Ithaca College

Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Clinical Instructor Tina Caswell will be presenting at the Southern Tier Independence Center in Binghamton New York on Friday May 18, 2012.

"Let’s Have a Conversation!” (Creating Interactive Communication Boards) is a hands-on alternative/augmentative communication workshop for parents and professionals.

• Move beyond labeling and requesting, review new research about visual and verbal  communication systems, learn about the different devices, and how vocabulary is used, programmed, and implemented.
• Discuss how devices should be utilized based upon researched information.
• Address wants and needs: Sharing and transferring information, social closeness, social etiquette, communication, competence, operational, linguistic, social, and strategic.
• Each parent will decide on three or four favorite and motivating activities that their child enjoys, the language will be discussed, and then a page will be programmed!

The workshop will be held on Friday May 18, 2012 from 9am to 1pm.

For more information or to register, contact:
Southern Tier Independence Center
135 E. Frederick Street, Binghamton, New York 13904
Phone/TTY: (607)724-2111; Fax: (607)772-3602; E-mail: sc@stic-cil.org