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Communication Webinars

Register For an Upcoming Live Webinar May 21, 2013 12:00pm CST - 60 minutes Title: AAC Developing Participation: Part 3: Making Connections ...

Archived Communication Webinars

Title: AAC Developing Participation: Part 1: Getting Started - 60 Minutes Presenter: Lesley E. Mayne, PhD, CCC-SLP & Sharon M. Rogers, Ph.D., CCC-SL...

Pictures Better than Sign Language for Communicating with Kids with Autism

Researchers at the University of Birmingham in England sifted through more than 200 published papers and more than 60 intervention studies to eval...

Social Story for Autistic Children: "Standing in Line at School"

[Screen Shot 2013-04-14 at 11.07.13 PM.png] Watch it here.

Video Modeling Training - Missoula

[image]RiteCare and SCHWA (Students in Communication and Hearing Working in Action) Are pleased to host a Video Modeling Conference in Missoula, Apri...

Seven Ways to Help Your Nonverbal Child Speak

[7-wayscropped.jpg] This week, researchers published the hopeful findings that, even after age 4, many nonverbal children with autism eventually d...

Kids Connect Social Groups

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Region II CSPD Presents Basic PECS - Great Falls - Mar. 21-22, 2013

Click here to download the flier for this event What: This picture exchange communication system (PECS) is used to rapidly teach communica...

I Want To Say - video

[Screen Shot 2013-03-13 at 11.29.17 AM.png] 'I Want to Say' is a 27-minute documentary short, produced by Goodby Silverstein & Partners and produc...

Are Grading Trends Hurting Socially Awkward Kids?

[broken-pencil-thumb-615x303-115099.jpg] Children have long been graded not just for academics, but also for elements of "character" -- particular...

Auti-sim lets you experience the horror of sensory overload Creator wants to help players gain empathy and understanding of autistic children.

You stand in a dirt field under a beautiful blue sky. A few meters away, a group of kids are shrieking and playing happily on a jungle gym. As yo...

Children with autism gain language at greater rate than previously thought.

Seventy percent of children with autism who have a history of severe language delays are speaking by the time they are 8 years old, according to a st...

Introduction to Teaching Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder to Verbally Communicate

Many young children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have difficulty learning to use spoken language. Some children may be able to use only sin...

Autism Q&A: Introduction to Alternative and Augmentative Communication

Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have difficulty with communication. Typically, those with Asperger’s Syndrome, or high functioning au...

Social Skills Training - Helena

Spring classes for social interaction workshops will begin the week of February 25th! See attached fliers for dates and times. Spring S...

Unusual Communication Apps

Unusual Apps for Communication on YouTube Jen shows us what she likes and does not like about some of the more creative AAC apps such as...

Kids With Autism Find It Hard to Describe Poor Behavior, Study Finds

It's difficult for children with autism to recognize improper social behavior and, even if they do, they are often unable to use spoken language ...

Webinar - Choice making...there's an app for that (and more)!

Date:Wed, Oct 3, 2012 Time:01:00 PM CDT Duration:30 minutes Many children with autism (and other disabilities) may have a communi...

My autistic son’s step into the wider world — through Facebook

When my autistic son, Nat, was about 8, we learned that he loved looking at family photos on my husband’s computer. This discovery rocked my fami...

Your child with ASD…strengthening social abilities - Missoula

Social difficulties are at the core of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Children with ASD often have difficulty making friends, understanding soci...