

Please get permission from CKEC prior to video or audio recording a portion or all of a CKEC session. 

Please dress in layers as it can be difficult to adjust the temperature.

Attendance Policy:

If you register to attend a session, but find you are unable to attend, please cancel your registration as early as possible. Space is limited and by canceling you will allow others to benefit from these highly qualified professional development opportunities. A fee could be assessed for no shows.

Districts will be notified of those who registered and did not attend or did not cancel prior to be session.