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Creating a communication-rich environment: Practices and structures that help build communication skills

Presenter: Julie Maier, California DeafBlind Services Educational Specialist

Children with multisensory impairments face many challenges related to the development of communication skills, however all children attempt to communicate in some way. It is vitally important that families and professionals believe in a child’s capacity and desire to communicate with others and encourage and support effective skill development in this area. This presenter will share suggestions for building communication rich environments that provide these children with many opportunities for and reasons to communicate and connect with others and offer ideas for practices and supports will increase the child’s skills and confidence in communicating with others in their environment.

Apr 8, 2021 02:30 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)