Nancy Steele, M.Ed. former teacher and technical assistance specialist at the National Center on Deafblindness, will provide a workshop on communication instruction for individuals with severe and multiple disabilities. The workshop includes both instruction and practical exercises. These are designed to support participants in expanding their understanding of how they might encourage children with significant disabilities to demonstrate and further develop their ability and desire to communicate.

This training will be open to family members, teachers, speech language pathologist, therapists, early interventionists, paraprofessionals, and others working with children with significant disabilities. There is no charge for this training and lunch will be provided onsite. Each participant will receive a "Communication Toolkit" to take home. 

To register: Contact: Danna Conn, Project Coordinator at 615-936-0262 or 615-936-0262615-936-0262 (mailto:615-936-0262) or click on the link below (you may need to cut and past in your browser).
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-talk-how-to-get-conversations-started-with-prelinguistic-learners-tickets-49093401686 (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/can-we-talk-how-to-get-conversations-started-with-prelinguistic- learners-tickets-49093401686)

This project is supported by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the position of the U.S. Department of Education. Grant HC326T130030. Participants will receive certificates of participation for six hours for the day.