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Evidence-based research support the use of partner-augmented input (PAI), also known as aided language modeling, as an intervention strategy for individuals who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). There are multiple benefits of modeling AAC use, but how can this be done effectively across a child’s many environments? All of a child’s communication partners must be taught how to model on the child’s speech generating device (SGD) to create an immersion environment for learning the new language!
Day 2 (optional) is an intermediate session organized to teach participants the 8-step, evidence-based instructional program used to introduce participants to modeling on Day 1. This instructional program can be used to teach adult communication partners such as parents and therapists to model on their children’s or clients’ devices across environments. Participants will learn the steps involved in implementing the communication partner training program and will be provided with a DVD and a printed manual to enable them to employ the program in their own practices.
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