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Video of the Week: The Van Dijk Approach to Child-Guided Assessment

March 17, 2013 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: The Van Dijk Approach to Child-Guided Assessment

Getting good assessment information on learners with multiple disabilities, hearing, and vision loss is difficult, to say the least. Today we travel to the Netherlands to learn from Dr. Jan Van Dijk, who has pioneered an approach to working with individuals who have deafblindness. This series of webcasts, produced by Perkins School, discusses the theoretical underpinnings and practical aspects of the Van Dijk approach to child-guided assessment.

Video of the Week: Using Video Modeling

March 3, 2013 by - 2 Comments

Video of the Week: Using Video Modeling

Video modeling is an empirically supported intervention strategy  hat more of us could be using in our clinical work. This week we feature some examples of video modeling for  some common communication behaviors. We love the fact that  these focus on  adults. Kudos to the team at Villa Esperanza Speech and Language Center  for making and sharing these videos. Asking for a Break Saying Goodbye

Video of the Week: The Importance of Using Visual Supports

February 24, 2013 by - 1 Comment

Video of the Week: The Importance of Using Visual Supports

We’re always looking for great materials to share with colleagues and parents about topics related to AAC. This video by OCALI (the Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence)  has been one of our favorites. It gives a brief overview of why visual supports are so important in the educational and clinical services provided to individual with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

Video of the Week: AT Under 3

November 11, 2012 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: AT Under 3

This week our video focuses on the little ones and features a detailed workshop presentation by OT Amy Henningsen. If you serve very young children, you’ll find this video extremely helpful. It is hosted by wonderful team at the Utah Assistive Technology Program.  –

Video of the Week: Helping Hands + Visual Supports

October 21, 2012 by - Leave your thoughts

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We love this idea from Amy Laurent about Helping Hands, a positive and proactive way for children to get help when they need it. The strategy involves placing a visual support, such as a picture of Helping Hands, around the classroom in places where the student is likely to need assistance. Her Helping Hands video explains it in more detail. We love the proactive nature of this strategy, which aims to prevent frustration, rather than waiting for a problem to occur. We took a stab at creating some visual supports that can be used with the Helping Hands strategy, and you can download it below.

Video of the Week: F is for Feedback

June 17, 2012 by - 1 Comment

"Call Me Later:" 5 Supports for Phone Communication by People Who Use AAC

This week, we’ve been talking about feedback as a language facilitation strategy and when I came across this video of a mom interacting with her deaf or hard of hearing daughter, I knew it was worth sharing. What I love about this video is how consistently the mom both provides good models and responds contingently to her daughter’s utterances. Watch how she skillfully avoids over-interpreting the little girl’s message and how effective that is in getting her daughter to use more complex language. I wonder if she ever considered a career as an SLP… –

Video of the Week: Building Complex Schedules

March 25, 2012 by - Leave your thoughts

Video of the Week: Building Complex Schedules

This week, we feature a video that highlights software for making picture schedules by Cognitopia. We like how this video helps illustrate the decision-making process for developing a picture schedule using Picture Planner 3.0. You can download a free trial here and access the lite version of the app here. We like how this video reminds us to consider not just what the person will be doing at a particular time, but also what they will need to bring or have in order to be successful.