CommuniK-9

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HD, Nexus 7, NOOK HD: How The Best 7-Inch Tablets Stack Up

iPad Mini, Kindle Fire HD, Nexus 7, NOOK HD: How The Best 7-Inch Tablets Stack Up
Nice comparison chart here

Monday, October 22, 2012

Teach language

Sunday, October 21, 2012

SCERTS 3-Day Introductory & Advanced Seminar

SCERTS 3-Day Introductory & Advanced Seminar presentered by the original creators of the SCERTS program.
Excellent opportunity!

Presented by SCERTS Collaborators
Barry Prizant, Ph.D, CCC-SLP & Amy Laurent, Ed.M., OTR/L

November 7-9, 2012 * 8:30am – 3:30pm
Imperial Room at Rhodes Place * 1 Rhodes Pl * Cranston, RI 02905

Cranston is just minutes away from Providence & Newport!

Mention this email and pay the early bird rate of $389 p.p. (current rate $409)
See attached brochure for details.
Parent & team rates available as well.

Visit www.ccseminars.com, www.barryprizant.com and www.scerts.com

Email kelly@ccseminars.com for more information or questions.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

iCan Do It All- iPad Workshop

iCan do it all for Special Educators- Intermediate Level

Friday October 26, 2012
9:00 AM until 2:00 PM

Sue Drouin M.S., CCC-SLP will be presenting!Two educational themes, Flu Prevention and Weather will be the framework for learning how to use your iPad to teach special education students in PreK-5th grade. In this hands on workshop, participants will go in depth and learn how to personalize apps by working with photos and images, use multiple applications together to create useful learning tools, how to make Boardmaker files and worksheets accessible, even give them a voice. Resources for app review sites and teaching with your iPad will be discussed. Approximately 35 apps will be explored. Please bring your iPad for a hands-on experience! The cost for this workshop is $100 and checks or POs can be made payable to ERCSD-SPDC. A light breakfast and lunch will be served.

Location: 30 Linden Street, Exeter, NH

Click here to go to the Seacoast Professional Development Center calendar.

Monday, October 15, 2012

90-year-old mother shares experiences as inclusion advocate for son with Down syndrome in new book - Wheaton, IL - Wheaton Leader

90-year-old mother shares experiences as inclusion advocate for son with Down syndrome in new book - Wheaton, IL - Wheaton Leader
Great story

Monday, October 8, 2012

5 reasons to De Emphasize Asking Questions in AAC Therapy

PrAACtical AAC | Supports for language learning
Good suggestions

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Why is Play Important? Social and Emotional Development, Physical Development, Creative Development | Education.com

Workshop! iShare: Expressive Language Apps for All

iShare: Expressive Language Apps for All

Tuesday October 9, 2012
4:00 PM until 7:00 PM

In this session, participants will get an overview of the current iPad/iPod Touch apps that support expressive communication for students of all abilities. The focus of the applications will be on functional use of these apps for students with special education needs. Talking photos, story writing, text-to-speech, adapted keyboards andtrue augmentative communication applications with be explored, the pros and cons and candidates for each will be discussed. An extensive list of applications and iDevice resources will be provided. Please bring your own device for a hands-on experience. Sue Drouin, speech/language pathologist and consultant will be your instructor. There will be a light dinner served. The cost for this workshop is $75 and checks or POs can be made payable to ERCSD-SPDC.

Location: 30 Linden Street, Exeter, NH

Click here to go to the Seacoast Professional Development Center calendar.