Don’t miss out on your free copies of the Calendar and AAC Literacy Planner with all the fabulous extension activities for your literacy interventions. You’ll find lesson plans, activities, and video read-alouds for over 150 children’s stories. Learn how these resources were developed and see how others have implemented them with their AAC readers in classrooms and therapy sessions across the country. Bring your experiences with these materials and join the discussion to learn more. Discover ways to spark imagination, foster communication, and promote literacy with these timeless activities. You’ll leave this session feeling energized and ready to enter your reading with AAC era. This session is perfect for anyone supporting the literacy development of emergent learners using AAC.

Learner Outcomes: 

Participants will be able to:

• Identify where to find the Calendar, AAC Literacy Planner, extension activities and read alouds.
• Explain two evidenced-based emergent literacy intervention strategies that can be incorporated into activities from the Calendar and AAC Literacy Planner.
• Design an emergent literacy activity for an AAC reader that incorporates at least one evidenced-based intervention using a resource from the Calendar or AAC Literacy Planner.

Agenda:

5 minutes - Introduction

15 minutes - Calendar

15 minutes - Planner

20 minutes - Sharing resources, discussing strategies

5 minutes - Summary and questions

Please note the following details regarding this course:

• You must register for this course using your own AACLJ account.
• All attendees will have the opportunity to download a Certificate of Attendance/Completion, depending on the class.
• ASHA CEU and certificate eligibility require complete live attendance.
• Certificates will be available to participants with verified attendance within a 2-week processing period.

If this is an online training:

• Please check that your Zoom software is up to date prior to the course start time.
• Pop-up blockers can prevent the join button from working properly. Disable any pop-up blockers or allow an exception for AAC Learning Journey.
• Chrome, Firefox, or Edge are the recommended browsers.

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Session Dates:

• Online with Beth Waite-Lafever and Cortney Maholtz
  March 12, 2025 : 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST