Description: Our 3 month training series is designed for folks who want to dig into one particular area. Each gathering includes some new learning but the main focus is on group members applying their knowledge by using resources to create plans, goals, etc., everything they’ll need to go try something new. These trainings are also designed with sharing in mind. We’ll create resources together and share with each other. The group will be a max of 8 people.

In the Emergent Writing series, group members will be introduced to a variety of tools for supporting students who are both emergent AAC communicators and emergent writers (this includes students who are not engaging in any writing activities yet). Group members will also be introduced to tools for identifying their student’s early writing skills, resources for creating engaging emergent writing activities that help students begin to think of themselves as writers and begin to understand that writing is about sharing their unique ideas (vs. answering a question or copying text from their device screen). Each month, participants will develop a plan (with a goal and method for data collection) to try out with their students. They’ll report back to the group at the next gathering.