Description: Step into an interactive secondary classroom where the modeling of language is embedded throughout the day, into academic, social, and ADL routines. The skilled educators will introduce ideas for updating your daily schedule and supporting staff in creating an age appropriate and language-rich learning environment for our older students. Taking the role of a student, participants will engage in vocabulary instruction to support comprehension. You will take part in a book club embedded with shared and guided reading opportunities and offering fresh ideas for literacy routines. And you’ll experience a new take on some older routines like morning meeting, such as a daily coffee klatch and engaging students around short movie clips while providing meaningful and motivating opportunities to interact. The goal of this immersive workshop is to experience an AAC-supported classroom where focus is placed upon building language and relationships.
