Using iPad Apps to Engage Emergent Communicators

Description

Using iPad Apps to Engage Emergent Communicators

This 1-hour webinar provides an overview of various iPad apps that can be used to facilitate social engagement in early learners. Attendees learn implementation strategies to enhance a child’s ability to follow basic directions, respond to questions, and have successful conversations. Screen time guidelines are also discussed so that parents and professionals learn to facilitate language across a variety of apps. The discussion highlights the latest apps on the market and provides helpful resources to find new apps to download.

Learning Outcomes

1. Identify at least three communication strategies that promote connection and engagement during app play.
2. Recognize appropriate guidelines for screen time usage and prime children for learning tasks on an iPad or tablet.
3. Adapt the same app for a variety of communicative purposes and for varying skill levels.
4. Assess the quality of an app and determine usability for communication development.

Target Audience: introductory-level OTs, SLPs, early intervention professionals, teachers, and parents
Note: While many professionals may benefit from the course content, we can only guarantee acceptance of continuing education credit as described in the following CEU section.

Course Instructor:  Rachel Madel, MA, CCC-SLP

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Learning Assessment: Objective post-test

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Certificates Immediately Available!

Sensational Brain LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of continuing education (#8215). AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.

This course is approved for 0.1 AOTA CEU or 1 contact hour under this Classification Code: Category 2, OT Process: Intervention.

This course is offered for 0.10 ASHA CEUs (Introductory level, Professional area), available October 4, 2019.

Sensational Brain LLC is also an educational provider for CE Broker. This course code is 20-672085.

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♦ Questions? Email celeste@sensationalbrain.com.