Course description

About This Session

Executive Function skills are necessary to become independent in life and Language is necessary for a person to be able to develop Executive Function skills. What does this look like for a person who uses Augmentative Alternative Communication? We will do a crosswalk by looking at Executive Function checklists and various Communication and Language development checklists to see how these areas fit together. Strategies to support emotional control, sustained attention, and response inhibition will be shared and participants will practice picking vocabulary to support their student.

Who Should Attend?

General Education Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Assistive Technology Providers, Related service providers including SLP, vision, OT, Psychologist, etc.

Paige Buckingham, M.S., CCC/SLP

Paige Buckingham is a veteran educator having worked in public schools for 32 years. She is a Speech-Language Pathologist by training and has worked with all levels of students from pre-school through age 21. While most of her time was spent as a Special Education Facilitator focusing on Assistive Technology and Related Services, she also worked as a general education teacher and Speech-Language Pathologist. Now retired from the schools. Paige is the Lead Assistive Technology Facilitator for Kansas Infinitec. Her goal is to supporting school staff in learning more about the tools students need to have skills for life.

Approved for 1 hour of continuing education clock hours for  Kansas licensed Speech-Language Pathologists by the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services.
 

Learning Objectives

After completing this session, participants will understand:

• Identify the connection between language development and executive function skills

• Understand the importance of purposeful executive function skill teaching

• Prepare vocabulary to target different executive function skills

Refund Policy

Registration may be cancelled up to 14 days prior to the event for a full refund. Cancellations received within 14 days of the event will not be refunded. No-show registrations will also not be refunded.

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