Instacourse: AAC Beyond Requesting: How Stories Foster Generative AAC Use
This course is offered for .05 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional Area).
Introductory 30 min Offered for .05 ASHA CEU (.5 Hour of PD) InstaCourse Watch the course for free by clicking below or sign into Instagram Post-test included in SLP Nerdcast Membership This course is not offered for live CEUs. The certificate of completion will list asynchronous learning hours. Check out the course on our Instagram feed! This course will air on March 10th, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST
After participating in this session participants will be able to:
Self-report knowledge gains related to teaching procedures for generative language during AAC use.
Self-report knowledge gains related to teaching commenting in a way that transfers to other communicative functions.
Course Description
This half-hour course will review the importance of teaching AAC users to product generative language. This course will also review the power of focusing on commenting in a way that transfers to other communicative functions.
Time Ordered Agenda
5 MIN: Introductions and Disclosures
12 MIN: Review of teaching procedures for generative language during AAC use.
12 MIN: Review of strategies to teach commenting in a way that transfers to other communicative functions.
1 MIN: Closing
What's Inside: To earn ASHA CEUs course participants must complete the following course requirements:
2
Complete InstaCourse & Instructions: AAC Beyond Requesting: How Stories Foster Generative AAC Use
Complete 6 Self-Report Questions Specific to Learner Outcomes
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"Thank you for making this excellent, research-based learning opportunity that is both extremely accessible and affordable. This is the best kind of PD: it’s one hour at a time so I can learn and then have time to synthesize and apply. It provides information I can apply to my practice immediately; and I can listen and learn while I drive, fold laundry, etc. thanks for the research and resources!"
-Johanna H.
Dr. Spencer is a senior scientist and director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project at University of Kansas and holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, and Special Education. Drawing from speech- language pathology, applied linguistics, education, and behavior analysis, she concentrates her efforts on the oral academic language that serves as a foundation to the reading and writing of preK to 3 rd grade students, with and without disabilities. She maintains a spirited research agenda that has yielded 71 peer review publications, 154 invited presentations, $15M in external funding, and several commercialized curricula, interventions, professional
development systems, and assessment tools. Her multi-tiered interventions and assessment tools are used broadly in the United States, but also internationally. Dr. Spencer values researcher-practitioner partnerships, community engagement, and cross disciplinary collaborations to accomplish high impact and innovative applied research.
Speech and Language Pathologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Kate Grandbois
Kate is a dually certified SLP / BCBA with 13 years of clinical experience working in private practice, outpatient clinics, outpatient hospital settings, and consulting to private schools and legal teams. She specializes in augmentative alternative communication, autism and associated disorders, language development, and integrating AAC into the educational/vocational programming of persons with behavioral needs.
Kate Grandbois financial disclosures: Kate is the owner / founder of Grandbois Therapy + Consulting, LLC and co-founder of SLP Nerdcast.
Kate Grandbois non-financial disclosures: Kate is a member of ASHA, SIG 12, and serves on the AAC Advisory Group for Massachusetts Advocates for Children. She is also a member of the Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT), MassABA, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and the corresponding Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis SIG.
Dr. Spencer is a senior scientist and director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project at University of Kansas and holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, and Special Education. Drawing from speech- language pathology, applied linguistics, education, and behavior analysis, she concentrates her efforts on the oral academic language that serves as a foundation to the reading and writing of preK to 3 rd grade students, with and without disabilities. She maintains a spirited research agenda that has yielded 71 peer review publications, 154 invited presentations, $15M in external funding, and several commercialized curricula, interventions, professional
development systems, and assessment tools. Her multi-tiered interventions and assessment tools are used broadly in the United States, but also internationally. Dr. Spencer values researcher-practitioner partnerships, community engagement, and cross disciplinary collaborations to accomplish high impact and innovative applied research.
Speech and Language Pathologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Kate Grandbois
Kate is a dually certified SLP / BCBA with 13 years of clinical experience working in private practice, outpatient clinics, outpatient hospital settings, and consulting to private schools and legal teams. She specializes in augmentative alternative communication, autism and associated disorders, language development, and integrating AAC into the educational/vocational programming of persons with behavioral needs.
Kate Grandbois financial disclosures: Kate is the owner / founder of Grandbois Therapy + Consulting, LLC and co-founder of SLP Nerdcast.
Kate Grandbois non-financial disclosures: Kate is a member of ASHA, SIG 12, and serves on the AAC Advisory Group for Massachusetts Advocates for Children. She is also a member of the Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT), MassABA, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and the corresponding Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis SIG.
Dr. Spencer is a senior scientist and director of the Juniper Gardens Children’s Project at University of Kansas and holds faculty appointments in the Departments of Applied Behavioral Sciences, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, and Special Education. Drawing from speech- language pathology, applied linguistics, education, and behavior analysis, she concentrates her efforts on the oral academic language that serves as a foundation to the reading and writing of preK to 3 rd grade students, with and without disabilities. She maintains a spirited research agenda that has yielded 71 peer review publications, 154 invited presentations, $15M in external funding, and several commercialized curricula, interventions, professional
development systems, and assessment tools. Her multi-tiered interventions and assessment tools are used broadly in the United States, but also internationally. Dr. Spencer values researcher-practitioner partnerships, community engagement, and cross disciplinary collaborations to accomplish high impact and innovative applied research.
Speech and Language Pathologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst
Kate Grandbois
Kate is a dually certified SLP / BCBA with 13 years of clinical experience working in private practice, outpatient clinics, outpatient hospital settings, and consulting to private schools and legal teams. She specializes in augmentative alternative communication, autism and associated disorders, language development, and integrating AAC into the educational/vocational programming of persons with behavioral needs.
Kate Grandbois financial disclosures: Kate is the owner / founder of Grandbois Therapy + Consulting, LLC and co-founder of SLP Nerdcast.
Kate Grandbois non-financial disclosures: Kate is a member of ASHA, SIG 12, and serves on the AAC Advisory Group for Massachusetts Advocates for Children. She is also a member of the Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT), MassABA, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and the corresponding Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis SIG.
Trina is the author of Story Champs AAC and is entitled to financial benefits related to it’s sale. Trina is the director of the Juniper Gardens Children's Project at the University of Kansas
Kate is a member of ASHA, SIG 12, and serves on the AAC Advisory Group for Massachusetts Advocates for Children. She is also a member of the Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy (BABAT), MassABA, the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI) and the corresponding Speech Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis SIG.
Spencer, T. D., Tonsing, K., & Dada, S. (2024). Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions that promote labeling, commenting, and telling: A systematic review [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, University of Kansas.
Almubark, N. M., Spencer, T. D., & Foster, M. E. (2024). AAC narrative intervention for children with autism. [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Juniper Gardens Children’s Project, University of Kansas.
Course Details
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ABJE3004
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Course Disclosure
Course Content: This course focuses on the use of Story Champs-AAC, a program by Language Dynamics Group. As this product is unique, the majority of the content in this course is related to it's application.
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