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Please submit all assignments by October 1st. Each of the assignments will be evaluated using a proficiency-based grading system delineated as follows:
Please submit all assignments by October 1st. Each of the assignments will be evaluated using a proficiency-based grading system delineated as follows:
4: Exceeds Proficiency
3: Proficient
2: Developing
1: Emerging
Assignments will be weighted differently (see below for which assignments are 10%, 15% and 25% of your final grade).
Assignments will be weighted differently (see below for which assignments are 10%, 15% and 25% of your final grade).
Please send completed assignments to my UVM address: amy.starble@uvm.edu. If sending large files (e.g. videos) please send them to me via UVM large file transfer system (https://filetransfer.uvm.edu/).
Please send completed assignments to my UVM address: amy.starble@uvm.edu. If sending large files (e.g. videos) please send them to me via UVM large file transfer system (https://filetransfer.uvm.edu/).
Participation
Participation
Post Padlet comments/responses as assigned (each day's agenda has daily response assignments outlined)
Contribute to Breakout Room discussions (if applicable)
Participate in Review and Share conversations at end of each day
10% of final grade
Assessment:
Assessment:
*This assignment is not required for students taking the course for undergraduate credit
*This assignment is not required for students taking the course for undergraduate credit
Complete one of the following assessments with a young children with complex communication needs:
Full AAC Needs Assessment with AAC Action Plan
AAC Medicaid Document
Pragmatics Profile
Communication Matrix
Participation Matrix
Communication Sample
Interest/Play Profile
** If a Participation Matrix, Communication Sample or Interest Profile is chosen a 1-page analysis of the data is also required.
25% of final grade
AAC Lab.docxAAC Lab: Feature Analysis and Practice
AAC Lab: Feature Analysis and Practice
Complete an AAC Lab with an AAC app or software
10% of final grade
Light-Tech AAC
Light-Tech AAC
Create a communication book or board for a specific child
Use information gathered through the completion of an interest or vocabulary inventory (if you don't have a child in mind create a child profile and design the book based on that profile). *See document to right for vocabulary selection process if you need help determining vocabulary
Use best practices regarding SNUG (spontaneous novel utterance generation). The communication board or book must contain both Core and Fringe Vocabulary.
Use Core Vocabulary lists (found on Core Vocabulary page in AAC Implementation) as a guide as well.
Send me a PDF, screen shot or photo of the board or book AND a description of the child for whom you designed the book/board (the description may include pertinent info about the child as a rationale for why specific vocabulary and/or a specific format of board/book was chosen)
15% of final grade
To create the board or book use either the AAC app you downloaded or one of the symbol resources available here:
Vocabulary Selection Process for AAC.docxInstructional/Implementation Plan
Instructional/Implementation Plan
Create a Communication Play Plan, Routines-Based Instructional Plan, or Routines-Based Communication Plan for a young child with complex needs in the home or educational setting
25% of final grade
Aided Language Input
Aided Language Input
Create a video of yourself demonstrating the evidence-based practice of Aided Language Input with a light-tech or high-tech AAC system within a shared reading or read-aloud activity.
Choosing a picture book with repeating lines may be your best bet
Focus on the use of core vocabulary and supplement with fringe vocabulary
You do not need to have a child in the video with you if that doesn't work logistically. You can instead do a "read aloud" with the modeling of core vocabulary as a supplement to your reading. However, if you're able to get permission to do it with a child it's great practice!
Use this secure large file transfer service to send me the video at amy.starble@uvm.edu: https://filetransfer.uvm.edu/
Take a look at these examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ1Pcz6H6eE&feature=youtu.be and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsNMvV1tHso
15% of final grade
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