Minspeak Academy webinar

“While best practice guides clinicians to support all languages needed by the AAC user, implementation of bilingual intervention often brings more hurdles than effective results. This presentation will provide practical strategies and ideas for creating engaging, relevant, and fun lesson plans that support the development of AAC language skills in both Spanish and English. The webinar will include a review of key components of Unidad clinicians need to be aware of when selecting therapy targets. Attendees will learn to identify AAC communication partners and cultural and linguistic contexts that are highly relevant and can be incorporated into effective implementation. The presentation will identify considerations clinicians need to take into account when selecting therapy targets such as the bilingual approach, values of the family, and what is motivating to the child. A framework for creating lesson plans and a review of bilingual resources will be provided. Lastly, attendees will leave with three bilingual lesson plan ideas that can be implemented tomorrow.”